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Bill Summers

jazz musician
Person Human Q862492

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
May 20, 1948, June 27, 1948[6]
Place of birth
New Orleans
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
jazz musician, percussionist, musician
Family name
Summers[10]
Given name
Bill[11]
Record label
MCA Records[9]
Start of work period
1970[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bill Summers ar بيل سامرز ja ビル・サマーズ
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000055188021
VIAF cluster ID
61736257
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2001070711
GND ID
134534344
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bill Summers photo.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000765991
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13940657k
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134534344
Discogs artist ID
1818
Europeana entity
agent/base/12548
Freebase ID
/m/01t_bnn
Grammy Awards artist ID
bill-summers/14045
Show all 24 identifiers +12
IdRef ID
156957205
J9U entity ID
987007444930405171
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
20900
MusicBrainz artist ID
85c62467-5f87-4f81-aeae-f02f7a67ee71
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000038851
Myspace ID
bilsum
Rate Your Music artist ID
bill_summers
SecondHandSongs artist ID
5050
Songkick artist ID
82864
WhoSampled artist ID
Bill-Summers
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJd87PHp9pph4Tfv4QGPwC
Yale LUX ID
person/dc6ba1ee-6423-48ad-b437-d54c4d2d06c9

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🔗 Connections
Mb:member of band 2
The Headhunters, Los Hombres Calientes
Mb:writer 2
Murder to Excellence, Murder to Excellence
Occupation 2
percussionist, jazz musician
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
Bill
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
New Orleans
Record label 1
MCA Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Bill Summers was born on May 20, 1948[1], in New Orleans[2]. He has worked as a jazz musician[3], percussionist[4], and musician[5].

FAQs

Where was Bill Summers born?

Bill Summers's place of birth was New Orleans[2].

What did Bill Summers do for work?

Bill Summers worked as a jazz musician[3], percussionist[4], and musician[5].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Given name → Bill
    Date of birth → May 20, 1948, June 27, 1948
    Family name → Summers
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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