Jimmy Rushing
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Biography
Born August 26, 1901, Jimmy Rushing was an extremely influential jump blues and jazz vocalist and musician best known as the featured vocalist in Count Basieâs Orchestra beginning in 1935 and lasting until 1948. Initially a pianist, he became a singer in 1924 when the vocalist of the band asked him to duet with her. Nicknamed âMr. Five by Fiveâ because of his physical build, his early forays into singing professionally included stints with Walter Pageâs Blue Devils in 1927, moving on to Bennie Motenâs band in 1929. Moten died in 1935 and Rushing joined the Count Basie Orchestra that same year. After 13 years singing with Basie, Rushing took a break and then began performing with his own group while also making guest appearances with other groups. He released his first solo album, Sings the Blues, in 1955. Further releases included Listen to the Blues with Jimmy Rushing (1956), If This Ainât the Blues (1958), Five Feet of Soul (1963), Livinâ the Blues (1968), and his final release, The You and Me That Used to Be (1971). Rushing has been cited as being a major influence on post-war popular black music. Jimmy Rushing died on June 8, 1972 at the age of 70.
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Humphrey Lyttelton Big Band/Jimmy Rushing
The Humphrey Lyttelton Big Band with Jimmy Rushing
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- Trouble In Mind
- I Never Knew (I Could Love Anyone Like I'm Loving You) by Jimmy Rushing
- My Melancholy Baby by Jimmy Rushing
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
- Heartaches
- I'm Walkin' Through Heaven with You
- Oooh! Look-A-There Ain't She Pretty
- Please Come Back
- Mama Don't Want No Peas and Rice and Coconut Oil by Jimmy Rushing
- You Always Hurt the One You Love
- My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
- Just Because
- 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do
- Jimmy's Boogie Woogie
- Ain't It Lonesome by Jimmy Rushing
- Lotsa Poppa by Jimmy Rushing
- Hey, Miss Bessie by Jimmy Rushing
- In My Solitude by Jimmy Rushing
- Goin' to Chicago Blues featuring Count Basie
- Trees by Jimmy Rushing
- Fool's Blues by Jimmy Rushing
- When My Dreamboat Comes Home featuring Count Basie
- There'll Be Some Changes Made by Jimmy Rushing
- What Will I Tell My Heart by Jimmy Rushing
