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Vinony's link graph records 18 inbound references to Francis Bay, and connects out to Belgium, Eurovision Song Contest and IMDb.
It is catalogued under topics including 1914 births, 2005 deaths and 20th-century Belgian composers.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1914
- Active to
- 2005
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 572
- Total plays
- 5,525
* Born Frans Bayetz, Rijkevorsel, Belgium, 1914 * Died 25 April 2005, Bonheiden, Belgium Francis Bay was the leader of some of the wildest big band ensembles of the space age pop era, Francis Bay started honing his chops at the young age of seven, playing clarinet with local orchestras in his area. By fourteen, he was already writing his own compositions and soon after, began a lifetime captivation with jazz. He won first prize for clarinet performance at the Conservatoire of Malines (
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Rijkevorsel
- Place of death
- Bonheiden
- Occupation
- composer
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Image
- Francis Bay.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1914-12-17
- date of death
- 2005-04-24
- Commons category
- Francis Bay
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Available in 8 languages
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