Messin' Around (Memphis Slim Song)
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Messin' Around (Memphis Slim Song)
"Messin' Around" is a 1948 song written by Floyd Hunt and recorded by Memphis Slim John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxopho ... and His House Rockers, released as Miracle Records 125. It was Slim's first and only R&B chart No.1, spending two weeks at the top of the chart from September 4, 1948.Nick Talevski ''The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries'' 1999 0711975485 p.283 "With his booming voice and his refined style of blues piano, the 6 foot 6 inch Memphis Slim enjoyed hits with 'Messin' Around' (1948), ' Blue And Lonesome' (1949), 'Angel Child' (1949), and ' The Come Back' (1953)." References 1948 songs Memphis Slim songs {{1940s-song-stub ...
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Memphis Slim
John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. 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 a blues standard, recorded by many other artists. He made over 500 recordings. He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989. Biography Memphis Slim was born John Len Chatman, in Memphis, Tennessee. For his first recordings, for Okeh Records in 1940, he used the name of his father, Peter Chatman (who sang, played piano and guitar, and operated juke joints); it is commonly believed that he did so to honor his father. He started performing under the name "Memphis Slim" later that year but continued to publish songs under the name Peter Chatman. He spent most of the 1930s performing in honky-tonks, dance halls, and gamb ...
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Blue And Lonesome (Memphis Slim Song)
"Blue and Lonesome" is a 1949 song recorded by Memphis Slim. It was his second major R&B chart hit after "Messin' Around".Nick Talevski ''The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries'' 1999 0711975485 p.283 "With his booming voice and his refined style of blues piano, the 6 foot 6 inch Memphis Slim enjoyed hits with 'Messin' Around' (1948), 'Blue And Lonesome' (1949), 'Angel Child' (1949), and 'The Come Back' (1953)." References 1949 songs Memphis Slim songs Songs written by Memphis Slim {{1940s-song-stub ...
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The Come Back
"The Come Back" is a 1953 song by Memphis Slim. It was one of his signature R&B chart hits.Nick Talevski ''The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries'' 1999 0711975485 p.283 "With his booming voice and his refined style of blues piano, the 6 foot 6 inch Memphis Slim enjoyed hits with 'Messin' Around' (1948), 'Blue And Lonesome' (1949), 'Angel Child' (1949), and 'The Come Back' (1953)." References 1953 songs Memphis Slim songs Songs written by Memphis Slim {{1950s-song-stub ...
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