Record ID:
61341496 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 93058963
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1916
Death:
  • 1989
Occupations:
  • Singers Pianists Composers
Used for:
  • Morgan, Al, vocalist
Notes:
  • The Vocal style of Al Morgan [SR] 196-? label (Al Morgan, vocals, piano)
  • All Music Guide, Nov. 5, 2009 (Al Morgan, singer/pianist; The Al Morgan whose recording of "Jealous Heart" in 1949 was the envy of many a singing pianist is not the same Al Morgan who ... was a bassist)
  • London-American Co. WWW site, Nov. 5, 2009 (label of London-American L 500 10" 78 rpm shellac record; First issue in L series November, 1949; 'Jealous heart,' Al Morgan, vocal, with orchestral accompaniment; Singer and pianist Al Morgan, 1916-1989, from Kentucky, had the honour of being the first artist on the London label with this big hit in 1949)
  • Cheerful Earful music blog, Nov. 5, 2009 (Al Morgan was a singer and a piano player from Kentucky who no one had heard of in 1947 when he began to play and sing at Helsing's Vodvil Lounge in Chicago. His piano playing ability earned him the nickname "Mr. Flying Fingers". Within two years he scored a hit with his pop version of the country song 'Jealous Heart' and had his own network television show on the DuMont Network. This album is from 1984, five years prior to Al's passing at age 73)
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)914819
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng rda DLC DLC OCoLC DLC