WALKER, Frank B.

nationality
occupation
birth 24 Oct 1889, Fly Summit, New York
baptism
death 15 Oct 1963, 43-01 Westmoreland Ave. (home), Little Neck, Queens (L.I.?)
burial
marriage married to:

Laura M. BOYNE (b. .. May 1894, Philmont, Columbia, NY - d. ..............)
children
  • John R.
  • Joan W. CAVALLO
  • Jean M. GREER

PARENTS:

father Salom WALKER (b. <1851>, ......... - d. ...........)
mother Mary A. ........ (b. Aug 1851, ......... - d. ..........)
children
  • Anna (b. <1875>
  • Lester M. (b. Oct 1878)
  • William Mack (b. Mar 1880)
  • George S. (b. Mar 1882)
  • Edward J. (b. Mar 1887)
  • Frank B. (b. 24 Oct 1889, Fly Summit, New York - d. 15 Oct 1963, Little Neck, Queens (L.I.?))

LIFE:


A&R/Producer for Columbia
Bessie Smith
Founder of MGM


NOTES:

  • "Frank B. Walker Dies at 73; Led MGM Recording Division" (obituary in: New York Times of 17 Oct 1963)
  • Recorded Music in American Life. The Phonograph and Popular Memory, 1890-1945 by William Howland Kenney (Oxford University Press, Oxford/London, 1999)






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