Cleveland Eaton

American musician
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Cleveland Eaton

Summary

Cleveland Eaton is a human[1]. His place of birth was Fairfield[2]. He was born on August 31, 1939[3]. He died in Birmingham[4]. He died on July 5, 2020[5]. He worked as a jazz musician[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month, #7,270 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Cleveland Eaton was born in Fairfield[2].
  • Cleveland Eaton passed away in Birmingham[4].
  • Cleveland Eaton was born on August 31, 1939[3].
  • Cleveland Eaton died on July 5, 2020[5].
  • Cleveland Eaton held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Cleveland Eaton worked as a jazz musician[6].
  • Cleveland Eaton's field of work was musicology[9].
  • Cleveland Eaton was educated at Tennessee State University[10].
  • Cleveland Eaton is recorded as male[11].
  • Cleveland Eaton's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Cleveland Eaton's genre is jazz[13].
  • Cleveland Eaton's record label is recorded as Black Jazz Records[14].
  • Cleveland Eaton's Commons category is recorded as Cleveland Eaton[15].
  • Cleveland Eaton's family name is recorded as Eaton[16].
  • Cleveland Eaton's given name is recorded as Cleveland[17].
  • Cleveland Eaton's manner of death is recorded as natural causes[18].
  • Cleveland Eaton's instrument is recorded as double bass[19].
  • Cleveland Eaton's instrument is recorded as piano[20].
  • Cleveland Eaton's instrument is recorded as saxophone[21].
  • Cleveland Eaton's instrument is recorded as tuba[22].
  • Cleveland Eaton's instrument is recorded as trumpet[23].
  • Cleveland Eaton's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[24].
  • Cleveland Eaton's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cleveland Eaton'}[25].
  • Cleveland Eaton's start of work period is recorded as 1960[26].
  • Cleveland Eaton's end of work period is recorded as 2020[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1939-08-31[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2020-07-05[31]

  • Genre(s): disco, funk, jazz, jazz-funk[32]

  • Community tags: disco, funk, jazz, jazz-funk[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f2676d44-f03b-4cee-9c15-e8f3736da64a[34]

Body

Origins and Family

Cleveland Eaton's place of birth was Fairfield[2]. He was born on August 31, 1939[3].

Education

Cleveland Eaton's education included a stint at Tennessee State University[10].

Career and Affiliations

Cleveland Eaton worked as a jazz musician[6]. His field of work was musicology[9].

Death and Burial

Cleveland Eaton died on July 5, 2020[5]. He died in Birmingham[4].

Why It Matters

Cleveland Eaton ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month, #7,270 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

Where was Cleveland Eaton born?

Cleveland Eaton's place of birth was Fairfield[2].

Where did Cleveland Eaton die?

Cleveland Eaton died in Birmingham[4].

What did Cleveland Eaton do for work?

Cleveland Eaton worked as jazz musician[6].

Where did Cleveland Eaton go to school?

Cleveland Eaton was educated at Tennessee State University[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . newsbreak.com. newsbreak.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . birminghamtimes.com. birminghamtimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [5] . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . newsbreak.com. newsbreak.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . al.com. al.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [34] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name Cleveland
    Field of work musicology
    Family name Eaton
    Country of citizenship United States
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