Pinetop Sparks | |
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Birth name | Aaron Gant |
Also known as | Aaron Sparks |
Born | Corona, Lee County, Mississippi, U.S. | May 22, 1910
Origin | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | November 5, 1935 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 25)
Genres | Blues |
Occupation | Pianist |
Instrument | Piano |
Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks (born Aaron Gant, May 22, 1910 – November 5, 1935)[1] was an American blues pianist active in St. Louis in the early 1930s. He died in his twenties from either poisoning or exhaustion.