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- Person
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- Female
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- United States
- Active from
- 1947-04-02
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American old school R&B singer Major Harris III (February 9, 1947 - November 9, 2012) was the son of a professional guitarist father and a mother who led church choirs. He was the sibling of Joe Jefferson, a songwriter who penned quite a few hits for the Spinners. His cousin is famous ex-record company owner and artist Norman Harris, and his grandparents worked in vaudeville. Harris performed in many different groups throughout his career, including Franki Lymon's Teenagers, the Jarmels and Nat
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- human
- Family name
- Harris
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Place of death
- Richmond
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
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- date of birth
- 1947-02-09
- date of death
- 2012-11-09
- relative
- Norman Harris
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
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