LC control no. | nr 89011162 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Lenoir, J. B., 1929-1967 |
Variant(s) | Lenoir, J. B., d. 1967 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
Birth date | 19290305 |
Death date | 19670429 |
Place of birth | Lawrence County (Miss.) |
Place of death | Urbana (Ill.) |
Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
Affiliation | Club Lolease (Blues club) Parrot records (Firm) |
Profession or occupation | Rhythm and blues musicians Singers Composers Guitarists |
Found in | Little Walter. The blues world of Little Walter [SR] 1984: label (J.B. Lenoir) container (blues singer & guitarist; made recording debut at age 22 in 1951; killed in car accident at age 38 in 1967) Conversation with the blues, c1997: p. 191 (Lenoir, J.B.; b. Mar. 5, 1929, Monticello, Miss.) African American National Biography, accessed February 19, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lenoir, J. B.; rhythm and blues musician/singer, songwriter, guitarist; born 05 March 1929 near Monticello, Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States; settled in Chicago (the late 1940s); formed his own band (1951); switched to Parrot, a label owned by the Chicago disc jockey Al Benson; the two-horn, guitar-boogie combination produced a distinctive sound that became his musical trademark; operated and partially owned a blues club, the Club Lolease (1950s); traveled to Europe as part of the American Folk Blues Festival (1965); second tour with the American Folk Blues Festival reinforced his status in Europe (1966); died 29 April 1967 in Urbana, Illinois, United States) |