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Memphis Slim

LC control no.n 82047870
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingMemphis Slim
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Variant(s)Chatman, John, 1915-1988
Chatman, John Len, 1915-1988
Chatman, P. (Peter)
Chatman, Peter
Slim, Memphis
Other standard no.8348299b-aad1-4723-aee7-3217e52ca1e7
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedChicago (Ill.)
Birth date1915-09-03
Death date1988-02-24
Place of birthMemphis (Tenn.)
Place of deathParis (France)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians
Pianists
Singers
Composers
Found inMemphis Slim and the real boogie-woogie. [Phonodisc] 1959.
His This is a good time to write a song [SR] 196-?: container (Memphis Slim; P. Chatman)
Santelli, R. Big book of blues, 2001 (Memphis Slim (aka Peter Chatman); b. John Chatman, Sept. 3, 1915, Memphis, Tenn., d. Feb. 24, 1988, Paris, France)
Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1915)
Wikipedia, Aug. 1, 2014 (Memphis Slim; born John Len Chatman; American blues pianist, singer, and composer)
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Wikipedia September 19, 2023: (Memphis Slim was born John Len Chatman, in Memphis, Tennessee. He settled in Chicago in 1939 and began teaming with the guitarist and singer Big Bill Broonzy in clubs soon afterwards.)
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Associated languageeng