George Dixon
Biography
George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was a Canadian professional boxer. After winning the bantamweight title in 1890, he became the first ever black athlete to win a world championship in any sport; he was also the first Canadian-born boxing champion. Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer ranked Dixon as the #1 featherweight of all time. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955, the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1956 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame as a first-class inductee in 1990. In 2018 he was named one of the greatest 15 athletes in Nova Scotia's history, ranking sixth.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
134 releases · 45 albums · active 1956–2012
- Performance · 285
- Other credits · 15
Studios: Český Rozhlas České Budějovice
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Earl Hines And His Orchestra
- Earl Hines
- Jabbo Smith
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs
- Reidar Larsen
- Earl Hines & His Orchestra