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윌리 데빌
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Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Willy DeVille, born William Paul Borsey Jr., was an American singer/songwriter and actor. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. A fourteen year old kid has just settled in on the roof of a building on MacDougal Street. We’re in the early sixties, New…
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- Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille — Self (archive footage)2024
- Mink DeVille: Live at Montreux 1982 — Self2008
- Willy DeVille: Live in the Lowlands — Self2006
- Willy DeVille: The Berlin Concerts — Self2002
- Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie — Self2001
- Cypress Edge — Alfred Waxman1999
- Beautiful Losers — Self1997
- Bullet — Willy Lookout1996
- Lo + plus — Self1995
- Les Nuls, l'émission — Self - Musical Guest1990
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Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr. in Stamford, Connecticut, on August 25, 1950; died in New York City on August 6, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter of Basque, Pequot, and Irish descent. During his thirty-five year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in various American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Stamford
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- 2008-02-26 Willy DeVille IMG 8267.jpg
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- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- Commons category
- Willy DeVille
- date of birth
- 1953-08-27
- date of death
- 2009-08-07
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- William Paul Borsay
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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2 objects attributed to 윌리 데빌, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana