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I Hate a Man Like You - Lizzie Miles acc. by Jelly Roll Morton
Lizzie Miles was the stage name taken by Elizabeth Mary Landreaux (March 31, 1895 – March 17, 1963), an African American blues singer Miles was born in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, in…
Continue Reading »I Hate the Man That Runs This Bar - Evil Filthy Preacher - Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne (born January 4, 1954 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an American improvisor, guitarist and banjoist. Highly eclectic and unconventional, Chadbourne's most formative influence is free jazz. He has also been a reviewer for Allmusic and…
Continue Reading »I Have The Blues - Little Willie Littlefield
Little Willie Littlefield (born September 16, 1931, El Campo, Texas, United States) is an American R&B pianist and singer. By 1947, at the age of sixteen, Littlefield was already a local attraction on many of Houston's Dowling Street…
Continue Reading »I Hear The Blues - Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey (October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976) was an American blues singer and songwriter. She was born Victoria Regina Spivey in Houston, Texas, United States, the daughter of Grant and Addie (Smith) Spivey. Her father was…
Continue Reading »I Hear The Blues - Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey (October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976) was an American blues singer and songwriter. During a recording career that spanned forty years, from 1926 to the mid 1960s, she worked with Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Clarence…
Continue Reading »I Hear You Knockin' - Smiley Lewis
Smiley Lewis (July 5, 1913 – October 7, 1966) was an American New Orleans rhythm and blues musician. The journalist, Tony Russell, in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated "Lewis was the…
Continue Reading »I Hear You Knockin' - Smiley Lewis
Smiley Lewis (July 5, 1913 – October 7, 1966) was an American New Orleans rhythm and blues musician. The journalist, Tony Russell, in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated "Lewis was the…
Continue Reading »I Heard It Through The Grapevine-Gladys Knight and the Pips
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both…
Continue Reading »I Heard The Angels Singin' - Big Daddy Wilson
Big Daddy Wilson was born less than 50 years ago in a small town called Edenton, North Carolina. The population of Edenton counts less than 6000, 55% African Americans, 25% below the poverty line. “We were very poor…
Continue Reading »I Heard the Angels Singing - Eric Bibb
Eric Bibb (born August 16, 1951) is an American acoustic blues singer-songwriter. He is based in London and launched his career in Europe. Today he lives in Finland.Bibb's father, Leon Bibb, is a singer in musical theatre who…
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