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Moore, Scotty

LC control no.n 90623796
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LC classificationML419.M665 Biography
Personal name headingMoore, Scotty
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Variant(s)Moore, Winfield Scott, III
See alsoCorporate body: Scotty & Bill
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Corporate body: Scotty Moore Trio
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Birth date1931-12-27
Death date2016-06-28
Place of birthGadsden (Tenn.)
Place of deathNashville (Tenn.)
Field of activityRock music Rockabilly music
Profession or occupationGuitarists Rock musicians Rockabilly musicians
Found inElvis Presley, c1988: p. 3 (Scotty Moore) p. 8 (b. in Humbolt, Tenn.)
Worth, F.L. Elvis, 1992: p. 133 (Moore, Scotty; b. Winfield Scott Moore III, 12-27-1931; guitar)
New York times WWW site, viewed June 29, 2016 (in obituary published June 28: Scotty Moore; b. Winfield Scott Moore III, Dec. 27, 1931, on a farm near Gadsden, Tenn.; d. Tuesday [June 28, 2016], at his home outside Nashville, aged 84; guitarist whose terse, bluesy licks on Elvis Presley's early hits virtually created the rockabilly guitar style and established the guitar as a lead instrument in rock 'n' roll)