Lincoln, Abbey
From Library of Congress Name Authority File
Lincoln, Abbey
- [singer;] [b. 1930]
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Variants
- Moseka, Aminata
- Wooldridge, Anna Marie
- Lee, Gaby
- Lincoln, Abby
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Sessions live with Buddy Collette Quintet & Abbey Lincoln [SR] p1976.
- found: WW Black Amer., 1990/91 (Moseka, Aminata (Abbey Lincoln); actress, director)
- found: WW Amer. women, 1972/73 (Lincoln, Abbey (Anna Marie Wooldridge); singer; b. Chicago, 8/6/1930; performed under name Gaby Lee)
- found: New York times WWW site, Aug. 16, 2010 (in obituary published Aug. 14: Abbey Lincoln; b. Anna Marie Wooldridge, Aug. 6, 1930, Chicago; took the name Abbey Lincoln as a symbolic conjoining of Westminster Abbey and Abraham Lincoln; d. Saturday [Aug. 14, 2010], Manhattan, aged 80; singer whose dramatic vocal command and tersely poetic songs made her a singular figure in jazz; during a visit to Africa in 1972, received two honorary appellations from political officials: Moseka, in Zaire, and Aminata, in Guinea; Moseka would occasionally serve as her surname)
General Notes
- [singer;] [b. 1930]
Change Notes
- 1983-06-16: new
- 2013-01-15: revised
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