LC control no. | no 98081047 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Willette, Baby Face, 1933- |
Variant(s) | Willette, Roosevelt, 1933- |
Birth date | 1933-09-11 |
Field of activity | Music Jazz Soul music |
Profession or occupation | Musicians Jazz musicians Soul musicians Organists |
Special note | Death date not added due to uncertainty reflected in some citations. |
Found in | Willette, 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 in | Social Security death index, Nov. 6, 2012; Find a Grave, Nov. 6, 2012; Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999 |