Fenton Robinson
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American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1935-09-23
- Active to
- 1997-11-25
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Fenton Robinson (born Fenton Lee Robinson on 23 September 1935; died 25 November 1997) was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar. He recorded his signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", in 1967. The song was used in the film The Blues Brothers, being heard playing on the radio when Jake (John Belushi) is being transported and paroled. A cover version was recorded by Boz Scaggs in 1969. His Japanese fans reverently <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Fenton+Robinso
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Robinson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Greenwood
- Place of death
- Rockford
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Duke Records
- Image
- Fenton robinson-1639579453.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1935-09-23
- date of death
- 1997-11-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
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- Fenton Robinson
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