Elmore James

Elmore James

Aliases: Elmo James
Elmo James and His Broomdusters
Elmore James and The Broomdusters
Elmore James and The Broom Dusters
Elmore James and His Broomdusters
Elmore James and His "Broomdusters"
Elmore James and His "Broom Dusters"
Elmore James and His Broom Dusters
Real name: Elmore Brooks
Born: January 27, 1918
Died: May 24, 1963
Country: United States
IPI: 00015069209
Comments: Highly influential electric blues slide guitarist, singer and composer.
Family: Elmore James, Jr. Son

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Popular Originals

Shake Your Moneymaker

Released on Look on Yonder Wall (1961)

Covered by (53 artists)

The Sky Is Crying

The Sky Is Crying

Released on The Sky Is Crying (1960)

Covered by (47 artists)

I Can't Hold Out

I Can't Hold Out

Released on I Can't Hold Out (1960)

Covered by (23 artists)

Stranger Blues

Stranger Blues

Released on Stranger Blues (1962)

Covered by (31 artists)

Popular Covers by Elmore James

Dust My Broom

Originally by Robert Johnson

Released on Dust My Broom (1951)

One Way Out

The Sky Is Crying

Originally by Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]

Released on The Sky Is Crying (1965)

Mean Mistreatin' Mama

Bleeding Heart

Originally by Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell

Released on Bleeding Heart (1965)

Baby Please Set a Date

I Need You

Originally by Memphis Minnie and Son Joe

Released on I Need You (1966)