| LC control no. | no 92022840 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Carlisle, Una Mae, 1915-1956 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19151226 |
| Death date | 19561107 |
| Place of birth | Zanesville (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Blackbirds Orchestra UniversiteĢ de Paris American Broadcasting Companies Columbia Records, Inc. |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists Singers Composers Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Ellington, D. The early Duke Ellington [SR] 1968: labels (Una Mae Carlisle, vocals) New Grove dict. of jazz (Carlisle, Una Mae; b. 12-26-15, Xenia, OH, d. 11-7-56, New York; pianist, singer, composer) African American National Biography, accessed January 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Carlisle, Una Mae; songwriter, jazz musician, singer, pianist; born 26 December 1915 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States; studied harmony at Sorbonne; joined Lew Leslie's Blackbirds (1936); performed at Boeuf sur le Toit, Paris; performed for the Egyptian royal family in Cairo (1937); recorded for the Bluebird label (1940-1941); had radio series in her name originating in New York City and syndicated coast-to-coast by the American Broadcasting Corporation (1950-1953); recorded for Columbia records (1950); died 07 November 1956 in Harlem, New York, New York, United States) |
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