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Thurston Harris

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American singer (1931-1990)

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1947-04-02
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Thurston Theodore Harris (1931-1990) was a male American singer, briefly popular in the early to mid 1950s. Harris first appeared on record as the featured vocalist with The Lamplighters in 1953. Indeed, he recorded with the Lamplighters, one of the many groups on the early R&B scene in South Central Los Angeles, throughout the early 1950s. The group later evolved into The Tenderfoots, then The Sharps. He is widely regarded as a one-hit wonder, who popularized the song "Little Bitty Pretty One

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Harris
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Indianapolis
Place of death
Pomona
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
popular music
Instrument
voice
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date of birth
1931-07-11
date of death
1990-04-14
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
start of work period
1953-00-00
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