| LC control no. | n 88620014 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Copeland, Johnny |
| Variant(s) | Copeland, John Clyde Texas Twister |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Texas Houston (Tex.) Teaneck (N.J.) New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1937-03-27 |
| Death date | 1997-07-03 |
| Place of birth | Haynesville (La.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Affiliation | Mercury Record Corporation Rounder Records (Firm) Verve Records (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Guitarists Blues musicians Composers |
| Found in | Collins, A. Showdown! [SR] p1985: labels (Johnny Copeland) container (blues singer/guitarist; based in New York) LC data base, 3/16/88 (hdg.: Copeland, Johnny) Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (Copeland, Johnny; b. Mar. 27, 1937, Haynesville, La.) New York times, July 4, 1997: p. A14 (Johnny Copeland, 60, Texas blues singer and guitarist, d. July 3, 1997, New York) Johnny Copeland WWW site, November 3, 2014 (Johnny Copeland; Johnny "Clyde" Copeland; born March 27, 1937, Haynesville, Louisiana; grew up in Houston; died July 3, 1997; Texas bluesman) American National Biography Online, accessed January 04, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Copeland, Johnny; Clyde; Texas Twister; Blues Musician / Singer, Songwriter; born 27 March 1937 in Haynesville, Louisiana, United States; recorded first single, Rock and Roll Lily, for Mercury records (1958); gained popularity with songs such as Please Let Me Know and Down on Bended Knee (1960-1963); toured with artists such as Otis Redding and Eddie Floyd (1960's-70's); recorded seven albums for Rounder records, including famous Copeland Special (1981); peak in popularity through collaboration with Albert Collins and Robert Cray on record called Showdown!, the record won a Grammy Award; ended his career on Verve Records recording Jungle Swing; died 03 July 1997 in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States) Wikipedia, viewed January 23, 2019 (Johnny Copeland; John Clyde Copeland; born March 27, 1937, Haynesville, Louisiana; died July 3, 1997, New York City; American Texas blues guitarist and singer; father of blues singer Shemekia Copeland) New York times, online version, viewed January 23, 2019 (in obituary published July 4, 1997: Johnny Copeland; born in Louisiana and reared in Arkansas and Houston; moved to New York City in 1975; died yesterday [July 3, 1997], at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, aged 60; Texas blues singer and guitarist) |
| Invalid LCCN | no 97036882 |
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