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DeVille, Willy

LC control no.n 91082956
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML420.D528 Biography
Personal name headingDeVille, Willy
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Variant(s)Borsey, William
See alsoCorporate body: Mink Deville (Musical group)
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Birth date19530827
Death date20090806
Place of birthNew York (N.Y.)
Place of deathStamford (Conn.)
Profession or occupationSinger Songwriter
Found inMiracle [SR] p1987: label (Willy DeVille)
Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (DeVille, Willy; b. Aug. 27, 1953, New York City)
All music guide WWW site, Apr. 6, 2006 (Willy DeVille; b. William Borsey, Aug. 27, 1953, New York, NY)
New York times WWW site, Aug. 11, 2009 (in obituary published Aug. 7: Willy DeVille; b. William Borsey, Stamford, Conn.; d. Thursday [Aug. 6, 2009], Manhattan, aged 58; singer and songwriter and the leader of the group Mink DeVille, whose adventurous forays into rhythm and blues, Cajun music, and salsa made him one of the most original figures of the New York punk scene of the 1970s)
Associated languageeng