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From 1950 to 1958, Chess issued 15 singles that reached the top 10 of Billboard magazine's R&B chart. [10] Among the many albums the label released are the influential early compilation The Best of Muddy Waters (1958) and the live At Newport 1960 .
Muddy Waters was married to his first wife, Mabel Berry, from 1932 to 1935. [56] Muddy Waters' second wife, whom he married in the 1940s, Geneva Wade, died of cancer on March 15, 1973. Gaining custody of three of his children, Joseph, Renee, and Rosalind, he moved them into his home, eventually buying a new house in Westmont, Illinois.
The Best of Muddy Waters is a greatest hits album by Muddy Waters released by Chess Records in April 1958. The twelve songs were originally issued as singles between 1948 and 1954 and most appeared in Billboard magazine's top 10 Rhythm & Blues Records charts. The album is the first by Waters and the third by Chess on the long playing (or LP ...
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"You Shook Me" is unique among Muddy Waters' songs – it is the first time he overdubbed vocals onto an existing commercially released record. The backing track for Waters started as an impromptu slide guitar instrumental by blues guitarist Earl Hooker during a May 3, 1961, recording session for Chief Records. [1]
Hard Again is a studio album by American blues singer Muddy Waters.Released on January 10, 1977, it was the first of his albums produced by Johnny Winter. [1] Hard Again was Waters's first album on Blue Sky Records after leaving Chess Records and was well received by critics.
English trumpeter and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton reviewed the song (and "Hello Little Girl") in 1955 in New Musical Express, saying Waters is "a genuine contemporary blues singer". [7] In a 1969 interview, Muddy Waters himself said it was his favorite song out of all the songs he had recorded. [8]
The remaining songs were "Ooh Poo Pah Doo", "Baby Don't You Do It" and "You Need Love". [4] It is also noteworthy for 19-year old Marriott's raw vocals, one of his most well known characteristics. [15] [16] It was fantastic, I loved it, Muddy Waters recorded it but I couldn't sing like Muddy Waters so it wasn't that much of a nick.