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Willette, Baby Face, 1933-

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Personal name headingWillette, Baby Face, 1933-
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Variant(s)Willette, Roosevelt, 1933-
Birth date1933-09-11
Field of activityMusic Jazz Soul music
Profession or occupationMusicians Jazz musicians Soul musicians Organists
Special noteDeath date not added due to uncertainty reflected in some citations.
Found inWillette, B. Behind tha 8 ball [SR] 1965: label (Baby Face Willette, organ)
OCLC, Jan. 30, 1998 (hdg.: Willette, Baby Face, 1933-)
His Mo-roc [SR] 1964: label (Roosevelt (Baby Face) Willette, organ)
Grove music online, Nov. 6, 2012 (Willette, Baby Face (Roosevelt James); b. Sept. 11, 1933, New Orleans or Little Rock, AR; American organist; known to have been performing in Chicago into 1971, but nothing else is known of his later career)
All music guide WWW site, Nov. 6, 2012 (Baby Face Willette; b. Roosevelt Willette, Sept. 11, 1933, New Orleans or Little Rock, d. Apr. 1, 1971; soul-jazz organist)
All music guide to jazz, 4th ed. (Baby Face Willette; b. Roosevelt Willette, Sept. 11, 1933, New Orleans, LA (or Little Rock); he had a regular engagement at a South Side Chicago lounge, 1966-ca. 1971, "but largely vanished from the jazz scene afterwards and died in obscurity")
Not found inSocial Security death index, Nov. 6, 2012; Find a Grave, Nov. 6, 2012; Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999