Jesse Crawford

Jesse Crawford
Jesse Crawford at a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ (pre-1930)
Background information
Born(1895-12-02)December 2, 1895
Woodland, California, United States
DiedMay 28, 1962(1962-05-28) (aged 66)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationInstrumentalist
Instrument(s)Piano, organ
Years active1909–1962

Jesse Crawford (December 2, 1895 – May 28, 1962) was an American pianist and organist. He was well known in the 1920s as a theatre organist for silent films and as a popular recording artist. In the 1930s, he switched to the Hammond organ and became a freelancer. In the 1940s, he authored instruction books on organ and taught organ lessons.

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