Chauncey M.

Haughton
Source: The Black Perspective in Music , 1989, Vol. 17, No. 1/2 (1989), p. 175
Published by: Professor J. Southern (Managing Editor-Publisher)

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Haughton, Chauncey M. Jazz clarinetist. B. 26 February 1909

in Chestertown, Maryland; d. 1 July 1989 in North Tarrytown,
New York. He obtained his musical education in Baltimore, and
played in the Morgan State University Band as a student. He began
playing professionally in 1927, and settled in New York in 1932.
Thereafter he played with many of the celebrated bandleaders, in-
cluding Blanche Calloway, Cab Calloway, Chick Webb, Ella Fitz-
gerald, Claude Hopkins, Duke Ellington, and Noble Sissle, among
others. During World War II he toured with a USO company;
afterwards he toured abroad with Don Redman. He also worked
with Cab Calloway in his late career.

House, Eddie ("Son"). Blues guitarist. B. 21 March 1902 in

Coahoma County (between Lyon and Clarksdale), Mississippi; d.
19 October 1988 in Detroit, Michigan. He was active throughout
his career as both a preacher and a bluesman; he began preaching
in local churches at the age of fifteen. Self-taught on the guitar, he
began playing with local bluesmen in the 1920s, and in 1930
formed a band with Charley Patton and Willie Brown. He recorded
extensively, including a program for the field-recording project of
the Library of Congress. He performed at numerous folk festivals,
including the Newport Folk Festival (1964-66), and toured abroad
with the American Folk Blues Festival in 1967.

James, Sylvester ("Sylvester"). Popular-music singer. B. c 1946

in Los Angeles, California; d. 16 December 1988 in San Francisco,
California. As a youngster he sang in churches and at gospel con-
ventions. In the late 1970s he became popular as a flamboyant dis-
co entertainer. Among his best- known disco recordings were
"Dance (Disco Heat)" and "You make me feel (mighty real)." His
back-up singers, Two Tons O'Fun, later became the popular dance
act The Weather Girls.

Lovett, Samuel ("Baby"). Jazz drummer. B. c1900 in Alexan-

dria, Louisiana; d. 23 January 1989 in Leavenworth, Kansas. He
began playing with local groups at an early age. After moving to
Kansas City he played with the band of jazz-violinist Julia Lee for
many years. He also played with other noted jazz musicians, includ-
ing Count Basie, Joshua Johnson, and Bennie Moten, and toured

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