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Hendricks, Jon, 1921-2017

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Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML420.H3729 Biography
Personal name headingHendricks, Jon, 1921-2017
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Variant(s)Hendricks, J. (Jon), 1921-2017
Hendricks, John Carl, 1921-2017
See alsoCorporate body: Jon Hendricks & Company (Musical group)
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Corporate body: Jon Hendricks Vocalstra (Musical group)
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Corporate body: Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (Musical group)
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Corporate body: Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan (Musical group)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1921-09-16
Death date2017-11-22
Place of birthNewark (Ohio)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityJazz vocals
Profession or occupationJazz singers Lyricists
Found inLambert, D. Sing a song of Basie [SR] 1958, surrogate: label (Jon Hendricks)
Feather, L.G. The ency. of jazz in the seventies, c1976 p. 174 (Hendricks, John Carl (Jon); songwriter, singer, also drums; b. Newark OH 9-16-21)
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (Musical group). The best of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross [SR] 1974: labels (J. Hendricks) container (Jon Hendricks)
New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 29, 2017 (in obituary published Nov. 26: Jon Hendricks; b. John Carl Hendricks, Sept. 16, 1921, Newark, Ohio; dropped the "h" from his first name when he went into show business; d. Wednesday [Nov. 22, 2017], Manhattan, aged 96; jazz singer and songwriter who became famous in the 1950s with the vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross by putting lyrics to well-known jazz instrumentals and turning them into vocal tours de force)
Associated languageeng