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Roy Gaines

American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1937-2021)
Person human Q3445773

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
August 12, 1937
Date of death
August 11, 2021
Place of birth
Waskom
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
singer, songwriter, blues musician, musician, bandleader, guitarist[10]
Sibling
Grady Gaines[20]
Genre
blues[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
Gaines[14]
Given name
Roy[15]
Instrument
guitar, voice[16][17]
Name in native language
Roy Gaines[19]
Record label
Black & Blue[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Roy Gaines en Roy James Gaines ar روي غينز ja ロイ・ゲインズ ru Рой Гейнс
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
000000007838931X
VIAF cluster ID
2078531
Library of Congress authority ID
no98011924
GND ID
134944631
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Roy Gaines.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000344856
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139213865
Deezer artist ID
74182
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134944631
Discogs artist ID
389988
Europeana entity
agent/base/130119
Facebook username
officialroygaines
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Freebase ID
/m/01v08cs
KANTO ID
000190438
MusicBrainz artist ID
32426915-e857-41a1-bfaa-63c9f4ec3f5f
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000065368
Rock's Backpages artist ID
roy-gaines
SecondHandSongs artist ID
65633
Songkick artist ID
547757
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhCG73W6PgcVGfYym8XBP
X (Twitter) username
rgtuxedoBLUES
Yale LUX ID
person/4b7a5f26-f39f-48c0-b788-96f6cca3a122
Yandex Music artist ID
339176
YouTube channel ID
UCS1ROEHzZ4n8m3VgHip5OjQ
YouTube handle
roygaines

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
singer, songwriter, Singer
Country of citizenship 2
United States, United States
Genre 2
blues, Blues
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Given name 1
Roy
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:sibling 1
Grady Gaines
Place of birth 1
Waskom
Record label 1
Black & Blue
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Grady Gaines
Siblings 1
Grady Gaines
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Summary

Roy Gaines was born on August 12, 1937[1], in Waskom[2]. He died on August 11, 2021[3]. He worked as a singer[4], songwriter[5], blues musician[6], musician[7], and bandleader[8].

FAQs

Where was Roy Gaines born?

Roy Gaines was born in Waskom[2].

What did Roy Gaines do for work?

Roy Gaines worked as a singer[4], songwriter[5], blues musician[6], musician[7], and bandleader[8].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . americanbluesscene.com. americanbluesscene.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 74182
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63224|batch #63224]]: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Roy
    YouTube channel ID → UCS1ROEHzZ4n8m3VgHip5OjQ
    Birth date → —
    Languages spoken, written or signed → —
    + 77 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32084|batch #32084]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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