Born in
DuQuoin, Illinois, United States, owned by
Leon Hefflin Sr. on Labor Day, September 1, 1930. Hite rarely recorded, and for this reason much of the details of his life and work are poorly documented. The only sessions he did were 14 numbers recorded between 1940 and 1942. Hite died at St. John's Hospital in
Santa Monica, California, a week before his 59th birthday, reportedly following a heart attack. ==References==