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Jimmy Witherspoon

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Aliases
Jimmy Witherspoon and Band
Jimmy Witherspoon and His Orchestra
Real name
James John Witherspoon
Born
August 8, 1920
Died
September 18, 1997
Country
United States
IPI
00069957510 5 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Blues singer of the "blues shouter" variety, occasionally veering into jazz singing
Family
Shirley Witherspoon Cousin
Rachel Witherspoon Spouse (1951-1953)
Diane Witherspoon Second cousin
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Originals

Covers by Jimmy Witherspoon

Title Performer Release date Originally by
November 1966 Sam Cooke
1961 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
listen on Internet Archive September 1948 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five)
Covered by (26 artists)
1995 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
2000 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
1970 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
1964 Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
1964 Wynonie "(Mr. Blues)" Harris and Johnny Otis' All Stars
1975 Tim Moore
1963 Tommy Edwards
listen on Internet Archive 1947 Bessie Smith
1963 Maxwell Davis with Rhythm Accompaniment, Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
1980 Jimmy Reed
1975 Jimmy Reed
2000 Jimmy Reed
1957 Jimmy Witherspoon
  1966 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
1980 Rabon Tarrant with Jack McVea and His Door Openers, Little Walter and His Jukes
1960 Tampa Red
1975 Janis Joplin
1959 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
1962 Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys - Vocal Chorus Joe Turner
1980 T-Bone Walker
1962 Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown
May 1958 Jay McShann at the Piano with Singing By Walter Brown
1959 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
1959 Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
1961 B.B. King and His Orchestra
March 1964 Roy Hamilton
  1961 Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
i 1992 Horace Silver Quintet
listen on Internet Archive February 1950 J. B. Summers - Orch. dir. by Tiny Grimes
1966 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday
  1966 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
April 1958 Jody Reynolds
March 1964 Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra
1959 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
1973 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
1959 Morehouse College Quartette
February 1971 Hot Lips Page Trio
1975 Johnny Fuller
May 1958 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
1975 (unknown), Pál Kalmár, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Allen
1959 Tuskegee Institute Singers
1992 St. Louis Jimmy
December 1971 St. Louis Jimmy
2000 St. Louis Jimmy
1964 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
1959 Little Willie Littlefield
August 1967 Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orch.
1957 Jimmy Witherspoon
February 1971 Chris Farlowe
December 1971 Chuck Berry
1980 Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
October 1961 Jimmy Forrest and His Orchestra
1949 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
1959 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
1957 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
1973 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
1962 Gatemouth Moore with Dallas Bartley and His Small Town Boys
  November 1966 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
1959 Dixon Brothers
1962 Cripple Clarence Lofton
1962 Papa Freddie
  1966 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
  1961 Morton Downey REC,REL, Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians BRD
  2000 Morton Downey REC,REL, Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians BRD
1964 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
1975 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra, Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
1961 Harry James and His Orchestra
  1964 Don Covay REL, Jeb Stuart REC
1964 St. Louis Jimmy
1959 Casey Bill
1995 Casey Bill
1962 Casey Bill
August 1967 Casey Bill
1964 Carter Family
1962 Lil Green
1948 Leroy Carr
1964 Fritz Kreisler - Piano Accompaniment Carl Lamson, Tommy Edwards
March 1964 Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band
1973 St. Louis Jimmy
1964 Wynona Carr
November 1966 The Peerless Quartet
listen on Internet Archive 1946 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
I Want a Little Girl Jimmy Witherspoon with Panama Francis & The Savoy Sultans (Jimmy Witherspoon, Panama Francis) 1983 Unverified
1959 Kitty Cheatham
1964 Cecil Gant
August 1967 Joe Loss and His Band
1962 Big Bill
1961 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
March 1964 Little Willie Littlefield
1995 Little Willie Littlefield
1962 Charles Segar
  1966 Dave Harman and His Orchestra REC, Gertrude Michael BRD
  1957 Dave Harman and His Orchestra REC, Gertrude Michael BRD
1975 James Phelps
  1961 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
1962 The Clovers
1963 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
1964 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
1980 Paul Buskirk and His Little Men featuring Hugh Nelson
1959 Tuskegee Institute Singers
  1970 Jimmie Cox PRF, Blind Bobby Baker and His Guitar REC,REL
  1962 Jimmie Cox PRF, Blind Bobby Baker and His Guitar REC,REL
1975 Chuck Berry and His Combo
  1973 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
1959 Fisk University Male Quartette
listen on Internet Archive December 1950 Jimmy Grissom
1963 Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
May 1958 Joe Turner and His Fly Cats
1962 Joe Liggins and His "Honeydrippers"
1960 B.B. King
1962 Buddy Johnson and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
1992 Albert King
1966 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
February 1971 Joe South
1960 Joe Turner with Bill Moore's Lucky Seven Band
  1963 Joe Turner with Freddie Slack Trio REC, Joe Turner [US1] PRF
1959 Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
1973 Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
1970 Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
1975 Charles Brown and His Band
1963 Amos
1957 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
1973 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
1960 Johnny "Guitar" Watson
August 1959 Saunders King Rhythm
August 1967 Saunders King Rhythm
1959 (unknown)
1975 Howlin' Wolf
February 1971 Lorraine Ellison - Arranged & Conducted by Garry Sherman
1959 (unknown)
December 1971 James Taylor
1959 Prince's Band
1957 Prince's Band
1973 Prince's Band
1970 Prince's Band
1995 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
1960 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
2000 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
1960 B.B. King
November 1966 Bert Kaempfert, Frank Sinatra - Arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
August 1967 Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Trevor Bacon
1957 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
1973 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Jimmy Witherspoon
1975 Jimmy Reed
1962 Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
1964 Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson's Orch.
2003 "Little George" Smith
1960 Leroy Carr
December 1971 John Mayall
1962 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
November 1966 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
August 1959 Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orch.
1997 Roy Hawkins
2000 Witherspoon Mulligan Webster
1966 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
1966 Thelma La Vizzo
1959 Thelma La Vizzo
1957 Thelma La Vizzo
1970 Thelma La Vizzo
May 1958 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
1992 Jimmy Rogers
1962 The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter
1947 Gitfiddle Jim, Art Tatum and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Joe Turner
1961 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
November 1966 Anthony Newley
August 1959 Big Bill
2003 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1], B.B. "Blues Boy" King and His Orchestra
1957 Leroy Carr
1949 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
1964 Bob Thompson [US1]
1992 Louis Armstrong
1980 Sleepy John Estes, Big Maceo
You Can Make It if You Try Jimmy Witherspoon 1962 Unverified
1964 William J. Halley
1960 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Blue Point of View Jimmy Witherspoon November 1966 Verve Records
Ain't Nobody's Business The Dutch Swing College Band Meets Jimmy Witherspoon 1970 DSC Production
Ain't Nothin' New About the Blues Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford 1995 Aim
A Spoonful of Blues Jimmy Witherspoon 1973 RCA Victor
At the Renaissance Witherspoon Mulligan Webster 1959 HiFi Records
Baby, Baby, Baby Jimmy Witherspoon 1963 Prestige [US]
Big Blues [Reissue] Jimmy Witherspoon featuring Hal Singer 1997 JSP Records
Blues Around the Clock Jimmy Witherspoon 1964 Prestige [US]
Blues for Easy Livers Jimmy Witherspoon 1966 Prestige [US]
Blue Spoon Jimmy Witherspoon 1964 Prestige [US]
Evenin' Jimmy Witherspoon March 1964 Prestige [US]
Feelin' the Spirit Jimmy Witherspoon 1959 HiFi Records
Goin' to Kansas City Blues Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann and His Band May 1958 RCA Victor
Guilty Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon December 1971 United Artists Records
Handbags and Gladrags Jimmy Witherspoon February 1971 ABC Records [US]
Hey, Mrs. Jones! Jimmy Witherspoon - Orchestra conducted by H.B. Barnum 1962 Reprise Records
Jimmy Witherspoon Sings the Blues Jimmy Witherspoon 1961 Crown Records [US2]
Jimmy Witherspoon Sings the Blues Jimmy Witherspoon 1960 Crown Records [US2]
Jimmy Witherspoon Sings the Blues Sessions Jimmy Witherspoon 2003 Ace [GB]
Jimmy Witherspoon with the Duke Robillard Band Jimmy Witherspoon with the Duke Robillard Band 2000 Stony Plain
Live at the Notodden Blues Festival Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford 1992 Blue Rock'it
Love Is a Five Letter Word Jimmy Witherspoon 1975 Capitol Records
New Orleans Blues Wilbur DeParis and Jimmy Witherspoon 1957 Atlantic
Previously Unreleased Recordings Jimmy Witherspoon & Ben Webster 1973 Verve Records
Roots Jimmy Witherspoon featuring Ben Webster 1962 Reprise Records
Singin' the Blues Jimmy Witherspoon August 1959 World Pacific
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues Jimmy Witherspoon 1964 Prestige [US]
Spoon Jimmy Witherspoon 1961 Reprise Records
Spoonful Jimmy Witherspoon featuring Robben Ford 1975 Blue Note
Spoon's Life Jimmy Witherspoon 1980 Isabel
The Blues Is Now Jimmy Witherspoon with Brother Jack McDuff August 1967 Verve Records
The Blues, the Whole Blues & Nothing but the Blues Jimmy Witherspoon 1992 Indigo [GB]
There's Good Rockin' Tonight Jimmy Witherspoon 1960 World Pacific

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