Jimmy Rushing
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American blues shouter and swing jazz singer (1901-1972)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1901-08-26
- Active to
- 1972-06-08
jazzswingvocal jazz
Discography
- Five Feet of Soul
- Cat Meets Chick1956
- The Jazz Odyssey Of James Rushing Esq.1957
- Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass1958
- Bessie - Clara - Mamie & Trixie (The Songs They Made Famous)1961
- Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You1967
- Blues and Things1968
- The You and Me That Used to Be1988
- Swings the Blues1997
- Brubeck & Rushing1998
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- Listeners
- 47,778
- Total plays
- 180,665
Tags
bluesjazzvocal jazzclassic jazzblues shouter
James Andrew (Jimmy) Rushing (August 26, 1901 - June 8, 1972) was an American blues shouter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927, then joined Bennie Moten's band in 1929. He stayed with the successor Count Basie band when Moten died in 1935. When the Basie band broke up in 1950 he briefly retired, then formed his own group. His build earned him a nickname and a signature song, "Mr. Five by Five" ("he's five feet tall and he's five feet wide"). <a href="https
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jimmy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Jimmy Rushing 1946 (Gottlieb 07551).jpg
Show 7 more facts
- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1901-08-26
- date of death
- 1972-06-08
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Jimmy Rushing
- place of burial
- New York City
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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