请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Virgil Childers
释义

  1. Biography

  2. Recordings

  3. References

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2016}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Virgil Childers
| image =
| caption =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Vergil Childers
| birth_date = 1901
| birth_place = Blacksburg, South Carolina, United States
| origin =
| death_date = December 10, 1939 (aged 38)
| death_place = Shelby, North Carolina, United States
| genre = {{flatlist|
  • Piedmont blues
  • ragtime
  • country blues

}}
| instrument = {{flatlist|
  • Guitar
  • vocals

}}
| years_active =
| label =
| associated_acts =
}}

Virgil Childers (1901 – December 10, 1939)[1] was an American blues musician, who hailed from South Carolina, United States. Little is known of his life.

Biography

Childers was born in Blacksburg, South Carolina to parents Pick Childers and Sarah Smith, and resided there for the duration of his life.[2] Childers recorded six songs for Bluebird Records in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1938. The recordings are a variety of blues songs, pop music of the time, and Tin Pan Alley tunes. Childers played in a ragtime style that is reminiscent of a swing band.

On December 10, 1939, Childers was shot and killed while trying to escape from a police officer in Shelby, North Carolina. Childers was buried in Shelby on December 13, 1939.[2]

Recordings

All recordings were made on January 25, 1938 in Charlotte, North Carolina[2][3]

  • "Preacher & the Bear"
  • "Red River Blues"
  • "Somebody Stole My Jane"
  • "Travelin' Man"
  • "Dago Blues"
  • "Who's That Knockin' On My Door"

References

1. ^{{cite web|author=Bob L. Eagle, Eric S. LeBlanc |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6ZNfAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA287&dq=virgil+childers&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA3Y2qh6bQAhXlKsAKHSlYDbAQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=virgil%20childers&f=false|title= Blues: A Regional Experience |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date= May 1, 2013 |accessdate=2016-11-13}}
2. ^{{cite web|author=Benjamin Franklin V |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jsnYCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149&dq=%22virgil+childers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi83oO2kKbQAhVJJsAKHdGxAbkQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=virgil%20childers&f=false|title=An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date= May 1, 2013 |accessdate=2016-11-13}}
3. ^{{cite web|author=Steven Abrams |url=http://www.78discography.com/BB7000.htm|title=Bluebird Records 78rpm Discography |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2016-11-17}}
{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Childers, Virgil}}{{US-musician-stub}}

14 : 1901 births|1939 deaths|African-American musicians|Singers from South Carolina|American blues guitarists|American male guitarists|American blues singers|American male singers|Piedmont blues musicians|20th-century American singers|20th-century American guitarists|Guitarists from South Carolina|People from Blacksburg, South Carolina|20th-century male singers

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/11 11:35:51