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Fred Below

Chicago, United States

Fred Below is credited on 980 releases across 290 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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980

Credits

290

Albums

8

Decades active

206

In collections

Biography

Frederick Below Jr. (September 6, 1926 – August 13, 1988) was an American blues drummer who worked with Little Walter and Chess Records in the 1950s. According to Tony Russell, Below was a creator of much of the rhythmic structure of Chicago blues, especially its backbeat. He was the drummer on Chuck Berry's song "Johnny B. Goode". He also recorded with J. B. Lenoir.

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Credited work

980 releases · 290 albums · active 1954–2025

  • Performance · 2,636
  • Other credits · 5

Studios: Chess Studios · Universal Recording Studio · American Folk Blues Festival · Studios Barclay

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