Sharriff, Omar, 1938-

LC control no.	no 98044361
Personal name heading	Sharriff, Omar, 1938- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Shariff, Omar, 1938- Alexander, Dave, 1938- Khayyam, Omar Hakim, 1938- Elam, Dave Alexander, 1938- Omar the Magnificent, 1938-
Special note	Machine-derived authority record.
Found in	LCCN 95-704688: The raven, p1992 Kriss, E. Barrelhouse and boogie piano, 199-?, c1973: p. 50-51 (Dave Alexander; grew up in rural Texas; boogie woogie piano player; lives and plays in San Francisco [i.e. as of 1973]) Encyclopedia of the blues, 2006 (Alexander, Dave (Omar Hakim Khayyam); b. Dave Alexander Elam, Mar. 10, 1938, Shreveport, LA; changed his name to Omar Khayyam in 1976 and has since performed as Omar the Magnificent) Sacramento news & review WWW site, Sept. 5, 2006 (search on Omar the Magnificent returned article from Oct. 18, 2001 titled: Piano poet unbound; Omar Sharriff; b. Dave Alexender in Shreveport, La., 1938; grew up in Marshall, Tx.; changed name to Omar Hakim Khayyam in 1960 (!), stage name Omar the Magnificent; search on Omar Sharriff returned article from Aug. 20, 2006) OCLC, Sept. 5, 2006 (hdgs.: Shariff, Omar; Alexander, Dave, 1938- ; usage: Dave Alexander; Omar Shariff; Omar Sharriff (usage on most recent publication)) Arhoolie.com WWW site, Sept. 5, 2006 (his items indexed under Sharriff, Omar, with variants: Dave Alexander; Omar Shariff)