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Witherspoon's style of blues—as a "blues shouter"—became unfashionable in the mid-1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which featured Roy Eldridge, Woody Herman, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines, and Mel Lewis. [9]
Blues for Easy Livers is an album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label. [1] Reception. Professional ratings;
Midnight Lady Called the Blues is an album by the American musician Jimmy Witherspoon, released in 1986. [2] [3] It was recorded shortly after Witherspoon recovered from throat cancer. [4] Midnight Lady Called the Blues was dedicated to Big Joe Turner. [5] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male". [6]
Thomas Ward reviewed the album for Allmusic and described The Blues Is Now as "arguably the finest" of Witherspoon's Verve albums and described his voice as "...in top form and hugely expressive. ...A light-night blues classic, this is Witherspoon at his most relaxed and assured and is a joy to listen to". [2]
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Jimmy Witherspoon: Album 1973 Jon English: Single 1974 Mike d'Abo: Album 1975 Chris Farlowe: Album (Live recording) 1977 Kirka Babitzin: Album 1992 Mary Coughlan: Album 1993 Rod Stewart: Album (Acoustic recording) 2001 Stereophonics: Single 2002 Rod Stewart: Album (Live recording) 2003 Manfred Mann: Album 2004 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ...
Baby, Baby, Baby is an album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label. [1] The title track, "Baby Baby Baby" with music by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Mack David, was written in 1950 but first sung by Teresa Brewer in the film Those Redheads from Seattle (1953), [2] and then became title track of the album Baby, Baby, Baby by Mindy ...
After World War II McShann began to lead small groups featuring the blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon. Witherspoon began to record with McShann in 1945 and, fronting McShann's band, he had a hit in 1949 with "Ain't Nobody's Business". As well as writing much material, Witherspoon continued recording with McShann's band, which also featured Ben ...