Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano...
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Look up scrapper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scrapper may refer to: The Scrapper, a 1917 short Western film directed by John Ford Scrappers, a 2010...
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longtime partnership with the guitarist Scrapper Blackwell. His light bluesy piano combined with Blackwell's melodic jazz guitar attracted a sophisticated...
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is a blues song recorded by the American blues duo Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell in 1928. It became an early blues standard and its melody inspired...
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to the Red Cross Store Blues historian Elijah Wald suggests that Scrapper Blackwell was the first to introduce a reference to a city in his "Kokomo Blues"...
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Beneke Boyd Bennett Tony Bennett Chuck Berry Richard Berry Otis Blackwell Scrapper Blackwell Blind Blake The Big Bopper Johnny Bond Pat Boone Jimmy Bowen...
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released their album So Delicious on February 17, 2015. Barbecue Bob Scrapper Blackwell Blind Blake Big Bill Broonzy Gus Cannon Bo Carter Reverend Gary Davis...
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and Emily Scott Blackwell (active from 1992 to after 2011), American disk jockey and Christian dance music artist Scrapper Blackwell (1903–1962), American...
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Chicago, Illinois, US Unknown Shooting Blues singer Francis Blackwell Scrapper Blackwell 7 October 1962 59 Indianapolis, Indiana, US Unknown Shooting...
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including recordings by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Lightnin' Hopkins, Scrapper Blackwell, Reverend Gary Davis, Robert Pete Williams, Big Joe Williams, Sunnyland...
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