| LC control no. | no 97021108 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Harley, Rufus |
| Birth date | 1936-05-20 |
| Death date | 2006-08-01 |
| Place of birth | Raleigh (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Profession or occupation | Bagpipers Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Mann, H. The wailing dervishes [SR] 1967: container (Rufus Harley, bagpipes) New York times WWW site, Aug. 14, 2006 (in obituary published Aug. 13: Rufus Harley; b. Rufus Harley, Jr., May 20, 1936, outside Raleigh, N.C.; d. Aug. 1, Philadelphia, aged 70; billed as "the world's first jazz bagpiper"; emitted his haunting sounds alongside some of the greats of jazz) Wikipedia, August 8, 2022 (Rufus Harley Jr.; born May 20, 1936 in Raleigh, North Carolina, died August 1, 2006 in Philadelphia;American jazz musician known primarily as the first jazz musician to adopt the Great Highland bagpipe as his primary instrument; moved to Philadelphia at an early age, started on saxophone) |
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