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Starks, John, 1938-2018

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Personal name headingStarks, John, 1938-2018
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Variant(s)Starks, Jabo, 1938-2018
Birth date1938-10-26
Death date2018-05-01
Place of birthJackson (Ala.)
Place of deathMobile (Ala.)
Field of activityFunk (Music) Blues (Music)
Profession or occupationDrummers (Musicians) Funk musicians Blues musicians Composers
Found inThe payback, p1973: label (John Starks, co-writer)
Wikipedia, June 25, 2014 (John "Jabo" Starks; b. October 26, 1938; American funk and blues drummer)
New York times WWW site, viewed May 2, 2018 (in obituary published May 1: Jabo Starks; b. John Henry Starks, Oct. 26, 1938, Jackson, Ala.; d. Tuesday [May 1, 2018], Mobile, Ala., aged 79; drummer steeped in blues whose steady groove became the backbone for many of James Brown's hits)