Arthur Blake
Sign in to saveAlso known as Charles Arthur Blake
American middle distance runner (1872–1944)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- The gold rush of 1849
- The Scopes trial
- Vlieghelde van Suid-Afrika
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-04-28
Discography
- Piano for Dummies1998
- Royal Fantasy2022
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 74,568
- Total plays
- 581,542
Tags
bluesragtimedelta bluespiedmont bluesguitar
There are at least two artists with the name Blind Blake 1. Arthur "Blind" Blake (c. 1893- December 1, 1934) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. There is only one photograph of him in existence. Very little is known about his life. His birthplace was listed as Jacksonville, Florida by Paramount Records, but even that is in dispute. Even his name is not certain. During recordings he was asked about his real name and he answered that his name was Blind Arthur Blake which is also listed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Boston
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Participant in
- 1896 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Image
- Arthur Blake-1896.jpg
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- sports discipline competed in
- marathon
- date of birth
- 1872-01-26
- date of death
- 1944-10-22
Sources (2)
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