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Skip James
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American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter (1902–1969)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Skip James Blues Collection*
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1929-04-17
- Active to
- 2015-06-09
Discography
- Die gab’s nur einmal: Großes Sorgenbrecher-Potpourri mit Schlagern der letzten 50 Jahre1963
- Die gab’s nur einmal, Folge 2: Schlager von gestern und heute zum Tanzen und Mitsingen1964
- Non Stop Dancing ’651965
- Non Stop Dancing '651965
- Ännchen von Tharau bittet zum Tanz1966
- Christmas Dancing1966
- Classics Up to Date1966
- Concerto per Natale1966
- Hammond à gogo Vol. II1966
- Happy Christmas From James Last1966
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 262,116
- Total plays
- 2,365,824
Tags
Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. His guitar playing is noted for its dark, minor-key sound, played in an open D-minor tuning with an intricate finger picking technique. James first recorded for Paramount Records in 1931, but these recordings sold poorly, having been released during the Great Depression, and he drifted into obscurity. After a long absence from the public eye <a href="https://www.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bentonia
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Religion
- Baptists
- Genre
- country blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Vanguard Records
- Voice type
- tenor
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1902-06-09
- date of death
- 1969-10-03
- Commons category
- Skip James
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Skip James
- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
- birth name
- Nehemiah Curtis James
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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