MacColl, Ewan

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
MacColl, Ewan
Other forms of name
MacColl, Ewan, 1915-1989
McColl, Ewan, 1915-1989
Miller, William, 1915-1989
Miller, Jimmie, 1915-1989
Miller, James Henry, 1915-1989
McColl, Ewan
Date of birth
1915-01-25
Date of death
1989-10-22
Field of activity
Folk music
Occupation
Folk singers
Guitarists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 85752793
Wikidata: Q1192339
Library of congress: n 83021411
Sources of Information
  • A taste of tradition. Volume 3, 1996:container, insert (Ewan McColl & A.L. Lloyd; folk)
  • Information from 678 field, converted July 10, 2020(folksinger)
  • Wikipedia, Oct. 10, 2019(Ewan MacColl; James Henry Miller; b. Jan 25, 1915 in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire; d. Oct. 22, 1989 Brompton, London; known for writing such as "Dirty Old Town" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"; was married to Peggy Seeger; father of singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl)
  • His Uranium 235, 1948.
  • Harrison, N. Songwriters, c1998(MacColl, Ewan; b. William Miller, Jan. 25, 1915, Auchterarder, Scotland, d. Oct. 22, 1989, London, England; folk guitarist and vocalist)
  • MacColl, Ewan. The essential Ewan MacColl songbook, 2001:preface (b. Jimmie Miller, son of William Miller and Betsy Hendry)
  • Harker, B. Class act, c2007:t.p., in subtitle (Ewan MacColl) p. 5 (b. James Henry Miller)
  • cf. Esther Ofarim back on stage, 2005 [sound recording] :"Written by McColl"