Elmore James (né Brooks; January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Noted for his use of loud...
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Elmore James was an American blues slide guitarist and singer who recorded from 1951 until 1963. His most famous song, "Dust My Broom", an electrified...
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Slide guitar (section Elmore James)
performers including Robert Johnson, Robert Nighthawk, Earl Hooker, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters popularized slide guitar in electric blues and influenced...
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Shake Your Moneymaker (song) (category Elmore James songs)
"Shake Your Moneymaker" or "Shake Your Money Maker" is a song recorded by Elmore James in 1961 that has become one of his best-known pieces. Inspired by earlier...
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Cross Road Blues (category Elmore James songs)
versions of the song, usually as ensemble pieces with electrified guitars. Elmore James' recordings in 1954 and 1960–1961 have been identified as perhaps the...
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Dust My Broom (category Elmore James songs)
1951, Elmore James recorded the song as "Dust My Broom" and "made it the classic as we know it", according to blues historian Gerard Herzhaft. James' slide...
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the slide guitar. He worked with his cousin, Elmore James, and with Sonny Boy Williamson II. Homesick James was born in Somerville, Tennessee, United States...
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instrumental Side B "I'm Worried" (Elmore James) – 3:46 – vocals: Jeremy Spencer "I Held My Baby Last Night" (Elmore James, Jules Taub) – 5:16 – vocals: Jeremy...
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Christopher Philip James Elmore (born 23 December 1983) is a Welsh Labour Party politician who is Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend since 2024, and...
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It Hurts Me Too (category Elmore James songs)
chart at number 106, which was James' only single to do so. Subsequent versions of "It Hurts Me Too" often showed Elmore James' influences, either in the...
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