Memphis Slim ✓
(1915–1988)
singer-songwriter
United States
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Memphis Slim (1915–1988) was a United States singer-songwriter.
About Memphis Slim
John Len Chatman, 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.
Notable works:
Memphis Slim and the real honky tonk
Awards:
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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