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Edwards, Bernice

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Personal name headingEdwards, Bernice
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Variant(s)Edwards, Moanin' Bernice
Moanin' Bernice
LocatedHouston (Tex.)
Birth date1910~
1907
Death date1969-02-26
1969-02-26
Place of birthHouston (Tex.)
Katy (Tex.)
Place of deathHouston (Tex.)
Field of activityBlues (Music)
Profession or occupationSingers Pianists Blues musicians
Found inMean mothers, 1980: label (Bernice Edwards)
The Thomas Family 1925-1929 [SR] p1977: label (Bernice Edwards) container (Moanin' Bernice; Moanin' Bernice Edwards; Bernice Edwards, brought up as a member of the Thomas family; singer; b. ca. 1910)
LC in OCLC, Apr. 3, 1996 (MLC hdg.: Edwards, Moanin' Bernice)
LC in OCLC, Jan. 8, 1996 (hdg.: Edwards, Bernice)
Oxford music online, December 2, 2016: Encyclopedia of popular music (Edwards, Moanin' Bernice; born ca. 1910, Houston, Texas; Bernice Edwards; blues singer and pianist)
German Wikipedia, December 2, 2016 (Bernice Edwards; "Moanin'" Bernice Edwards; born ca. 1910; died February 26, 1969, Houston; American blues singer and pianist)
Eagle, Bob. Blues : a regional experience, ©2013: page 393 ("Moanin" Bernice Edwards; singer and pianist; born probably Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1907; died Houston, February 26, 1969; appears to be the person recalled by Victoria Spivey as "Houston Bernice Edwards"; recorded for Paramount (1928) and Vocalion (1935))