Babs Gonzales · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- I, Paid My Dues - Good Times ... No Bread
- I paid my dues
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1919
- Active to
- 1980
jazz
Discography
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- Total plays
- 54,565
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Babs Gonzales (Lee Brown, October 27, 1919 – January 23, 1980) was an American jazz vocalist and band leader of the late 40's Be Bop era and later was known as an effusive beat poet. He may be most notable for penning the song "Oop-Pop-A-Da", which was made famous by Dizzy Gillespie, but originally recorded and performed by his own band, Three Bips and a Bop, a scat vocalese group that later was briefly expanded for some sessions as Six Bips and a Bop in December of 1948. <a href="https://www.la
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Newark
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Genre
- jazz
- Movement
- Beat Generation
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Babs Gonzales, New York, between 1946 and 1948 (William P. Gottlieb 03391).jpg
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- Babs Gonzales
- date of birth
- 1919-10-27
- date of death
- 1980-01-23
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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