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John Littlejohn

American electric blues slide guitarist (1931-1994)
Person Human Q6244983

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
April 16, 1931
Date of death
February 1, 1994
Place of birth
Lake
Place of death
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
musician
Citizenship
United States
Cause of death
kidney failure[10]
Family name
Funchess[11]
Given name
John, Wesley[12][13]
Instrument
guitar[15]
Manner of death
natural causes[14]
Place of burial
Oak Grove Cemetery[6]
Record label
Bluesway Records[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en John Littlejohn en John Wesley Funchess de John Wesley Funchess es John Wesley Funchess ru Джон Литтлджон ru Джон Уэсли Фанчесс uk Джон Літтлджон
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000043373836
VIAF cluster ID
29718552
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n94072931
GND ID
1051288576
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
John Littlejohn.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000239876
Apple Music artist ID
28989929
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13896704k
DDB person (GND) ID
1051288576
Deezer artist ID
74173
Discogs artist ID
1621294
Europeana entity
agent/base/28448
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Find a Grave memorial ID
142587355
Freebase ID
/m/05t00xc
KANTO ID
000209720
MusicBrainz artist ID
0bd2b972-0504-4940-a5f4-1d50005f0fdf
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
219650
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000086598
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110810105303651
Prabook ID
2239109
Spotify artist ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/2c36c012-80f2-49c4-a289-6c1e600f6247

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Cause of death 1
kidney failure
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
John
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
guitar
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Mb:performer of 1
Kings of the Slide Guitar
Occupation 1
musician
Place of birth 1
Lake
Place of death 1
Chicago
Record label 1
Bluesway Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

John Littlejohn's place of birth was Lake[1]. He was born on April 16, 1931[2]. He died in Chicago[3]. He died on February 1, 1994[4]. He worked as a musician[5].

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[16]

  • Country: US[17]

  • Began / founded: 1931-04-16[18]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1994-02-01[19]

  • Genre(s): blues, chicago blues, electric blues[20]

  • Community tags: blues, chicago blues, electric blues[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0bd2b972-0504-4940-a5f4-1d50005f0fdf[22]

FAQs

Where was John Littlejohn born?

John Littlejohn was born in Lake[1].

Where did John Littlejohn die?

John Littlejohn died in Chicago[3].

What did John Littlejohn do for work?

John Littlejohn worked as musician[5].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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