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Matassa, Cosimo

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Personal name headingMatassa, Cosimo
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Birth date19260813
Death date20140911
Place of birthNew Orleans (La.)
Place of deathNew Orleans (La.)
Field of activitySound--Recording and reproducing
Profession or occupationRecording engineer
Found inJames, L. Boppin' and a-strollin' [SR] 1958: container (Cosmo Matassa, composer)
New York times (online), viewed Sept. 15, 2014 (in obituary published Sept. 12: Cosimo Matassa; b. Cosimo Vincent Matassa, Aug. 13, 1926, New Orleans; d. there Thursday [Sept. 11, 2014], aged 88; his used-record business in New Orleans led him to sell new records, which led him to open a tiny studio that helped jump-start rock 'n' roll by recording early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard)