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Memphis Slim

Memphis Slim
  • Name: Memphis Slim
  • Birthday: 1915-09-03
  • Also known as: John Len Chatman,Peter Chatman
  • Place of birth: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
  • Popularity: 0.43
Biography: 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. 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... Read More

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Title Release date
Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass   as  Self 2012-06-19
The Blues Greats   as  Himself 2004-03-07
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2   as  Himself 2003-01-01
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1   as  Himself 2003-01-01
Kill!   as  Himself 1971-12-10
The Sergeant   as  Nightclub Singer 1968-12-20
I Hear The Blues 1963-12-18