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Bricktop, 1894-1984

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Personal name headingBricktop, 1894-1984
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Variant(s)Duconge, Ada Smith, 1894-1984
Smith, Ada Beatrice, 1894-1984
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1894-08-14
Death date1984-02-01
Profession or occupationSingers
Found inHer Bricktop, 1983: CIP t.p. (Bricktop) introd. (Black woman singer in Chicago, Paris, Mexico City (during WW II), Paris again; now lives in New York)
Phone call to Atheneum (real name Ada Smith Duconge; b. 1894)
Southern, E. Biog. dict. of Afro-American and African musicians (Smith, Ada Beatrice ("Bricktop"); b. Alderson, W. Va., 8/14/1894)
NY Times obit., Feb. 1, 1984 (Bricktop; d. Feb. 1, 1984 in New York, NY)