Talk:Lionel Hampton

message: It would appear that WP has propagated a myth of a musician of almost the same name, born exactly 5 years later. My Google search on 
: Lionel HamptoM
produced "522 hits" on the first page (and more tellingly for those inquiring that far, "176 of about 454" on the last).
Besides copies on other sites, made from WP of old versions of April 12, i eventually found in the history an old version of it with 
* 1913 - Lionel Hampton, musician (d. 2002) 
and further archaeology would surely turn up a Hamptom entry in a still earlier version.
Whoever removed the Hamptom entry didn't bother to do a what-lks-here check and find that List of people by name: Ham included
* Hamptom, Lionel, (born 1913), musician 
* Hampton, Fred, (fl. 1960s), American Black activist 
* Hampton, Lionel, (1908-2002), musician 
where the error is far less obvious.  I'm creating the redirect, and changing the LoPbN entry to lead directly to Lionel Hampton, keeping it as a warning flag that "references to Lionel Hamptom, whether born 1913 or otherwise should be understood as references to Lionel Hampton".  I don't think many people would look at Talk: List of people by name: Ham, and IMO this talk page is the best place for extended documentation of the foulup.  IMO the one remaining Hamptom reference (in the LoPbN piping, not as a lk to the rdr) in the main namespace suffices for that namespace, but i think this more definitive and more explicit record is also needed, since it is unclear that the external sites that picked up the error from us will ever be expunged. 
(BTW, the first of my hits, CNN lacks the Hamptom string in either rendered or source version; cached version hints at something i had not suspected about Google searches, in saying in its heading (emphasis here as on the Google-cache page)
: These terms only appear in links pointing to this page: lionel hamptom 
meaning, i guess, that Google bases hits not only on 
* the content of the hit-pages matching the search keys, 
but also on 
* matches with the search keys by some aspects of pages, that in turn lk to high-scoring pages that don't match the search keys.
Did that make any sense? Some pages are hits not bcz they match the search terms, but bcz of the way pages that do lk to them (and my guess is, bcz these "pseudo hits" are high-scoring pages). Which makes the online world yet another step more complex.)
--Jerzy•t 13:53, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lionel HamptoM 

message: There has got to be a better public domain picture of Hamp than one with America's brainless leader.  Perhaps one where he's actually playing vibes...--Josh Rocchio 17:46, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree and would prefer no picture at all to this one.Sluzzelin 23:17, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd prefer one of him playing, but I don't see the problem with this one. It's just Hampton receiving an award and he was in fact a Republican. (Granted Hampton was like a Rockefeller Republican as I recall)--T. Anthony 01:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

text: I'm working on finding a better picture. The National Endowment of the Arts has a great photo (), I've asked them to clarify the copyright status of it. If they say it's good, then up it goes!!! --SeanO 02:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

text: Orphanbot swept the picture away. ---Sluzzelin 13:24, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it would be nice to have a photo that is actually of Hampton himself. Why not change it for a CD cover (which will probably be a more flattering photo and more representative of his work)? It would qualify as fair use. 129.67.88.118 00:17, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: I seem to recall that Hamp had a devastating fire in his apartment shortly before his death. I don't have the time to look this up right now, but I seem to recall that his lifetime's worth of memorabilia was destroyed and that he barely escaped alive. Anyone want to fill in this blank??
I was a court reporter taking the testimony at the trial brought against Lionel Hampton by the tenants of his apartment building for the fire that originated out of his apartment back in January of 1997.  His caretaker accidentally knocked over a halogen lamp on his bed where it caught fire.  The dim-witted nurse opened the windows of the 20th-floor apartment to "blow out the flames" that quickly spread across his bed, quilt, etc.  She was unaware that such heavy winds would actually exacerbate the flames, causing it to do even more damage.  Mr. Hampton's caregivers took him out of the apartment unharmed, but all of his possesions perished that day, as did the apartments of several other well known celebrities.  Already being somewhat senile and very fragile by the year 2000 when the case came to trial, he was of little knowledge and assistance, but the case nevertheless went forward.  Sad.brennivan 17:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apartment Fire 

message: I am encountering problems with Lionel Hampton's birthdate, though typically from books published in the 1980s. I have one source that states he was born 1908, another 1909, and another 1912! I am going with Scott Yanow's birthdate because it is the most recent I can find and therefore there has been more time to unearth the accuracy of the previous birthdates. Please do not use the book by Linda Churchill titled "45 Profiles in Modern Music" from 1980 if anyone encounters it, as its filled with errors and chronology problems. She is the one who dates his birth at 1912, btw. She also places him with Les Hite after his work at the University of Southern California. Thanks! (Mind meal 06:52, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthdate 

message: At  www.archive.org there are several public domain movies and concerts Hampton appears in that are available to capture snapshots of while watching the movies. I am on dialup and cannot watch hour long movies, waiting for scenes with Hampton. There are also screen shots of tons of other celebrities on that site for the puiblic domain, including in the Rhythm and Blues Revue of 1955 which Hampton appears in. There are available screenshots available of Willie Bryant, Freddie Robinson, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Faye Adams, Bill Bailey, Herb Jeffries, Amos Milburn, Sarah Vaughan, Nipsey Russell, Big Joe Turner, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Mantan Moreland, Cab Calloway and Ruth Brown in that movie. Screenshots of many of these artists would provide pictures in articles that otherwise have none; what's more they are free to use. Anyone who has high-speed internet that has some extra time, some good snapshots of hampton would be a great addition to the article. Thanks! (Mind meal 02:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Public Domain Screenshots of Hampton 

message: I don't know about anyone else, but I think this article is a bit beyond start class? (Mind meal 04:00, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess I would normally expect the career-related content to be somewhat thicker before this would be a 'B'.  I'm not sure what to add offhand, but perhaps it can be made more in-depth. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 04:27, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Really, both quantity and quality, in terms of how deeply his extensive career is discussed. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 14:31, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Start class?

message: Hello,
one thing that I believe is missing from this article is a list of the live performances of Mr. Hampton.
Although I am no expert on Mr. Hampton's work, I remember attending a live performance in Athens, Greece sometime around 1985. However I couldn't find any references online.
Is anyone able to contribute towards this end?
Regards,
Skonix (talk) 09:33, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lionel Hampton Live performances 

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message: Did he ever play with a Symphony Orchestra? --Dthomsen8 (talk) 15:11, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
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message: A Hampton album is being streamed and sold called Groovin' Vibes. I can only find rerelease dates and it's not on Dicogs. I don't see it in the discography on this page. Nicmart (talk) 05:05, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Groovin' Vibes