About Virgil Childers
Lived 1901 – 1939 (aged 37–38). Virgil Childers was a singer.
Virgil Childers (c. 1901 – December 10, 1939) was an American blues musician, who hailed from South Carolina, United States.
Biography Childers was born in Blacksburg, South Carolina to parents Pick Childers and Sarah Smith, and resided there for the duration of his life. Childers recorded six songs for Bluebird Records in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1938. The recordings are a variety of blues songs, pop music of the time, and Tin Pan Alley tunes. Childers played in a ragtime style that is reminiscent of a swing band.
On December 10, 1939, Childers was shot and killed while trying to escape from a police officer in Shelby, North Carolina. Childers was buried in Shelby on December 13, 1939. "Preacher & the Bear" "Red River Blues" "Somebody Stole My Jane" "Travelin' Man" "Dago Blues" "Who's That Knockin' On My Door"
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Who was Virgil Childers?
musical artist
When was Virgil Childers born?
Virgil Childers was born in 1901 in Blacksburg.
When did Virgil Childers die?
Virgil Childers died on 10 December 1939 in Shelby.
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Virgil Childers was a singer.
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