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Wesley Willis
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American musician and artist (1963–2003)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Wesley Willis was an American musical artist diagnosed with schizophrenia. He wrote songs with the auto accompaniment feature on his Technics KN keyboard.
Known for
- Wesley Willis's Joyrides — Self2008
- Doot Doola Doot Doo ... Doot Doo! — Self (archive footage)2006
- Derailroaded — Self (archive footage)2005
- Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll — Himself2003
- The Wesley Willis Experience — Self2001
- Out of the Loop — Self1997
- Wesley Willis As Himself1994
- Wesley Willis: Artist of the Streets — Himself1988
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- Total plays
- 1,472,026
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Wesley Willis (May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003) was an African-American musician from Chicago, Illinois, who became a well-known underground figure in the 1990s. Standing at 6-foot-6 inches and weighing 350 lbs., Willis was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young adult. He released several hundred songs of bizarre and simplistic music, which spread through the early days of P2P file sharing. Willis had a tumultuous childhood, growing up in various foster homes. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lawrence
- Family name
- Willis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Skokie
- Occupation
- illustrator
- Genre
- outsider music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Alternative Tentacles
- Official website
- alternativetentacles.com/artists/wesley-willis
- Image
- Wesley Willis.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
Show 7 more facts
- cause of death
- chronic myeloid leukemia
- date of birth
- 1963-05-31
- date of death
- 2003-08-21
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Wesley Willis
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- medical condition
- schizophrenia
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