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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- China
- Active from
- 1982-06-14
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Discography
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- 32,717
- Total plays
- 174,399
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Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was a jazz guitarist, considered by many the finest of his era. Lang was born Salvatore Massaro, the son of an Italian-American instrument maker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At first, he took violin lessons for 11 years. In school he became friends with Joe Venuti, with whom he would work for much of his career. He was playing professionally by about 1918, playing violin, banjo, and guitar. He worked with various bands in the USA's north-east <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eddie
- Family name
- Lang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- violinist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- OKeh Records
- Image
- Guitar of eddie lang L5.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1902-10-25
- date of death
- 1933-03-26
- Commons category
- Eddie Lang
- different from
- Willie Dunn
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- pseudonym
- Blind Willie Dunn
- name in native language
- Eddie Lang
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