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Charley Straight

American musician
Person human Q2960809

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[19]
Date of birth
January 16, 1891
Date of death
September 21, 1940
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
bandleader, conductor, pianist, jazz musician, composer, musician, songwriter[12][13]
Field of work
conducting, piano performance, music composing, composed musical work, music composition[14][15][16][17][18]
Genre
jazz[20]
Cause of death
traffic collision[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[25]
Different from
Charlie Straight[26]
Family name
Straight[22]
Given name
Charlie[23]
Instrument
piano[24]
Place of burial
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Charley Straight ar تشارلي ستريت cs Charles Theodore Straight de Charlie Straight ko 찰리 스트레이트
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000063032799
VIAF cluster ID
4852085
Library of Congress authority ID
nr99033509
GND ID
111257929X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Charley Straight.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13812766h
CANTIC ID
981061287555506706
DAHR artist ID
116836
Discogs artist ID
1962799
Europeana entity
agent/base/74270
Find a Grave memorial ID
74565698
Freebase ID
/m/06qbqr
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KBR person ID
14375140
Library of Congress JukeBox ID (former scheme)
756
MusicBrainz artist ID
a4ce9994-c45f-4d2b-9b2b-4949c1df8444
NL CR AUT ID
mzk20201093764
NLA Trove people ID
1489832
National Library of Latvia ID
000066987
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810654401705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX941451
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100535719
Prabook ID
2500480
SecondHandSongs artist ID
44134
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwX4GqBxCcj6wFdR8fH4q
Yale LUX ID
person/3c5b368b-3e8e-4b52-b930-c93bbf6b8a8e

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
composer, conductor, pianist, bandleader, jazz musician
Field of work 3
composed musical work, conducting, music composing
Mb:instrumental supporting musician 2
Roy Bargy, Gene Greene
Cause of death 1
traffic collision
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Different from 1
Charlie Straight
Genre 1
jazz
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
piano
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Place of death 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
← Different from 1
Charlie Straight
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Summary

Charley Straight was born on January 16, 1891[1], in Chicago[2]. He died on September 21, 1940[3], in Chicago[4]. He worked as a bandleader[5], conductor[6], pianist[7], jazz musician[8], and composer[9].

FAQs

Where was Charley Straight born?

Charley Straight's place of birth was Chicago[2].

Where did Charley Straight die?

Charley Straight passed away in Chicago[4].

What did Charley Straight do for work?

Charley Straight worked as a bandleader[5], conductor[6], pianist[7], jazz musician[8], and composer[9].

Related Entities

composed musical work conducting United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → bandleader, conductor, pianist +4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43072|batch #43072]]: substitute P214 reference with P227 reference (1)"
  2. 26w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Genre → —
    Field of work → —
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ CANTIC ID: 981061287555506706, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257405|batch #257405]]"
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