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Irene Higginbotham

American musician
Person Human Q180864

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[12]
Date of birth
June 11, 1918
Date of death
August 27, 1988
Place of birth
Worcester
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Ethnic group
African Americans[10]
Occupation
pianist, songwriter, composer, musician
Notable work
Good Morning Heartache[11]
Genre
blues, jazz[13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Described by source
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians[18]
End of work period
1988[21]
Family name
Higginbotham[15]
Given name
Irene[16]
Instrument
piano[17]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject African diaspora[22]
Start of work period
1988[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Irene Higginbotham ar إيرين هيغينبوثمان he איירין היגינבות'אם ja アイリーン・ヒギンボサム ko 아이린 히긴보텀
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
000000038329355X
VIAF cluster ID
8145970121332251145
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n89616678
GND ID
1154958981, 1154959414
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Irene Higginbotham.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000097667
BIBSYS ID
1008453
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13798733g
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1025706
CiNii Research ID
1140563741622863360
DAHR artist ID
355401
DBC author ID
87097990987119
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Discogs artist ID
699198
Europeana entity
agent/base/103335
Freebase ID
/m/03c_skc
HAND ID
0EF0-2E50-07D9-BB97-301D
IMDb ID
nm1761623
Internet Broadway Database person ID
494485
J9U entity ID
987007353051805171
KANTO ID
000195809
KBR person ID
14629010
MusicBrainz artist ID
91f0d70c-143b-47f3-bb81-3159d7ce0282
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA16649695
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:aHw;=Bw
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1537529
Prabook ID
2365247
SBN author ID
DDSV002884
SNAC ARK ID
w6rz0prf
SecondHandSongs artist ID
18077
Yale LUX ID
person/26e1ed51-611e-4519-87e8-d072512567b4

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🔗 Connections
Genre 2
jazz, blues
Mb:composer 2
Good Morning Heartache, Good Morning Heartache
Occupation 2
pianist, songwriter
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Ethnic group 1
African Americans
Given name 1
Irene
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
piano
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Worcester
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Irene Higginbotham's place of birth was Worcester[1]. She was born on June 11, 1918[2]. She died in New York City[3]. She died on August 27, 1988[4]. She worked as a pianist[5], songwriter[6], composer[7], and musician[8].

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.

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  • Type: Person[23]

  • Country: US[24]

  • Began / founded: 1918-06-11[25]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1988-08-27[26]

  • Genre(s): blues[27]

  • Community tags: blues[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 91f0d70c-143b-47f3-bb81-3159d7ce0282[29]

FAQs

Where was Irene Higginbotham born?

Born in Worcester[1].

Where did Irene Higginbotham die?

Irene Higginbotham passed away in New York City[3].

What did Irene Higginbotham do for work?

Irene Higginbotham worked as pianist[5], songwriter[6], composer[7], and musician[8].

Related Entities

New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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