1945–1981
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Hamp Swain
1929–2018
United States
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Biography
Hamp Swain, Jr. (December 3, 1929 – May 9, 2018), nicknamed "King Bee" after the Slim Harpo song "I'm a King Bee," was an American radio disc jockey, popular on WIBB AM 1280 in Macon, Georgia, starting in 1957. In 1954, he became the city's first black DJ when he began working for WBML AM 1350.
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