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Reed, Lou

LC control no.n 91053113
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3568.E3673
ML420.R299 Biography in music
Personal name headingReed, Lou
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Variant(s)Reed, Lewis Allan
See alsoCorporate body: Velvet Underground (Musical group)
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Other standard no.0000000069820374
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1942-03-02
Death date2013-10-27
Place of birthBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of deathAmagansett (N.Y.)
Field of activityRock music Singing Popular music--Writing and publishing Guitar--Performance
Profession or occupationRock musicians Singers Composers Lyricists Guitarists
Found inBetween thought and expression, 1991: CIP t.p. (Lou Reed) blurb (guitarist, vocalist, songwriter for the Velvet Underground)
LC data base, 5-29-91 (hdg.: Reed, Lou)
Transformer, c1994: t.p. (Lou Reed) p. 16 (Lewis Alan Reed; b. Mar. 2, 1942, Brooklyn)
New York times (online), viewed Oct. 28, 2013 (in obituary published Oct. 27: Lou Reed; b. Lewis Allan Reed, Mar. 2, 1942, Brooklyn; d. Sunday [Oct. 27, 2013], Amagansett, N.Y., aged 71; singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose work with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s had a major influence on generations of rock musicians, and who remained a powerful if polarizing force for the rest of his life)
Associated languageeng