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Little Walter, born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville on 1 May 1930, was an African American guitarist, singer and songwriter who also worked as a street artist. He played guitar, harmonica and voice in the blues genre, recording for Chess Records and Checker between 1945 and 1968.
He received the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame award and is recognised in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame collection. Little Walter died of thrombosis in Chicago on 15 February 1968.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- 1968
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Blues masters
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 1968
Discography
- Ora-Nelle Blues / I Just Keep Loving Her1947
- Juke / Can’t Hold On Much Longer1952
- Sad Hours / Mean Old World1952
- Blues With a Feeling / Quarter to Twelve1953
- Don't Have to Hunt No More / Tonight With a Fool1953
- Rollin' Blues / Boll Weevil1953
- Tell Me Mama / Off the Wall1953
- You're So Fine / Lights Out1953
- Last Night / Mellow Down Easy1954
- You'd Better Watch Yourself / Blue Light1954
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 378,048
- Total plays
- 2,980,792
Tags
Little Walter (born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville, Louisiana; May 1, 1930; died on February 15, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica earned him comparisons to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix for innovation and impact on succeeding generations. His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. <a href="https://www.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
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Key facts
- Born
- Marion Walter Jacobs , ( 1930-05-01 ) May 1, 1930, Marksville, Louisiana , U.S.
- Died
- February 15, 1968 (1968-02-15) (aged 37), Chicago, Illinois
- Genres
- Blues Chicago blues R&B
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instruments
- Harmonica vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1945–1967
- Labels
- Chess Checker
- Website
- littlewalterfoundation .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Family name
- Jacobs
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Marksville
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Checker
- Official website
- www.littlewalter.net
- Image
- Little Walter.JPG
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1930-05-01
- date of death
- 1968-02-15
- cause of death
- thrombosis
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- birth name
- Marion Walter Jacobs
- end of work period
- 1968-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter. His revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on the succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, the first and, to date, only artist to be inducted specifically as a harmonica player.
Biography
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