Wilbert Harrison
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American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player (1929-1994)
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Vinony's link graph records 92 inbound references to Wilbert Harrison, and connects out to YouTube, International Standard Book Number and Charlotte.
It is catalogued under topics including 1929 births, 1994 deaths and 20th-century African-American male singers.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-01-05
- Active to
- 1994-10-26
Discography
- Kansas City / Listen, My Darling1959
- Let’s Stick Together / Kansas City Twist1962
- Let’s Stick Together / My Heart Is Yours1962
- Kansas City1965
- Let's Work Together1969
- Let's Work Together (Part 1) / Let's Work Together (Part 2)1969
- Anything You Want1971
- Shoot You Full of Love1971
- Wilbert Harrison1971
- Kansas City / Schoolhouse Rock1973
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 66,938
- Total plays
- 251,900
Tags
Wilbert Harrison (January 5, 1929 – October 26, 1994) was an American singer, pianist, guitarist, and harmonica player. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, the soul and rnb artist influenced numerous musicians during his mutli-decade career and also played a role in the evolution of rock n roll music. Harrison's best known for having a Billboard #1 record in 1959 with the song "Kansas City", the track still picking up widespread airplay for years and years. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wilb
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Harrison
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Charlotte
- Place of death
- North Carolina
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Savoy Records
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- date of birth
- 1929-01-05
- date of death
- 1994-10-26
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
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