LC control no. | n 95058174 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Moore, Wild Bill |
Variant(s) | Moore, William Melvin Moore, Bill, 1918-1983 |
Associated country | Texas United States |
Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) Detroit (Mich.) |
Birth date | 1918-06-13 |
Death date | 1983-08-08 |
Place of birth | Greenville (Tex.) Houston (Tex.) |
Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Field of activity | Rhythm and blues music Jazz |
Profession or occupation | Saxophonists Rhythm and blues musicians Jazz musicians Boxers (Sports) |
Found in | Black California, p1980: label (Wild Bill Moore) container (saxophone) New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Moore, Wild Bill (William Melvin); b. June 13, 1918, Greenville, TX, d. Aug. 8, 1983, Los Angeles; tenor saxophonist) Wikipedia, September 24, 2018 (Wild Bill Moore; born William M. Moore, June 13, 1918, Detroit, Michigan; died August 1, 1983, Los Angeles, California; American R&B and jazz tenor saxophone player) allmusic.com, September 24, 2018 (Wild Bill Moore; born William M. Moore, June 13, 1918, Houston, TX; died August 1, 1983; Texas tenor saxman; relocated to Los Angeles, where he really began to build a name for himself from about 1945 to 1947; lived in Detroit from 1947 until the mid-1970s, then returned to Los Angeles) hoyhoy.com, September 24, 2018 (Wild Bill Moore (born William M. Moore, Houston, Texas, June 13, 1918; seems not to have adopted the nickname "Wild" until c. late 1946 (leading to potential confusion with at least two other Bill Moores recording jazz in the mid-'40s); d. 1983); saxophonist and boxer) <http://www.hoyhoy.com/artists/wildbill.htm> |