Matassa, Cosimo
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Fuller Name
- Cosimo Vincent
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1926-08-13
Death Date
- 2014-09-11
Birth Place
- New Orleans (La.)
Field of Activity
Occupation
Recording engineer
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Sources
- found: James, L. Boppin' and a-strollin' [SR] 1958:container (Cosmo Matassa, composer)
- found: New York times (online), viewed Sept. 15, 2014(in obituary published Sept. 12: Cosimo Matassa; b. Cosimo Vincent Matassa, Aug. 13, 1926, New Orleans; d. there Thursday [Sept. 11, 2014], aged 88; his used-record business in New Orleans led him to sell new records, which led him to open a tiny studio that helped jump-start rock 'n' roll by recording early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard)
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Change Notes
- 2003-11-25: new
- 2014-09-15: revised
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