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Hill, Bertha Chippie

LC control no.n 90708907
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Personal name headingHill, Bertha Chippie
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Variant(s)Hill, Bertha Chippie, 1905-1950.
Hill, Chippie
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1905-03-15
Death date1950-05-07
Place of birthCharleston (S.C.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
AffiliationRabbit Foot Productions King Oliver's Jazz Band Art Hodes' Hot Five
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Dancers Singers
Found inSorry but I can't take you [SR] p1980: label (Bertha Chippie Hill)
Fattenin' frogs for snakes [SR] p1996: container (Chippie Hill)
Guinness enc. of popular mus., 2nd ed. (Hill, Bertha 'Chippie'; b. Mar. 15, 1905, Charleston, SC, d. May 7, 1950, New York City, NY; singer and dancer)
African American National Biography, accessed January 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Hill, Chippie; Bertha Hill; jazz musician, dancer, singer. She was born 15 March 1905 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States; toured with Rabbit Foot Minstrels (1920s); worked with King Oliver's jaz band (1926); recorded, I Ain't Gonna Do It No More (1929); recorded, Trouble in Mind, Careless Love, How Long Blues, and Around the Clock Blues, all with Austin's band; worked at the Club DeLisa (1946-1947); performed with the Art Hodes's quintet (1950). She died 07 May 1950 in New York, New York, United States)