LC control no. | n 87101973 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Hawkins, Ted, 1936-1995 |
Variant(s) | Hawkins, Theodore, Jr., 1936-1995 |
Located | Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Birth date | 1936-10-28 |
Death date | 1995-01-01 |
Place of birth | Biloxi (Miss.) |
Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Composers Guitarists Street musicians |
Found in | His Watch your step [SR] p1982: labels (Ted Hawkins; Theodore Hawkins, Jr.) container (b. 1936, Biloxi, Mississippi) The Ted Hawkins story, ℗1998: label (Ted Hawkins) insert (vocals, guitar; born October 28, 1936, Mississippi; cut two singles for Money Records in 1966 as Ted "Soul" Hawkins; street singer on the boardwalk at Venice Beach; spent four years in England, returning to Los Angeles in 1990; died from a stroke on New Year's Day 1995) Encyclopedia of the blues, 2006 (Hawkins, Ted; born Theodore Hawkins, Jr., October 28, 1936, Lakeshore, MS; died January 1, 1995, Los Angeles, CA; in 1966 he moved to Los Angeles where he recorded a single for Money Records and began playing as a street musician around the Ocean Front area of Venice Beach) Oxford music online, June 15, 2017: Encyclopedia of popular music (Hawkins, Ted; born Theodore Hawkins Jnr., October 28, 1936, Biloxi, Mississippi; died January 1, 1995, Los Angeles, California; more of a modern-day "songster" than a bluesman, his repertoire encompassing pop hits, country and folk standards, soul numbers and originals) |