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Bo, Eddie

LC control no.n 93019575
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Personal name headingBo, Eddie
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Variant(s)Bo, Eddir
Bocage, Eddie
Bocage, Edwin J.
Little Bo
Bo, Little
Bocage, Spider
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1930-09-20
Death date2009-03-18
Place of birthNew Orleans (La.)
Profession or occupationRhythm and blues musicians
Found inHis Check Mr. Popeye [SR] p1988: label (Eddie Bo)
New Orleans rhythm 'n blues [SR] p1982: container (Eddir Bo; Eddie Bocage, vocal/piano; recorded 1956)
All music guide WWW homepage, June 29, 1999 (Eddie Bo; Eddie Bocage; a.k.a. Edwin J. Bocage, b. Sept. 20, 1930 in New Orleans, La.; active 1960s; genre, rock; style, R&B, New Orleans R&B; instrument; piano, vocals; singer/pianist/producer; first recorded for Ace Records in 1954)
New York times WWW site, Mar. 25, 2009 (in obituary published Mar. 24: Eddie Bo; b. Edwin Joseph Bocage, New Orleans; d. last Wednesday [Mar. 18, 2009], aged 79; exuberant New Orleans pianist and singer who wrote for and worked with artists like Irma Thomas, Etta James, and Art Neville of the Neville Brothers, and whose song I'm wise became one of Little Richard's biggest hits, as Slippin' and slidin')
The best of Ace Records. Volume II, The R & B hits, ℗1992: container (Little Bo and his orchestra; Edwin J. Bocage) insert (Eddie Bo; real name: Edwin Bocage; a.k.a. Spider Bocage; New Orleans piano player)