| LC control no. | no 91018730 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McDaniels, Gene, 1935-2011 |
| Variant(s) | McDaniels, G. (Gene), 1935-2011 McDaniels, Eugene B. (Eugene Booker), 1935-2011 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1935-02-12 |
| Death date | 2011-07-29 |
| Place of birth | Kansas City (Kan.) |
| Place of death | San Luis Obispo (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Liberty Records Atlantic Recording Corporation Omaha Conservatory of Music |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Saxophonists Singers Composers |
| Found in | Hutcherson, B. Now [SR] 1970: labels (G. McDaniels) container (Gene McDaniels; vocalist) Stambler, I. Encyc. of pop, rock & soul, rev. ed. (McDaniels, Gene; Eugene B. "Gene" McDaniels; b. 2-12-35, Kansas City; singer, saxophonist, band leader) New York times WWW site, Aug. 2, 2011 (in obituary published Aug. 1: Eugene McDaniels; b. Eugene Booker McDaniels, Feb. 12, 1935, Kansas City, Kan.; first professionally known as Gene McDaniels; d. Friday [July 29, 2011], Kittery Point, Me., aged 76; his mellifluous voice brought him high onto the Billboard charts several times in the early 1960s; wrote Feel like makin' love, which Roberta Flack took to the top of the charts in 1974) LC database, Aug. 2, 2011 (hdg.: McDaniels, Gene, 1935- ; usage: Gene McDaniels) African American National Biography, accessed March 03, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (McDaniels, Eugene “Gene” Booker; jazz musician, saxophonist, songwriter; born 12 February 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States; attended the Omaha Conservatory of Music; signed as a jazz artist with Liberty Records in California (1959); the gospel-influenced “A Hundred Pounds of Clay,” in the album of the same name, became his breakthrough hit (1961); last Billboard Hot 100 hit came (1963) with “It's a Lonely Town”; became a producer and songwriter; signed with Atlantic Records (1971); died 29 July 2011 in San Luis Obispo, California, United States) |
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