| LC control no. | n 85025852 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | MacDonald, Ralph |
| Variant(s) | Mac Donald, Ralph McDonald, Ralph, 1944-2011 |
| See also | Corporate body: Writers (Musical group) |
| Birth date | 1944-03-15 |
| Death date | 2011-12-18 |
| Place of birth | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Stamford (Conn.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Funk (Music) Soul music |
| Profession or occupation | Percussionists Composers |
| Found in | Watanabe, S. Fill up the night [SR] p1983: container (Ralph MacDonald, percussion) New Grove dict. of jazz (MacDonald, Ralph; b. 1944, ?New York; conga player) Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (MacDonald, Ralph; b. Mar. 15, 1944, New York City; conga player) Crusaders. Free as the wind [SR] 198-? p1977: insert (Ralph Mac Donald, special percussion) Roach, M. Members, don't git weary [SR] p2006: container (Ralph McDonald, percussion) New York times WWW site, Dec. 21, 2011 (in obituary published Dec. 20: Ralph MacDonald; b. Ralph Anthony MacDonald, Mar. 15, 1944, Harlem; d. Sunday [Dec. 18, 2011], Stamford, Conn., aged 67; Grammy Award-winning percussionist and composer whose understated Afro-Caribbean rhythms were known as "the ghost" behind the hit records of a multitude of 1970s and '80s pop stars and who was a co-writer on the hit songs Where is the love? and Just the two of us) Discogs WWW site, August 12, 2018: The Writers (Jazz/funk/soul super group from New York City; members: Anthony Jackson, Frank Floyd, Harvey Mason, Hugh McCracken, Jeff Mironov, Jerry Peters, Ralph MacDonald) <https://www.discogs.com/artist/2086155-The-Writers-2> |
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