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Biography

Name: Thomas Wright Waller
Variant Name: Fats Waller
Birth Date: May 21, 1904
Death Date: December 15, 1943
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Place of Death: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Occupations: composer, singer, entertainer

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Biography of Thomas Wright Waller
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Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (1904-1943) was a popular American jazz singer, pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer; on radio and records and in movies. His ebullient personality endeared him to a wide jazz and pop audience. Thomas Wright Waller...


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Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, died December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer. A skilled pianist -- widely recognized as a master of stride piano -- Waller was one of the most...


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The Village Voice
Fats Waller
04/28/2004: 278 words, approx. 1 pages
Playing tenths, inventing r&b, serenading some jailbait FATS WALLER The Centennial Collection Bluebird I've fallen in love with "(Do You Intend to Put an End to) A Sweet Beginning," from Fats Waller's The Centennial Collection. Hardly one of Waller's signal...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Skylight's Fats Waller tribute a good time for all
05/18/2003: 704 words, approx. 2 pages
Skylight's Fats Waller tribute a good time for all By DAMIEN JAQUES Journal Sentinel theater critic Sunday, May 18, 2003 If you were having a party in Harlem during its Renaissance, one person was certain to be at the top...
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AP News
James Brown's body to lie at NYC Apollo
12/27/2006: 641 words, approx. 2 pages
James Brown's music career will come full circle when his body is brought to rest on the stage of the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem, where he made his explosive debut, and the world changed to his beat.The public will be permitted on Thursday to...
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The New York Observer
Sheed Reveals The Soul Behind The Great American Songbook
7/24/2007: 791 words, approx. 3 pages
THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT: WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM IRVING, COLE, AND A CREW OF ABOUT FIFTY By Wilfrid Sheed Random House, 335 pages, $29.95 “What comes first, the words or the music?” Songwriters used to get asked this so often, apparently, that the...
 


 

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