LC control no. | n 85376987 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Hellerman, Fred, 1927-2016 |
See also | Alternate identity: Hill, Bob, 1927-2016 Corporate body: Weavers (Musical group) |
Birth date | 1927-05-13 |
Death date | 2016-09-01 |
Place of birth | Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) |
Place of death | Weston (Conn.) |
Field of activity | Folk music |
Profession or occupation | Folk singers Guitarists Composers Lyricists |
Found in | The Weavers; wasn't that a time [MP] 1981: credits (performer, Fred Hellerman) Encyclopedia of folk, country & western music, 1983 (Fred Hellerman; b. 1927; folk singer) Songs for political action [SR] p1996: Disc ten, container (Bob Hill (Fred Hellerman)) book, p. 191 (Hellerman's only solo recording was issued by Jubilee Records in June 1950 under the name Bob Hill, because Hellerman was contracted to Decca) The girl in the mirror, 1968 (Fred Hellerman [composer]) New York times WWW site, viewed Sept. 7, 2016 (in obituary published Sept. 2: Fred Hellerman; b. May 13, 1927, Flatbush, Brooklyn; d. Thursday [Sept. 1, 2016], Weston, Conn., aged 89; singer, guitarist, and songwriter and the last surviving member of the Weavers, the quartet that in the 1950s helped usher in the folk music revival) |
Associated language | eng |
Invalid LCCN | n 2014003722 |