| LC control no. | no 96027751 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Big Maceo, 1905-1953 |
| Variant(s) | Merriweather, Big Maceo, 1905-1953 Merriweather, Maceo, 1905-1953 Merryweather, Major, 1905-1953 Meriweather, Major, 1905-1953 |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a Blues Hall of Fame inductee. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 19050331 |
| Death date | 19530223 |
| Place of birth | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Affiliation | RCA Victor Records Bluebyrd Records (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Pianists |
| Found in | Big Maceo. Chicago breakdown [SR] p1975: label (Big Maceo) container (Big Maceo; b. Major Meriweather, 3-31-05 in Newnan, Ga.; d. 2-26-53; always spelled the family name "Merriweather") LC in OCLC, 5-2-96 (MLC hdg.: Merriweather, Big Maceo, 1905-1953) OCLC, 5-2-96 (hdgs.: Merriweather, Maceo; Merryweather, Major; Big Maceo, 1905-1953; Big Maceo Merriweather; Big Maceo (Musician), 1905-1953) African American National Biography, accessed March 1, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Merriweather, “Big Maceo”; Major Merriweather; blues musician/ singer, pianist; born 31 March 1905, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States; met the renowned Chicago guitarists Tampa Red and “Big Bill” Broonzy (1941); recorded for his first session fourteen tracks for the RCA Victor label; first hit record, “Worried Life Blues”; Big Maceo and Tampa Red went on to record a number of songs together for Bluebyrd, creating a unique, new sound that became known as the “The Bluebird Beat”; suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his right side (1946); “Worried Life Blues” has become a blues standard and was among the first batch of songs inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame; died 23 February 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) |
| Invalid LCCN | no 98019776 |
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