Jimmy Witherspoon
- MatchJimmy Witherspoon
- 100%Memphis Slim
- 90%Big Joe Turner
- 88%Lowell Fulson
- 87%Percy Mayfield
- 76%Chuck Willis
- 66%Eddie Boyd
- 65%Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- 65%Otis Spann
- 62%Ivory Joe Hunter
- 61%Elmore James
Biography
James Witherspoon, 8 August 1923, Gurdon, Arkansas, USA, d. 18 September 1997, Los Angeles, California, USA. Witherspoon crossed over into rock, jazz and R&B territory, but his deep and mellow voice placed him ultimately as a fine blues singer. He sang in his local Baptist church from the age of seven. From 1941-43 he was in the Merchant Marines and, during stopovers in Calcutta, he found himself singing the blues with a band led by Teddy Weatherford. In 1944, he replaced Walter Brown in... Read more