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Phillips, Gene, 1915-1990

LC control no.no 98016722
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Personal name headingPhillips, Gene, 1915-1990
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Variant(s)Phillips, Eugene Floyd, 1915-1990
Birth date19150525
Death date19900110
Place of birthSaint Louis, Mo.
Place of deathLos Angeles, Calif.
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Singers Guitarists
Special noteMachine-derived authority record.
Found inLCCN 92-760376: Phillips, G. Gene Phillips and his Rhythm Aces, p1986-
Oxford music online, September 11, 2013: Encyclopedia of popular music (Phillips, Gene; born Eugene Floyd Phillips, July 25, 1915, St. Louis, Missouri; jump blues guitarist and singer)
Grove music online, September 11, 2013 (Phillips, Gene (Eugene Floyd); born May 25, 1915, St. Louis; died April 20, 1992, Lakewood, CA; American guitarist, singer, and leader; the month of his birth has been published erroneously as July rather than May; formed his group, the Rhythm Aces, in 1939; retired soon after 1956 to run a junkyard)
Electric blues, 1939-2005 ... Part 1, Beginnings 1939-1954, p2011: container (Gene Phillips) booklet (born St. Louis; birth date usually given as July 25, 1915, but Social Security gives it as May 25; moved to Los Angeles in 1942; singer and guitarist; died January 10, 1990)
FamilySearch WWW site, September 11, 2013 (in California Death index, 1940-1997: Eugene F. Phillips; born May 25, 1915, Missouri; died Jan 10, 1990, Los Angeles, California; male; mother's name: Woods)
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