Wynonie Harris
- MatchWynonie Harris
- 100%Roy Brown
- 95%Big Joe Turner
- 89%Big Maybelle
- 54%Floyd Dixon
- 46%Louis Jordan
- 41%The Ink Spots
- 40%Amos Milburn
- 36%Slim Gaillard
- 36%Tex Beneke
- 34%Jimmy Witherspoon
Biography
24 August 1915, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, d. 14 June 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA. This stylish, flamboyant blues shouter enjoyed several R&B hit singles in the immediate post-war period. As a youth Harris played drums in and around his home town before moving to Los Angeles in the early 40s. There he played, danced, sang and worked in several non-musical capacities in various clubs and theatres, also appearing in a movie, Hit Parade Of 1943. Along with many other singers of the time,... Read more