LC control no. | n 93020474 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Johnson, Willie, 1923-1995 |
Variant(s) | Johnson, Willis Lee, 1923-1995 |
Birth date | 1923-03-04 |
Death date | 1995-02-26 |
Place of birth | Memphis (Tenn.) |
Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Guitarists Singers |
Found in | Sun Records harmonica classics [SR] p1989: label (Willie Johnson) 25 more blues classics [SR] p2002: label (Willie Johnson) insert (blues guitarist, vocalist; performed with Howlin' Wolf and with harmonica player Sammy Lewis) Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Johnson, Willie; b. Willis Lee Johnson, Mar. 4, 1923, Memphis, Tenn.; d. Feb. 26, 1995, Chicago, Ill.; blues guitarist; performed with Howlin' Wolf until 1959) |