Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966

LC control no.	n 83172297
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML420.H986 Biography
Personal name heading	Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Hurt, John, 1894-1966 Hurt, John Smith, 1892-1966
Associated country	United States
Located	Avalon (Miss.)
Birth date	18920308
Death date	19661102
Place of birth	Teoc (Miss.)
Place of death	Grenada (Miss.)
Profession or occupation	Singers Guitarists Harmonica players Blues musicians Folk singers Composers
Special note	Previously established as: Hurt, Mississippi John, 1894-1966.
Found in	His Avalon blues [SR] c1982: label (Mississippi John Hurt) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Hurt, John, 1894-1966) Harris, S. Blues ww (Hurt, "Mississippi" John Smith; b. 7-3-1893, Teoc (Carroll Co), MS, d. 11-2-66, Grenada, MS; singer, guitarist, harmonica player) Oxford music online, September 20, 2013: Grove music online (Hurt, Mississippi John; born March 1894, Teoc, MS, died November 3, 1966, Mississippi; American songster and guitarist) Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Hurt, Mississippi John; born July 3, 1893, Teac, Miss., died November 2, 1966, Grenada, Miss.) Mississippi John Hurt Blues Foundation WWW site, September 20, 2013 (Mississippi John Hurt; born July 2, 1892, Teoc, Miss.; death date not given) Wikipedia, September 20, 2013 (Mississippi John Hurt; born John Smith Hurt, July 3, 1893, or March 8, 1892, Teoc, Carroll Co., Miss.; raised in Avalon, Miss.; died November 2, 1966, Grenada, Miss.; American country blues singer and guitarist; 1893 birth date from National Park Service and Encyclopædia Britannica websites; 1892 birth date from photo of tombstone on National Center for Cultural Resources website) All music guide WWW site, September 20, 2013 (Mississippi John Hurt; born July 3, 1893, Teoc, MS, died November 2, 1966, Grenada, MS; blues singer and guitarist) Bio. and geneal. master index on GaleNet, September 20, 2013 (Hurt, John (1893-1966) [2 sources]; Hurt, John (1894-1966) [1 source]; Hurt, John (d1966) [1 source]; Hurt, Mississippi John (1892-) [1 source]; Hurt, Mississippi John (1892-1966) [8 sources]; Hurt, Mississippi John (1893-1966) [11 sources]; Hurt, Mississippi John (1894-1966) [3 sources]; Hurt, Mississippi John (1895-1966) [1 source]) Social Security death index, September 22, 2013 (John Hurt; born March 16, 1892, died November 1966) Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013 (birth date reported as March 1892 in 1900 census; in Hurt's draft registration he stated 1895 as his birth date) Stambler, I. Folk and blues, 2001 (Hurt, Mississippi John; born March 8, 1893, Teoc, Carroll County, Miss., died November 2, 1966, Grenada, Miss.; singer, guitarist, harmonica player, composer) Encyclopedia of the blues, 2006 (Hurt, John Smith "Mississippi John"; born March 8, 1892, Teoc, Carroll County, MS, died November 2, 1966, Grenada, MS; his birth year has also been given as July 3, 1893; blues and folk singer and guitarist) Ratcliffe, Philip R. Mississippi John Hurt, c2011: title page (Mississippi John Hurt) page 8 (John Smith Hurt. "He was reportedly born on March 8, 1892 (grave marker), March 16, 1892 (Social Security Death Index), May 7, 1893 (some family members), or May 8, 1895 (draft registration). When liner notes were being written for his first Piedmont album in 1963, John told the Spottswoods that he was 69. However, a year or so later he told Louisa Spottswood ... that he was actually 71 when rediscovered. Assuming that he considered himself 71 in 1963, this would make his birth year 1892. The most likely date, according to his grandnephew Fred Bolden, who remembers celebrating his uncle's birthday, is March 8. Controversy remains over the inscription on the grave marker, but it now appears that it is correct. For the purposes of this book March 8, 1892 is assumed to be his correct birth date.") page 196 (died November 2, 1966)
Invalid LCCN	n 83155065