Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1905-06-13
- Active to
- 1979-07-13
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 4,193
- Total plays
- 12,999
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Lesley "Esley" Riddle (June 13, 1905 - July 13, 1980) was an African-American musician whose influence on the Carter Family helped to shape country music. Riddle was born in Burnsville, North Carolina. He grew up with his paternal grandparents near Kingsport, Tennessee, not far from the Virginia border. While working as a young man at a cement plant, he tripped on an auger. The resulting injury entailed the amputation of his right leg at the knee. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lesley+Riddle
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lesley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- United States
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of death
- 1979-07-13
- date of birth
- 1905-06-13
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