Jimmy Witherspoon
A master of both flamboyant, excitable, jumping R&B and smooth, crooning, jazz
ballads, Jimmy Witherspoon was a star of the post-war blues boom and made a
lasting impact on the US music scene. He sang in local Arkansas churches from
the age of five and ran away from home at 16 to make his name in Hollywood,
before joining the Merchant Marine in 1941. While his boat was docked in India,
he got his break sitting in with Teddy Weatherford's band on Forces Radio and he
returned to San Francisco to tour and record with Ian McShann's gospel jazz
group in the mid-1940s. His signature tu...
Money's Gettin' CheaperJimmy Witherspoon and Jay McShann
'Tain't Nobody's BusinessJimmy Witherspoon
Early One Morning
Jimmy Witherspoon
Evenin'Jimmy Witherspoon
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to YouLightnin' Slim and Jimmy Witherspoon
Drinking BeerJimmy Witherspoon
Money's Gettin' CheaperJimmy Witherspoon and Jay McShann
Nobody´s Business
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'Tain't Nobody's BusinessJimmy Witherspoon
2:25
Early One Morning
Jimmy WitherspoonLive At The Monterey Jazz Festival, 1972
3:05
Evenin'Jimmy Witherspoon
Evenin' Blues
2:42
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to YouLightnin' Slim and Jimmy Witherspoon
Rockin' L.a.
3:31
Drinking BeerJimmy Witherspoon
Spoons Best
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