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Lowe, Jim, 1923-2016

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Personal name headingLowe, Jim, 1923-2016
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Variant(s)Ozark Jim, 1923-2016
Lowe, James Elsworth, 1923-2016
Birth date1923-05-07
Death date2016-12-12
Place of birthSpringfield (Mo.)
Place of deathEast Hampton (N.Y.)
Field of activityPopular music
AffiliationWNEW (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupationSingers Composers Lyricists Disc jockeys
Special noteFormerly on undifferentiated record: n 94046238
Found inSuper hits, 1957 [SR] p1979: label (Jim Lowe)
Wikipedia, Nov. 30, 2010 (Jim Lowe; b. May 7, 1927, Springfield, Mo.; American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1956 number-one hit record, "The green door". He also served as a disc jockey and radio host and personality, and has been considered an expert on the popular music of the 1940s and 1950s)
Thompson, S. The fiery bear [SR] 1950: label (Ozark Jim)
Conelrad WWW site, Jan. 18, 2011: Atomic Platters (The Fiery bear by Shorty Thompson and Jim Lowe)
New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 15, 2016 (in obituary published Dec. 14: Jim Lowe; b. James Elsworth Lowe, May 7, 1923, Springfield, Mo.; d. Monday [Dec. 12, 2016], East Hampton, N.Y., aged 93; played standards for more than 50 years as a disc jockey, most notably at WNEW-AM in New York, and in 1956 had a No. 1 record of his own, The green door)
Associated languageeng