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Hawkins, Ted, 1936-1995

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Personal name headingHawkins, Ted, 1936-1995
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Variant(s)Hawkins, Theodore, Jr., 1936-1995
LocatedVenice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date1936-10-28
Death date1995-01-01
Place of birthBiloxi (Miss.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityBlues (Music)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Singers Composers Guitarists Street musicians
Found inHis 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)