Walter Vinson
Sign in to saveAmerican Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1901-1975)
Person
- Born
- 1901-02-02
- Died
- 1975-04-22
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Walter Vinson (February 2, 1901 – April 22, 1975) was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks, worked with Bo Chatmon and his brothers, and co-wrote the blues standard, "Sitting on Top of the World". Walter Vinson is variously erroneously known as Walter Vincson and Walter Vincent, and sometimes recorded as Walter Jacobs, with his mother's maiden name. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Walter+Vinson">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- Born
- 2 February 1901
- Died
- 22 April 1975
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1901 births1975 deaths20th-century American guitarists20th-century American male singers20th-century American singers20th-century American songwritersAmerican blues guitaristsAmerican blues singersAmerican male guitaristsAmerican male songwritersBlues musicians from MississippiBurials at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Alsip, Illinois)