Singer, Actor (3-May-1933 — 25-Dec-2006)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

We do not have any books for this individual listed. Excluded are juvenile literature, most self-published works, songbooks, and dissertations. Included are biographies, studies, bibliographies, criticism, and collections of letters.

ONLINE PRESENCE

1. Official Website: http://www.godfatherofsoul.com/

AUTHORITIES

Below are references indicating presence of this name in another database or other reference material. Most of the sources listed are encyclopedic in nature but might be limited to a specific field, such as musicians or film directors. A lack of listings here does not indicate unimportance -- we are nowhere near finished with this portion of the project -- though if many are shown it does indicate a wide recognition of this individual.

1. NNDB [link]

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [link]

3. Internet Movie Database [link]

4. Public Information Research Namebase [link]

5. Wikipedia [link]

6. Library of Congress Name Authority [link]

7. New York Times Obituary [link]

8. Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians (p.95)

9. International Dictionary of 20th Century Biography (p.100)

10. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 5th Edition (p.213)

11. Webster's American Biographies (p.143)

12. Celebrity Register 3rd Issue (p.68)

13. Celebrity Register 4th Issue (p.65)

14. International Who's Who in Music: Popular Music (p.76)

15. Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography (p.93)

16. Encylopedia of Pop, Rock, and Soul (pp.81-83)

17. DK Encyclopedia of Rock Stars (pp.132-36)

18. The International Who's Who 2001 (p.219)

19. Britannica Almanac 2006 (p.58)

20. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (vol.1, pp.367-69)

21. Legends in Their Own Time (p.34)

22. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.321)

23. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th Edition (p.135)

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