Record ID:
55145351 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 87896360
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1916
  • Sunflower, Miss.
Death:
  • 1962
  • Hollywood, Calif.
Occupations:
  • Composer
Used for:
  • Sleep 'n' Eat, 1916-1962
  • Best, William, 1916-1962
  • Best, Pat, 1916-1962
Notes:
  • The Arizonian [MP] 1935 credits (the players, Willie Best)
  • Inter. film necrology, 1981 (Willie Best; AKA Sleep 'n' Eat; b. May 27, 1916, Miss.; d. Feb. 27, 1962)
  • Marcotte, D. It's all over now [SR] 1946 label (William Best)
  • Big bands database plus WWW site, Oct. 17, 2007 Databases; Composers (Best, William; b. May 27, 1913, Sunflower, Miss.; d Feb. 27, 1962, Hollywood, Calif.; for unknown reasons, this composer was widely known as Pat Best; credited as Willie Best and Sleep 'n' Eat; composed words and music to the song "(I love you) For sentimental reasons," erroneously credited to lyricist Deek Watson)
  • Ancestry.com WWW site, Oct. 17, 2007 California death index (Willie Best; b. May 27, 1916, Mississippi; d. Feb. 27, 1962, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)905276
Cataloguing source:
  • CLU eng rda DLC MoKU-MAV ANL