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Nathaniel Mayer
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 31 Oct 1910
- Died
- 20 Mar 1990
- Works
- 23
Top works
- The Lycurgus cup
- The best laid plans
- A classification of living animals
- The Rothschild Library
- Fertilization
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1944
- Active to
- 2008
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13,172
- Total plays
- 116,098
Tags
bluessoulrhythm and bluesdetroitoldies
Nathaniel Mayer (February 10, 1944 – November 1, 2008) was an American rhythm and blues singer, who started his career in the early 1960s at Fortune Records in Detroit. "Nay Dog" or "Nate," as he was also known, had a raw, highly energetic vocal style and wild stage show. After a 35-year absence from music, in 2002 Mayer began recording and touring again, releasing albums with Fat Possum, Alive Records and Norton Records. Mayer started his career at Fortune Records, a Detroit record label owne
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nathaniel
- Family name
- Mayer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Detroit
- Occupation
- vocalist
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Fat Possum Records
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1944-02-10
- date of death
- 2008-11-01
- name in native language
- Nathaniel Mayer
- pseudonym
- Nay Dog
- cause of death
- cerebrovascular disease
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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