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Dixon was a producer for Chess and Checker Records in Chicago and is considered one of the key figures in the creation of Chicago blues. He worked with Muddy WatersMcKinley Morganfield born April 4, 1915 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi died April 30, 1983 in Westmont, Illinois, is better known as Muddy Waters . He was an American blues musician and is generally considered the father of Chicago blues. Waters was first r, Howlin' WolfHowlin' Wolf ( b. June 10, 1910, West Point, Mississippi d. January 10, 1976, Hines, Illinois) was an American blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Born Chester Arthur Burnett he was nicknamed "Big Foot" and "Bull Cow" in his early ye, Otis Rush , Bo DiddleyBo Diddley (born December 30, 1928), The Originator , is an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was born Ellas Bates and later took the name Ellas McDaniel after his adoptive mother, Gussie McDaniel. He adopted the stage name, Little WalterLittle Walter (born Walter Jacobs ( May 1 1930 February 15 1968) was a blues singer and harmonica player. Walter is generally included among blues music greats: Ry Cooder 's opinion is that Little Walter was the single greatest blues musician ever. His re, Sonny Boy WilliamsonThere were 2 popular blues harmonica players that went by the name Sonny Boy Williamson Sonny Boy Williamson I also known as John Lee Williamson was an American blues harmonica player, born in Jackson, Tennessee, whose first record 'Good Morning, School G, Koko Taylor , Little Milton , Eddie Boyd , Jimmy WitherspoonJames (Jimmy) Witherspoon ( 1923- 1997) was an American blues singer. He first attracted attention singing with Teddy Weatherford's band in Calcutta, India, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U. Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II., Lowell FulsonBig-voiced guitar player in the West Coast tradition, Oklahoma-born Lowell Fulson (1921—1999) joined Texas Alexander at the age of eighteen, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles. He recorded for Swing Time, Willie Mabon and others.
He wrote many famous blues songThis page is about musical songs. For other meanings, see Song (disambiguation). A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words ( lyrics). It is typically fors, usually producing and playing bass when they were first recorded. Some of these, and some subsequent covers include:
"Back Door Man" - Howlin’ Wolf, Doors, Grateful Dead, Shadows of Knight, Bob Weir
"Built for Comfort" - Howlin’ Wolf, Canned Heat
"Dead Presidents" - Little Walter
"Evil" - Howlin’ Wolf, Canned Heat
"Hoochie Coochie Man" - Muddy Waters, Shadows of Knight, Nashville Teens, Allman Brothers
"I Ain’t Superstitious" - Howlin’ Wolf, Jeff Beck Group, Grateful Dead, Megadeth
"I Can’t Quit You Baby" - Little Milton, Otis Rush, Led Zeppelin
"I Just Want To Make Love To You" - Muddy Waters, Kinks, Yardbirds, Shadows of Knight, Grateful Dead
"Insane Asylum" - Koko Taylor, Kathy McDonald & Sly Stone
"Little Red Rooster" - Howlin’ Wolf, Sam Cooke, Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, The Doors (Live)
"Mellow Down Easy" - Little Walter, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Black Crowes, Carey Bell
"My Babe" - Little Walter, Spencer Davis Group, John Hammond, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters
"Pain in My Heart" - Rolling Stones, Otis Redding
"Pretty Thing" - Bo Diddley, Pretty Things, Canned Heat
"Seventh Son" - Willie Mabon, Mose Allison, Bill Haley, Sting
"Spoonful" - Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Shadows of Knight, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Cream, Canned Heat, Grateful Dead
"Tollin’ Bells" - Lowell Fulson, Savoy Brown Blues Band
"Wang Dang Doodle" - Koko Taylor, Howlin’ Wolf, Grateful Dead
"You Can’t Judge a Book by Looking at Its Cover" - Bo Diddley, Shadows of Knight
"You Shook Me" - Muddy Waters, Jeff Beck Group, Led Zeppelin
"You Need Love" - Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" was appropriated without credit from Dixon's "You Need Love" as was "You Shook Me". Dixon and his publisher received credit and royalties after a lawsuit was settled out of court.