| LC control no. | n 87137864 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 |
| Variant(s) | Wetherford, Theodore, 1903-1945 Wetherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | India |
| Birth date | 1903-10-11 |
| Death date | 1945-04-25 |
| Place of birth | Pocahontas (Va.) |
| Place of death | Calcutta (India) |
| Affiliation | Bluefield Institute Wade's Moulin Rouge Orchestra Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Pianists |
| Found in | Clark, G. Piano & swing [SR] 1984- : v. 1, label (Teddy Weatherford) container (piano; b. 10-11-03 in Bluefield, W. Va.; d. Calcutta, 4-25-45) Rare piano rolls 1922-1927 [SR] p1985: container (Theodore (Teddy) Wetherford; Teddy Weatherford) African American National Biography, accessed April 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Weatherford, Teddy; jazz musician, pianist; born 11 October 1903 in Pocahontas, Virginia, United States; attended the Bluefield Colored Institute (1915); traveled with Ben Harris' traveling band; played with Jimmy Wade and Erskine Tate orchestras; traveled to Europe with Jack Carter's orchestra (1926); toured with Ulysses “Slow Kid” Thompson across Ceylon, Bombay, and Singapore (1939); settled in Calcutta, India with his family, playing regularly to large crowds; died 25 April 1945 in Calcutta, India) |
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