| LC control no. | n 93078810 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Washington, Buck |
| Variant(s) | Washington, Ford Lee Washington, Floyd |
| See also | Buck and Bubbles |
| Located | United States |
| Birth date | 1903-10-06 |
| Death date | 1955-01-31 |
| Place of birth | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Buck and Bubbles Palace Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists Actors Dancers Singers |
| Found in | Ridin' in rhythm [SR] c1984: label (Buck Washington, piano) New Grove dict. of jazz (Washington, Buck (Ford Lee); b. 10/16/03, Louisville, KY; d. 1/31/55, New York; pianist, singer, trumpeter) Bessie Smith, 1940?-1947: labels, container (Floyd "Buck" Washington) African American National Biography, accessed April 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Washington, Ford Lee “Buck”; Buck Washington; Ford L. Buck; Ford Lee Buck; pianist, actor, dancer, singer; born 06 October 1903 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States; formed the vaudevillian team Buck & Bubbles; performed at the Palace Theatre in New York City (1922); appeared on Broadway in Lew Leslie's Blackbirds (1930), Porgy and Bess (1935), and Laugh Time (1943); performed at the Radio City Music Hall (1931); appeared on television in Buck and Bubbles Variety Show (1937) and featured in more than fourteen movies; died 31 January 1955 in New York, United States) |
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