Armando
Anthony
(Chick)
Corea
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Armando Giamatista Corea Sr.
and Anna (Zaccone) Corea
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 79
in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Feb 2021
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Biography
Chick Corea has Italian Roots.
Chick Corea is Notable.
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea was an American jazz composer, keyboardist, bandleader, and occasional percussionist.[1]
Born in 1941 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, he was the son and only child[2] of Armando and Anna (Zaccone) Corea. His father was locally renowned as a nightclub performer and musician.[3]
Chick attended Everett High School in Everett, Massachusetts, graduating in 1959.[4]
Chick Corea won 23 Grammy Awards and was nominated over 60 times.[1] His 1968 recording, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.[5]
Chick Corea was married twice and had two children. [1]
He died from cancer in Tampa, Florida on February 9, 2021.[6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wikipedia contributors, "Chick Corea," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed April 20, 2022). Wikidata: Item Q192465, en:Wikipedia
- ↑ Interview
- Quote from interview, "You know, I didn't have any brother or sisters, but my dad had a band all through the 30s and the 40s when I was growing up in the 40s, so I was surrounded by musicians and music — it was a great way to get started, actually."
- ↑ Father's 1940 census "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4NR-2H9 : 10 January 2021), Armando Corea, Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13-22, sheet 6B, line 63, family 104, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1641.
- ↑ The Boston Globe, 1 Jun 1959, p. Sports Section, p. 2. news clipping.
- ↑ Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Wikipedia
- ↑ Billboard.com archived page.
See also:
- Wallace, Helen, "Boosey & Hawkes: The Publishing Story 'Boosey & Hawkes, the Publishing Story',Helen Wallace (not used as a source)
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