| LC control no. | no 92022525 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sparks, Melvin |
| Variant(s) | Sparks Hassan, Melvin Hassan, Melvin Sparks |
| See also | Corporate body: Melvin Sparks Band |
| Birth date | 1946-03-22 |
| Death date | 2011-03-13 |
| Place of birth | Houston (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Mount Vernon (Westchester County, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Guitarists Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Witherspoon, J. The blues is now [SR] 1967: labels (Melvin Sparks, guitar) New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Sparks, Melvin (Herman) (Sparks Hassan, Melvin); b. Mar. 22, 1946, Houston; electric guitarist; changed name on converting to Islam in 1975, but appears professionally under his original name) Melvin Sparks Band. What you hear is what you get [SR] 2003: label (Melvin Sparks Band; Melvin Sparks, rhythm and lead guitar, bass and vocals) New York times, Mar. 26, 2011 (Melvin Sparks, 64, guitarist in varied eras; d. Mar. 13, 2011, Mount Vernon, N.Y.) |
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