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Robinson, Fenton

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Personal name headingRobinson, Fenton
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Associated countryChicago (Ill.)
LocatedMemphis (Tenn.) Springfield (Ill.) Rockford (Ill.)
Chicago (Ill.)
Birth date19350723
Death date19971125
Place of birthGreenwood (Miss.)
Place of deathRockford (Ill.)
Field of activityBlues (Music)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Singers Guitarists Composers Music teachers
Found inHis Nightflight [SR] p1984: label (Fenton Robinson, vocals and guitar)
Boston Globe, Nov. 26, 1997 (Fenton Robinson; blues guitarist, singer; d. Nov. 25, 1997 at age 62; b. in LeFlore County, Miss.)
Wikipedia, November 3, 2014 (Fenton Robinson; born September 23, 1935, Greenwood, Mississippi; died November 25, 1997, Rockford, Illinois; American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar; moved to Memphis at age 18 and settled in Chicago in 1962; signature song, Somebody loan me a dime, recorded 1967 on the Palos label (re-recorded on Alligator in 1974))
Alligator Records WWW site, November 3, 2014 (Fenton Robinson; born September 23, 1935, Greenwood, Mississippi; died November 25, 1997; blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist; in the late 1980s moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he worked with the local school system; lived in Rockford, Illinois, during the last years of his life)