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Sykes, Roosevelt

LC control no.n 88613448
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingSykes, Roosevelt
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Variant(s)Honeydripper
Honey-dripper
Bey, Roosevelt Sykes
Bragg, Dobby
Johnson, Easy Papa
Kelly, Willie
See alsoCorporate body: Honeydrippers (Blues group)
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Corporate body: Roosevelt Sykes Trio
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1906-01-31
Death date1983-07-11
Profession or occupationBlues musicians
Found inJohnson, L. Lonnie Johnson [SR] 1987?: container (Roosevelt Sykes, piano)
Sykes, R. Blues by Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes [SR] p1995: label (Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes) insert (Roosevelt "The Honey-dripper" Sykes; Moslem name: Roosevelt Sykes Bey; also used the recording pseudonym, Dobby Bragg; b. Jan. 31, 1906, Helena, Ark., d. July 11, 1983, New Orleans)
Wikipedia, Apr. 20, 2011 (Roosevelt Sykes; b. Jan. 31, 1906, Elmar, Ark.; d. July 17, 1983, New Orleans; American blues musician also known as "The Honeydripper"; recorded for multiple labels under various names including "Easy Papa Johnson," "Dobby Bragg" and "Willie Kelly")
Wikipedia, June 14, 2016 (Roosevelt Sykes; recorded with The Honeydrippers)
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That's all right [SR] p2002: container (Roosevelt Sykes Trio)