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Biography
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Jackie Washington
Effective period / Period of releases: 1976 - 1995
Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist; performing blues, folk, jazz, and showtunes. Canada's first black disc jockey when he went on air at CHML Radio in Hamilton in 1948. Older brother of Bobby Washington and uncle of Brian Lee Griffith.Born in Hamilton, Ontario, November 12, 1919, died June 27, 2009, Hamilton, Ontario.