was "The Honeydripper", released in 1945. Joe Liggins was the older brother of R&B performer Jimmy Liggins. The son of Harriett and Elijah Elliott, he...
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pianist Roosevelt Sykes. Liggins tried to persuade his next bandleader, Sammy Franklin, to record it, but Franklin refused and Liggins put together his own...
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Liggins is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: DeAndre Liggins (born 1988), American basketball player Ethel Liggins (1886–1970), British...
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recorded the 1973 song "Impeach the President" Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers, a jump band led by Joe Liggins, active during the 1940s and 1950s, that recorded...
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Joe Liggins. The son of Harriett and Elijah Elliott, he was born in Newby, Oklahoma, United States, and adopted his stepfather's surname, Liggins, as...
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"Pink Champagne" is a 1950 single by Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers. The song might have been composed by gospel singer and songwriter Doris Akers...
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Johnson Ella Johnson Louis Jordan Al Killian Annie Laurie Julia Lee Joe Liggins Jimmy Liggins Little Willie Littlefield Big Jay McNeely Jay McShann Amos Milburn...
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can't keep away". Another theory is it's derived from ‘40s R&B star Joe Liggins, his most popular song was The Honeydripper, and it was also the name...
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Nubians LeVert Gerald Levert Glenn Lewis Leona Lewis SG Lewis Lexie Liu Joe Liggins Lil Duval Lil' Fizz Lil Tjay Lil' Eddie Lil Mama Lil' Mo Lisa Lisa and...
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music", a phrase precisely repeated in his 1946 review of "Sugar Lump" by Joe Liggins. A double meaning came to popular awareness in 1947 in blues artist Roy...
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