| LC control no. | n 92117149 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cobbs, Willie |
| Located | Chicago (Ill.) Hughes (Ark.) Greenwood (Miss.) |
| Birth date | 1932-07-15 |
| Death date | 2021-10-25 |
| Place of birth | Smale (Ark.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Harmonica players |
| Found in | Chills and fever [SR] p1985: label (Willie Cobbs) Electric blues 1939-2005. Part 3, 1960-1969, p2011: container (Willie Cobbs) booklet (born July 15, 1932, Smales [sic], Arkansas; moved to Chicago in 1948; was living in Hughes, Arkansas as of 1960; blues singer and harmonica player; also played electric bass and operated several Arkansas blues clubs) Oxford music online, November 12, 2013: Encylopedia of popular music (Cobbs, Willie; born July 15, 1940, Monroe, Arkansas; moved to Chicago in 1951; has been based in the South since the 60s, recording down-home blues, primarily for small labels; blues harmonica player and singer) Wikipedia, November 12, 2013 (Willie Cobbs; born July 15, 1932, Smale, Arkansas; American blues singer, harmonica player, and songwriter, best known for his song, You don't love me) Mississippi writers & musicians WWW site, November 12, 2013: Mississippi musicians (Willie Cobbs; born July 15, 1932, outside of Smale, Arkansas; moved to Chicago in1947; blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter; ran clubs in Arkansas, Itta Bena, Mississippi, and Greenwood, Mississippi, where he moved in 1978) <http://www.mswritersandmusicians.com/musicians/willie-cobbs.html> Arkansas Democrat gazette website, Nov. 1, 2021 (Willie Cobbs; born and raised in the Smale community of Monroe County in east Arkansas, died Oct. 25, 2021; blues harmonica player) <https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/oct/27/arkansas-loses-harmonica-star-willie-cobbs-89/> |
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