| LC control no. | n 96092992 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clayton, Doctor |
| Variant(s) | Clayton, Dr. Clayton, Peter J. Cleighton, Peter Clayton, Doc Clayton, Jesse |
| Associated place | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Birth date | 1898-04-19 |
| Death date | 1947-01-07 |
| Place of birth | Americus (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Composers Pianists |
| Found in | His Doctor Clayton and his buddies [SR] 199-: label (Doctor Clayton) insert (Dr. Clayton (Peter J. Clayton), vocals) Messed up in love [SR] p1996: container (Peter Cleighton) insert (Peter "Doctor" Cleighton) Harris, S. Blues ww, c1979 (Clayton, Peter Joe "Doc"/"Doctor"; aka Peter Cleighton; b. Apr. 19, 1898, Georgia, d. Jan. 7, 1947, Chicago, IL) Oxford reference online, July 20, 2020: Encyclopedia of popular music, 4th edition (Clayton, Peter J.; "Doctor" Peter J. Clayton; born April 19, 1898, Georgia, USA; died January 7, 1947, Chicago, Illinois; blues singer and songwriter) Wirz' American music WWW site, July 20, 2020 (Doctor Clayton; Peter Joe Cleighton; born April 19, 1905 (in source the date 1898 is crossed out and replaced with 1905) in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia; died January 7, 1947, Chicago, Illinois; earlier discs credited to Jesse Clayton, Peter J. Clayton or Peter Cleighton; beginning in 1941 discs show credit to Doctor Clayton or Dr. Clayton) <https://www.wirz.de/music/claytond.htm> Find-a-grave WWW site, July 20, 2020 (Peter Joe "Doc" Clayton; born April 19, 1898, Georgia; died January 7, 1947, Chicago, Illinois; singer, piano player and a pioneer of the early Chicago blues era; recorded for Bluebird records from the 1930s until his death and was a regular in the Chicago scene; gravestone reads "Peter 'Doc' Clayton, 1898-1947") |
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