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MCA. Geffen. Website. bbking.com. Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later ...
List of 1940–1979 blues musicians, showing name, birth and death years, origin, primary style, and references; Name Birth year Death year Origin Primary style Ref(s) The Aces: Illinois Chicago blues [130] Woodrow Adams: 1917 1988 Mississippi Electric blues [131] Luther Allison: 1939 1997 Arkansas Chicago blues [132] Mose Allison: 1927 2016 ...
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Although his recording career spanned only seven months, he is recognized as a ...
Little Jimmy King. Emmanuel Lynn Gales (December 4, 1964 – July 19, 2002 [2]), known professionally as Little Jimmy King, was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. [1] A left-handed guitarist who played the instrument upside down, he concocted his stage name in deference to his two musical heroes, Jimi Hendrix and Albert ...
Shines was born in Frayser, Tennessee, today a neighborhood of Memphis. [1] He was taught to play the guitar by his mother and spent most of his childhood in Memphis, playing slide guitar at an early age in juke joints and on the street. [1] He moved to Hughes, Arkansas, in 1932 and worked on farms for three years, putting aside his music ...
John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. [1] He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become ...
Lee Jackson (blues musician) James F. Johnson. Floyd Jones. Moody Jones. Tail Dragger Jones.
Memphis Minnie. Lizzie Douglas (June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973), better known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. She recorded around 200 songs, some of the best known being "When the Levee Breaks", "Me and My Chauffeur Blues", "Bumble Bee" and "Nothing in ...