found: His Stoney Edwards--a country singer [SR] 1971:label (Stoney Edwards)
found: McCloud, B. Definitive country(Edwards, Stoney; given name: Frenchy Edwards; b. Dec. 24, 1929, Seminole, Okla.; singer, songwriter, guitar, fiddle, piano)
found: Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed.(Edwards, Stoney; b. Frenchy Edwards, Dec. 24, 1929, Seminole, Okla., d. Apr. 5, 1997)
found: Notes, June 1999:p. 869 (Edwards, Stoney; d. Apr. 5, 1997; American recording and country artist)
found: African American National Biography, accessed January 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Edwards, Stoney; Frenchy; country musician, singer, composer, arranger; born 24 December 1929 near Seminole, Oklahoma, United States; signed by Capitol Records recording five albums, including Stoney Edwards (1971), Down Home in the Country (1972), She's My Rock (1973), Mississippi You're On My Mind (1975), and Blackbird (1976), with two singles rising into the country music Top 20; final album, Just for Old Time's Sake, featured major country musicians, including Johnny Gimble, Ralph Mooney, and Ray Benson; released a CD compilation entitled The Best of Stoney Edwards: Poor Folks Stick Together (1998); one of few African Americans to achieve national recognition for country music; died 05 April 1997 in Oakland, California, United States)
