found: Ward, B. Billy Ward & his Dominoes [SR] p1988:label (Clyde McPhatter)
found: Worth, F.L. Elvis, 1992:p. 127 (McPhatter, Clyde; b. 11-15-1931, Durham, N.C.; d. 1972; singer)
found: McPhatter, C. Lover please [SR] p2010:label (Clyde McPhatter) insert (Clyde Lensey [sic] McPhatter; b. Nov. 15, 1931 (or 1932), Durham, N.C., d. June 13, 1972)
found: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum WWW site, Sept. 17, 2010(Clyde McPhatter; b. Nov. 19, 1932, North Carolina, d. June 13, 1972; vocalist)
found: All music guide WWW site, Sept. 17, 2010(Clyde McPhatter; b. Clyde Lensley McPhatter, Nov. 15, 1932, Durham, NC, d. June 13, 1972, New York, NY; R&B singer)
found: Social Security death index, Sept. 17, 2010(McPhatter, Clyde; b. Nov. 15, 1931, d. June 1972)
found: Find a Grave WWW site, Sept. 17, 2010(Clyde Lensley McPhatter; b. Nov. 15, 1932, d. June 13, 1972; photo of grave marker: Clyde L. McPhatter; Nov. 15, 1932-June 13, 1972)
found: Enc. of pop. mus., 4th ed.(McPhatter, Clyde; b. Clyde Lensley McPhatter, Nov. 15, 1932, Durham, N.C., d. June 13, 1972, New York City)
found: New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll(under Drifters: Clyde McPhatter; b. Clyde Lensley McPhatter, Nov. 15, 1933, Durham, NC, d. June 13, 1972, Bronx, NY)
found: Contemporary musicians:v. 25 (Clyde McPhatter; b. Nov. 15, 1932, Durham, NC, d. June 13, 1972, Teaneck, NJ; singer)
found: African American National Biography, accessed February 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(McPhatter, Clyde; rhythm and blues musician / singer, popular singer, soldier; born 15 November 1931 in Durham, North Carolina, United States; attended Chelsea Vocational School; high tenor in doo-wop quartet, Billy Ward's Dominoes, releasing debut hit single, Do Something for Me (1950); group's most controversial and well-known release, sexually swaggering Sixty Minute Man, number one on the R&B chart and one of the first doo-wop singles to break pop charts (1951); subsequent hits included, That's What You're Doing to Me and Have Mercy Baby (1952); melodramatic ballad, Treasure of Love, penetrated the mainstream market (1956); other hits included, Without Love and Just to Hold My Hand (1957); final number one R&B single, A Lover's Question (1958); lip-synched two songs in teen exploitation musical, Mister Rock and Roll (1957); honors include, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987); honored with a twenty-nine-cent postage stamp (1993); died 13 June 1972 in New York, New York, United States)
