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| name = Jimmy Witherspoon | image = Jimmy_Witherspoon.jpg | caption = Witherspoon in June 1976 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|8|8|mf=y}} | birth_place = Gurdon, Arkansas, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|9|18|1920|8|8|mf=y}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California | genre = Blues, jump blues[1] | occupation = Singer | instrument = Vocals | years_active = 1940s–1990s | label = | associated_acts = }}James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues singer.[1] Early life and careerWitherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas.[2] He first attracted attention singing in Calcutta, India, with Teddy Weatherford's band, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U.S. Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II. Witherspoon made his first records with Jay McShann's band in 1945. He first recorded under his own name in 1947,[3] and two years later with the McShann band, he had his first hit, "Ain't Nobody's Business,"[2] a song that came to be regarded as his signature tune. In 1950 he had hits with two more songs closely identified with him—"No Rollin' Blues" and "Big Fine Girl"—and also with "Failing by Degrees" and "New Orleans Woman", recorded with the Gene Gilbeaux Orchestra (which included Herman Washington and Don Hill) for Modern Records. These were recorded at a live performance on May 10, 1949, at a "Just Jazz" concert in Pasadena, California, sponsored by Gene Norman. Another classic Witherspoon composition is "Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough". Witherspoon's style of blues—that of the "blues shouter"—became unfashionable in the mid-1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which features Roy Eldridge, Woody Herman, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines and Mel Lewis, among others.[4] Witherspoon later recorded with Gerry Mulligan, Leroy Vinnegar, Richard "Groove" Holmes and T-Bone Walker.[2] Tours and successesIn 1961 he toured Europe with Buck Clayton and returned to the UK on many occasions, featuring on a mid-'60s live UK recording, Spoon Sings and Swings (1966), with tenor sax player Dick Morrissey's quartet. In 1970, Witherspoon appeared on Brother Jack McDuff's London Blue Note recording To Seek a New Home together with British jazz musicians, including Dick Morrissey, again, and Terry Smith. In the 1970s Witherspoon also recorded the album Guilty! (later released on CD as Black & White Blues) with Eric Burdon[2] and featuring Ike White & the San Quentin Prison Band. He then toured with a band of his own featuring Robben Ford and Russ Ferrante. A recording from this period, Spoonful, featured Witherspoon accompanied by Robben Ford, Joe Sample, Cornell Dupree, Thad Jones and Bernard Purdie.[5] He continued performing and recording into the 1990s.[5] Other performers with whom Witherspoon recorded include Jimmy Rowles, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Vernon Alley, Mel Lewis, Teddy Edwards, Gerald Wiggins, John Clayton, Paul Humphrey, Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jimmy Smith, Long John Baldry, Junior Mance, Ellington bassist Jimmy Woode, Kenny Clarke, Gerry Mulligan, Jim Mullen, Count Basie, Van Morrison, Dutch Swing College Band, and Gene Gilbeaux, among others. ActingIn the 1995 film Georgia, Witherspoon portrayed a traveling, gun-collecting blues singer, Trucker, who has a relationship with the troubled character Sadie, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh. He played Nate Williams in The Black Godfather (1974) and Percy in To Sleep with Anger (1990). DeathWitherspoon died of throat cancer on September 18, 1997, in Los Angeles.[6] MiscellaneousWitherspoon's grandson Ahkello Witherspoon is the starting cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers.And his granddaughter Alexis Witherspoon, better known to the world as Lecsi Tomorrow is an American upcoming artist wjo is signed with WARROOM MUSIC GROUP, Inc.[7] DiscographyChart singles
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References{{Commons category|Jimmy Witherspoon}}1. ^1 {{cite book| first= Paul| last= Du Noyer| year= 2003| title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music| edition= | publisher= Flame Tree Publishing| location= Fulham, London| isbn= 1-904041-96-5| page= 181}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.jimmywitherspoon.com/aboutspoon.htm |title=About the Spoon |accessdate=2007-12-08 |work=Official Spoon |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916112944/http://www.jimmywitherspoon.com/aboutspoon.htm |archivedate=2007-09-16 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 3. ^{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Russell|year=1997|title=The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray|publisher=Carlton Books |location=Dubai|page=13|isbn=1-85868-255-X}} 4. ^{{cite book| first= | last= Russell| year= 1997| title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray| edition= | publisher= | location= | page= 192| isbn= }} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.jimmywitherspoon.com/discography4.htm |title=Spoon's Discography |accessdate=2007-12-08 |work=Official Spoon |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916005041/http://www.jimmywitherspoon.com/discography4.htm |archivedate=2007-09-16 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 6. ^{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1996.html |title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 1996–1997 |publisher=TheDeadRockStarsClub.com |date= |accessdate=2015-08-30}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.49ers.com/team/roster/Ahkello-Witherspoon/8cb4e3c1-2bd7-4229-9b6a-b631b496e607|title=49ers Roster - San Francisco 49ers – 49ers.com|author=|date=|website=www.49ers.com|accessdate=14 April 2018}} 8. ^{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955–2002|edition= |publisher=Record Research|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn= 0-89820-155-1|page=774}} 9. ^{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–1995|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |year=1996 |publisher=Record Research |page=490}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-casual-mw0001004544 |title=Jimmy Witherspoon, Jazz Casual: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic.com |date=2003-12-02 |accessdate=2015-08-30}} External links
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