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Ben Selvin

American bandleader
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Ben Selvin
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
March 5, 1898
Date of death
July 15, 1980
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Manhasset, New York City[10]
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
bandleader, conductor, violinist, musician, record producer
Field of work
music, conducting, music industry[12][13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Family name
Selvin[17]
Given name
Ben[18]
Instrument
violin[19]
Record label
Vocalion Records[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Benjamin Bernard Selvin en Ben Selvin cs Benjamin Bernard Selvin cs Jack Whitney he בן סלווין ja ベン・シェルヴィン ja ベン・セルヴィン ko 벤저민 버나드 셀빈 ko 벤 셀빈
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000046910983
VIAF cluster ID
54338200
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no98080176
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000794156
BIBSYS ID
4042380
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13949180w
DAHR artist ID
111064
Discogs artist ID
307405
Europeana entity
agent/base/151425
FAST ID
1542609
Freebase ID
/m/01v2pc4
Geni profile ID
341936939460004199
Show all 25 identifiers +13
KBR person ID
14638786
Library of Congress JukeBox ID (former scheme)
5716
MusicBrainz artist ID
84733717-7fa8-43da-a6aa-259fa1f36eb0
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000041551
NL CR AUT ID
mzk20201091531
NLP ID
a0000003515343
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810677199305606
OpenMLOL author ID
269884
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100453750
SecondHandSongs artist ID
7744
Songfacts artist ID
ben-selvin
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrKWFmp9PQHrkGjGGqWjC
Yale LUX ID
person/14f719ce-b434-4abc-a2ea-d7db0f2d46ce

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
musician, record producer, conductor, violinist, bandleader
Field of work 3
music, music industry, conducting
Place of death 2
New York City, Manhasset
← Performer 2
Blue Skies, I Only Have Eyes for You
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Ben
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
violin
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
New York City
Record label 1
Vocalion Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ben Selvin was born on March 5, 1898[1], in New York City[2]. He died on July 15, 1980[3], in Manhasset[4]. He worked as a bandleader[5], conductor[6], violinist[7], musician[8], and record producer[9].

FAQs

Where was Ben Selvin born?

Ben Selvin's place of birth was New York City[2].

Where did Ben Selvin die?

Ben Selvin died in Manhasset[4].

What did Ben Selvin do for work?

Ben Selvin worked as a bandleader[5], conductor[6], violinist[7], musician[8], and record producer[9].

Related Entities

conducting music New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → music, conducting, music industry
    Place of birth → New York City
    Family name → Selvin
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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