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"Juke" is a harmonica instrumental recorded by the Chicago bluesman Little Walter Jacobs in 1952. Although Little Walter had been recording sporadically for small Chicago labels over the previous five years, and had appeared on Muddy Waters' records for Chess Records since 1950, "Juke" was Little Walter's first hit, and it was the most important of his career.
Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. [1]
Little Walter (1930–1968) was an American blues artist who is generally regarded as the most influential blues harmonica player of his era. [1] Most of his earliest recordings were as a sideman, when he contributed harmonica to songs by Chicago blues musicians such as Jimmy Rogers and Muddy Waters. [2]
The year's longest unbroken run at number one on the juke box chart was seven weeks, achieved by Jimmy Forrest in March and April with "Night Train", but the longest-running chart-topper overall was "Juke" by Little Walter, which spent eight non-consecutive weeks in the top spot.
His Best is a greatest hits album by Chicago blues harmonica player Little Walter, released on June 17, 1997 by MCA and Chess Records as a part of The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (see 1997 in music). The album is seen as the CD successor to the 1958 The Best of Little Walter and features ten of the songs from that album. [1]
The Little Boys were created by the Myers brothers. The band had several renames after Junior Wells and Fred Below joined. [2] The quartet remained until Wells left during the early 1950s. [2] As The Jukes, they joined Little Walter to capitalize on his hit single, "Juke".
Juke may refer to: Juke (football move), a deceptive move in American football "Juke" (instrumental), a harmonica instrumental recorded by Little Walter Jacobs; Juke joint, an informal establishment featuring blues music, dancing, and alcoholic drinks; Juke Magazine (1975–1992), an Australian national music industry newspaper; Nissan Juke, a car
First released in 1958, the compilation album contains ten Little Walter songs that appeared in the Top 10 of the Billboard R&B chart from 1952 to 1955, [8] plus two B-sides. The album was first released by Checker Records as LP-1428, which was the first LP record released by Checker, and then released on Chess Records with the same catalog number.