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Willie Dixon

Blues
Early R&B
Soul music
One of the cornerstones of blues and rock and roll history, Willie Dixon's songs inspired Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix and continue to evoke the spirit ingrained in classic American music. Discovering the blues while working on prison farms in Mississippi in the 1930s, he sang in gospel quartets and began putting his own rhymes to the music he heard on the radio. Moving to Chicago, he became an Illinois Golden Gloves heavyweight boxing champion and played stand-up bass in jazz groups, but was imprisoned during WWII for conscientious objection. It...
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Wang Dang DoodleWillie Dixon and Koko Taylor
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The Little Red RoosterWillie Dixon
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Walking the BluesWillie Dixon
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SpoonfulWillie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf
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I Can't Quit You, BabyWillie Dixon
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That's My BabyWillie Dixon and Memphis Slim
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Wang Dang DoodleWillie Dixon and Koko Taylor

101hits - Blues Greats

2:45

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The Little Red RoosterWillie Dixon

I Am The Blues

3:40

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Walking the BluesWillie Dixon

100 Tubes Blues

3:00

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SpoonfulWillie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf

Red Rooster

2:45

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I Can't Quit You, BabyWillie Dixon

I Am The Blues

6:39

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That's My BabyWillie Dixon and Memphis Slim

Willie's Blues

3:22

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