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Jimmy Witherspoon
Gurdon, United States • 1920-08-08 – 1997-09-18
Jimmy Witherspoon is credited on 677 releases across 216 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
677
Pressings credited
216
Albums
8
Decades active
61
In collections
Biography
James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues and jazz singer.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
677 releases · 216 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,098
- Other credits · 6
- Production · 2
Studios: Tempo Sound Studio · Monterey Jazz Festival · The Marquee · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
My Feeling For The Blues
1970
At The Renaissance
1985
The Biggest Thing Since Colossus
1969
The Complete Them 1964-1967
2015
Volume One - Classic Blues
1973
The Blues - Volume 2
1965
The Blues Volume 3
1964
It's Too Late
1963
A Night In San Francisco
1994
The Chess Box
1988
20 Great R&B Hits Of The 50's
1983
Guilty!
1971
Get The Picture?
1965
Evenin' Blues
1964
The Blues Volume 1
1963
Hey, Mrs. Jones
1962
At The Renaissance
1960
At The Monterey Jazz Festival
1959
Chess Blues
1992
A Night Of Red Hot Blues
1987
Sings The Blues With Panama Francis And The Savoy Sultans
1983
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated
1981
History Of Jazz
1978
The First Annual Benefit Concert For The Congressional Black Caucus
1975
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Them (3)
- B.B. King
- Long John Baldry
- The Pretty Things
- The Dutch Swing College Band
- Van Morrison
- The Blues Band
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