| LC control no. | no 97045507 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hegamin, Lucille, 1894-1970 |
| Variant(s) | Nelson, Lucille, 1894-1970 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1894-10-29 |
| Death date | 1970-03-01 |
| Place of birth | Macon (Ga.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Blue Flame Syncopators Arto (Sound recording label) Cameo (Firm) New Lafayette Theatre Jazz Jubilee (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Nurses |
| Found in | Hegamin, L. Beale St. mama [SR] 1922: label (Lucille Hegamin, vocals) Kinkle, R.D. Complete enc. of pop. music and jazz, c1974 (Hegamin, Lucille (Lucille Nelson); b. Nov. 29, 1894, Macon, Ga.; d. Mar. 1, 1970, New York, N.Y.; vocalist, bandleader) African American National Biography, accessed January 29, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Hegamin, Lucille; Lucille Nelson; blues musitian, singer; born 29 November 1894 in Macon, Georgia, United States. She performed in cabarets, New York City (1919); appeared in Happy Rhone's all-star shows at the Manhattan Casino in Harlem (1920 and 1921); recorded, The Jazz Me Blues, and Everybody's Blues (1920); toured with her Blue Flame Syncopaters and released, Arkansas Blues, with Arto label; toured with her own Jazz Jubilee band and recorded with Cameo label (1922-1923); toured with Creole Follies (1923-1924); worked at Harlem's Lafayette Theater in The Midnight Steppers (1928); her career ended at the Paradise CafeĢ in Atlantic City (1933-1934); worked as a nurse (1934-1950s). She died 01 March 1970 in New York, New York, United States) |
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