Musical work
blues and jazz vocalist. Instruments recorded in the collection: voice; violin; piano. Genres: blues; jazz; swing.
Evidence and identity
OHS gives conflicting birth year 1899 or 1900; Oklahoma connection and career are strong
Rushing, James Andrew
OHS describes Oklahoma City birth with year conflict, Douglass High School music study, Blue Devils, and Count Basie vocalist career.
Jimmy Rushing
Supports Oklahoma City identity/connection and day/death date; explicitly leaves birth year open
Jimmy Rushing biography
Favors 1899 birth year and corroborates place/death
Searching for Jimmy Rushing: His Correct Birth Year
Provides reasoned secondary case for 1899
African Americans in Oklahoma
Records a 1901 published variant