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R. L. Burnside

American singer and guitarist (1926–2005)
Person human Q2123902

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
November 23, 1926
Date of death
September 1, 2005
Place of birth
Harmontown
Place of death
Memphis
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
guitarist, singer
Genre
blues[10]
Given name
Robert[12]
Instrument
guitar, voice[13][14]
P14750
B4A8-0035-DABE-191D-C91E[16]
Place of burial
Free Springs CME Church Cemetery[7]
Record label
Fat Possum Records[11]
Start of work period
1960[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en R. L. Burnside ar ر. إل. بيرنسايد cs Robert Lee Burnside de Robert Lee Burnside fa آر ال برن‌ساید fr RL Burnside fr R.L. Burnside ja R.L.バーンサイド ja R・L・バーンサイド nl R.L. Burnside ru Ар Эл Бёрнсайд ru Р. Л. Бёрнсайд sv R.L. Burnside
🔖 Identifiers · 41
ISNI
0000000079933399
VIAF cluster ID
44492489
Library of Congress authority ID
no97060937
GND ID
130614602
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
RL Burnside.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000389213
Apple Music artist ID
65504832
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13972258x
DDB person (GND) ID
130614602
Deezer artist ID
6292
Discogs artist ID
262901
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/R-L-Burnside
Show all 41 identifiers +29
Europeana entity
agent/base/66660
FAST ID
1536376
Fandango person ID
91013
Film.ru person ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
11678507
Freebase ID
/m/03cq07
GTAA ID
260244
IMDb ID
nm0122945
Kinobox person ID
843174
Mississippi Encyclopedia ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000053448
NL CR AUT ID
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Notable Names Database ID
952/000102646
Oxford Reference overview ID
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Pitchfork artist ID
510-rl-burnside
Prabook ID
338997
Rate Your Music artist ID
r_l__burnside
Reddit topic ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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Shazam artist ID
65504832
Songkick artist ID
451085
Spotify artist ID
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TMDB person ID
1020704
Tidal artist ID
569
WikiTree person ID
Burnside-2256
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/a61e1836-11df-4280-a7ac-03a62ab3afa2

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 4
A Ass Pocket of Whiskey, A Bothered Mind, Come On In, Too Bad Jim
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Occupation 2
singer, guitarist
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
blues
Given name 1
Robert
Instance of 1
human
Place of death 1
Memphis
Record label 1
Fat Possum Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

R. L. Burnside was born on November 23, 1926[1], in Harmontown[2]. He died on September 1, 2005[3], in Memphis[4]. He worked as a guitarist[5] and singer[6].

FAQs

Where was R. L. Burnside born?

R. L. Burnside's place of birth was Harmontown[2].

Where did R. L. Burnside die?

R. L. Burnside passed away in Memphis[4].

What did R. L. Burnside do for work?

R. L. Burnside worked as a guitarist[5] and singer[6].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 569
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 10w ago · Lesko987a · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    WikiTree person ID → Burnside-2256
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49572|batch #49572]]: P2949 FindaGrave"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → B4A8-0035-DABE-191D-C91E
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  4. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shazam artist ID → 65504832
    Instance of → —
    Place of birth → Harmontown
    Occupation → guitarist, singer
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0369171-Burnside-R-L-19262005, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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