Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
Latest Release
- Sad Life - Blues from the Cold
- January 2025
- • 10 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | Ain't Nobody's Business | ||
| 2 | Buried Alive in the Hills | ||
| 3 | Low Down Dirty Shame | ||
| 4 | Past Forty Blues | ||
| 5 | In The Evening |
Albums
Oct 2024 • 3 songs
May 2024 • 10 songs
Sep 2023 • 7 songs
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- South Mississippi's Biggest Variety
About
Biography
One of the great blues singers of the post-World War II period, Jimmy Witherspoon was also versatile enough to fit comfortably into the jazz world. Witherspoon was born on August 8, 1920 in Gurdon, Arizona. As a child, he sang in a church choir, and he made his debut recordings with Jay McShann for Philo and Mercury in 1945 and 1946. His own first recordings, using McShann's band, resulted in a number one R&B hit in 1949 with "Ain't Nobody's Business, Pts. 1 & 2" on Supreme Records. Live performances of "No Rollin' Blues" and "Big Fine Girl" provided 'Spoon with two more hits ...