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Walter Jacobs

also recorded as Little Walter

real name Marion Walter Jacobs

Walter Jacobs is credited on 1,661 releases across 520 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,661

Credits

520

Albums

8

Decades active

542

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The pen name of American blues musician Little Walter - usually as the writing credit 'W. Jacobs'.
Born: 1 May 1930, Marksville, Louisiana and raised in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA.
Died: 15 February 1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA (aged 37).
Jacobs had become an alcoholic toward the end of his life. This, coupled with a short temper regularly led to bar room fights and confrontations with the Law. He died in his sleep, as a result of coronary thrombosis - possibly compounded by blows from a minor fight some 12-hours earlier in a Chicago bar and previous altercations.

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1,661 releases · 520 albums · active 1952–2026

  • Performance · 2,584
  • Other credits · 63

Studios: Ter Mar Studios · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · Decca Studios · Fillmore East

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