Talk:Big Maybelle

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Date of birth of Big Maybelle
It is highly likely that Big Maybelle knocked up to four years off her age according to sleeve notes by Malcolm Baumgart and Mick Patrick published in 1999. It was not an unknown occurrence. Is a note in main article appropriate? Dorkinglad (talk) 21:36, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I normally use Eagle and LeBlanc, Blues: A Regional Experience, as the most reliable source for blues-related birth dates, and that (p.245) gives May 1, 1924. But, it doesn't give any sources for that, a little unusually.  Ohio death records give her age at death as 47, which also fits the 1924 date, but this site (often reliable) mentions 1920 as "much more likely" given that she was "discovered" in 1935.  Do the sleeve notes provide any better basis than that?   This book also gives 1920, as does Larkin.  A note (either in the text or as a footnote) explaining the uncertainty would be fine, in my view. Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:02, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * My CD, the Complete OKeh Sessons 1952-55 gives her birthday as May 1, 1924, for what that is worth. It also has her being "discovered" in 1936, which at 12 ids pretty young. Carptrash (talk) 22:23, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * There is an entry in the 1940 census for "Mable Lee Smith" [sic], aged 16 - with the same parents as in her social security record and in the right location (Jackson, Tennessee).   So... it's uncertain, that's all we can say.   Ghmyrtle (talk) 08:16, 25 October 2020 (UTC)  PS: One possibility is that when young, at some point, she claimed to be four years older than she actually was, in order to play in clubs and so on.  It's not always the case that performers claim to be younger than they really are (though they often do).  At the time of her death, she was reported as 47 - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48652042/palladium-item/  Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:45, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * One of the printed sources given in the present article – Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited. p. 92. ISBN 1-85868-255-X – states 1924. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 14:22, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm shifting to the view that we should retain 1924 in the article, but perhaps - if other editors want - include a footnote mentioning the 1920 claim. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:22, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Both David Evans The NPR Curious Listener's Guide tot he Bluse and Hugh Gregory's The Real Rhythm and Blues use the 1924 date. Carptrash (talk) 15:38, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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