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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1893
- Died
- 1935
- Works
- 7
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1904
- Active to
- 2009
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- 487
- Total plays
- 1,356
Huey Long, Singer and guitarist | 1904 - 2009. Huey Long, who died on 10 June, 2009, aged 105, was the last surviving member of the perennial American vocal group The Ink Spots. He was also a respected jazz guitarist and played with greats like Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie. He was born on 25 April, 1904, in Sealy, Texas. As a boy he made money shining shoes and with this he bought his first banjo. In the 1930s he moved to Chicago and exchanged his banjo for the guitar. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Long
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Texas
- Place of death
- Houston
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Victor Talking Machine Company
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- date of birth
- 1904-04-25
- date of death
- 2009-06-10
- start of work period
- 1925-00-00
- subject has role
- centenarian
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