1. Robert Nighthawk was the father of the blues musician Sam Carr.
11 Facts About Robert Nighthawk
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Robert Nighthawk left home at an early age and became a busking musician.
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Robert Nighthawk recorded under his own name, including "Prowling Night-Hawk", from which he took his later pseudonym.
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Robert Nighthawk recorded Kansas City Red's song "The Moon Is Rising".
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Robert Nighthawk recorded his final session for Chess in 1950.
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Robert Nighthawk continued to perform and record, taking up with United Records and States Records 1951 and 1952, but did not achieve great commercial success.
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Robert Nighthawk continued giving live performances on Chicago's Maxwell Street until 1964.
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Robert Nighthawk had a stroke followed by a heart attack and died of heart failure at his home in Helena, Arkansas on November 5,1967, aged 57.
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Robert Nighthawk was elected into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1983.
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The marker was placed at Friars Point because Robert Nighthawk called the town his home at various times in his itinerant career.
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Robert Nighthawk recorded the song "Friars Point Blues" in 1940.