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Bobby Parker
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert Lee Parker, Jr.
American blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Digging for Toys
- Blue Movie
- 4 Steps to LDS Mission Prep
- How Big Is Big?
- Working Class Voodoo
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1920-08-29
- Active to
- 1955-03-12
americanbebopcool jazzjazzsaxophone
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16,238
- Total plays
- 50,182
Tags
USAbluesNeed to RateRock and Roll60s
Bobby Parker (August 31, 1937 – November 1, 2013) was an American blues-rock guitarist. He is best known for his 1961 song, "Watch Your Step", a single for the V-Tone Records label that became a hit on the US Billboard R&B chart. Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, but raised in Los Angeles, California, Parker first aspired to a career in entertainment at a young age. By the 1950s, Parker had started working on electric guitar with several blues and R&B bands of the time, with his first stint being w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bobby
- Family name
- Parker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lafayette
- Place of death
- Bowie
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Black Top Records
- Official website
- www.bobbyparkerblues.com
- Image
- Bobby Parker.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1937-08-31
- date of death
- 2013-11-01
- influenced by
- T-Bone Walker
- different from
- Bobby Parker
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- Commons category
- Bobby Parker
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