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Freeman, Bobby, 1940-2017

LC control no.no 99011400
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Personal name headingFreeman, Bobby, 1940-2017
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Variant(s)Freeman, Robert Thomas, 1940-2017
LocatedSan Francisco (Calif.)
Birth date1940-06-13
Death date2017-01-23
Place of birthCalifornia, Northern
Place of deathDaly City (Calif.)
Field of activityPopular music
Profession or occupationSingers Composers Lyricists
Found in20 original winners of 1964, 1964?: label (Bobby Freeman)
All-music guide, Feb. 18, 1999 (Bobby Freeman, b. June 13, 1940)
New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 14, 2017 (in obituary published Feb. 13: Bobby Freeman; b. Robert Thomas Freeman, June 13, 1940, Northern California; raised in San Francisco; d. Jan. 23, Daly City, Calif., aged 76; his Do you want to dance climbed the pop charts in 1958 and endured long afterward in covers by the Beach Boys, the Ramones, Bette Midler, and others; was still a teenager when he wrote and recorded the song that became his signature)
Associated languageeng