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Memphis Slim
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Len Chatman, Peter Chatman, L.C. Frazier, Leroy
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer (1915–1988)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Memphis Slim and the real boogie-woogie
- Baby please come home
- Memphis Slim and "Wee Willie" Dixonie" Dixon
- Memphis Slim and the real honky tonk
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Film & TV
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists. He made…
Known for
- Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass — Self2012
- The Blues Greats — Himself2004
- Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson Live In Europe — Self2004
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1 — Himself2003
- The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2 — Himself2003
- Midi Première — Self1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Kill! — Himself1971
- L'homme qui venait du Cher — Le chanteur au piano1969
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- 160,159
- Total plays
- 991,508
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Memphis Slim (3 September, 1915 in Memphis, Tennessee – 24 February, 1988 in Paris, France) was a blues pianist and singer. His birth name was John Len Chatman although he himself claimed to be born Peter Chatman (the name he gave himself in honour of his father Peter Chatman Sr. when he first recorded for Okeh in 1940). He composed the blues standards "Every Day I Have the Blues" and "Mother Earth". Memphis Slim got his start playing the blues at the Midway Café <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Chess Records
- Image
- Memphis Slim.jpg
- Residence
- Memphis
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- Commons category
- Memphis Slim
- date of birth
- 1915-09-03
- date of death
- 1988-02-24
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- John Len Chatman
- pseudonym
- L.C. Frazier
- name in native language
- Memphis Slim
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- number of viewers/listeners
- 959543
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