LC control no. | no2006027835 |
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Personal name heading | Ne-Yo |
Variant(s) | Smith, S. (Shaffer) Smith, Shaffer Smith, Schaffer |
Field of activity | Music Rhythm and blues music |
Profession or occupation | Singers Composers |
Special note | Wikipedia article has frequently alternated 1979 and 1982 birth dates. Interview cited below suggests that 1979, corresponding with his "government" [i.e. real] name is the more likely birth date. |
Found in | Ma, R. There's something about Remy [SR] p2005: container (Ne-Yo) insert (S. Smith) All music guide WWW site, Mar. 17, 2006 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Smith, Camden, AR; R&B songwriter and vocalist) Wikipedia, Mar. 17, 2006 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Arkansas; American R&B singer-songwriter) U.S. copyright file, Mar. 17, 2006 (Smith, Shaffer Chimere, 1979- ; Smith, Schaffer, 1979- ; Smith, Schaefer [sic]) All music guide WWW site, Oct. 4, 2012 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Camden, AR; R&B songwriter, arranger, and vocalist) Wikipedia, Oct. 4, 2012 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1979, Camden, Ark.; R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor) Internet Movie Database, Oct. 4, 2012 (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Camden, Ark.) Int. ww in pop. mus., 13th ed. (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1979, Arkansas; American songwriter and singer) Oxford music online, Oct. 4, 2012: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer Chimere Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Camden, Ark; R&B singer-songwriter) Gale Biography in Context, Oct. 4, 2012: Contemporary musicians (Ne-Yo; b. Shaffer C. Smith, Oct. 18, 1982, Camden, Ark.; rhythm and blues singer, songwriter; interview with Jet's Melody K. Hoffman: "Ne-Yo is the character I created ... whereas Shaffer C. Smith, my government name ... he's more the songwriter side of me. Ne-Yo is 24 (years old), Shaffer is 27.") |