Little Walter
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Biography
Marion Walter Jacobs was born on 1â¯Mayâ¯1930 in Marksville, Louisiana, and became the blues harmonica player, guitarist, and vocalist known as Littleâ¯Walter. After leaving school at 12, he travelled through Newâ¯Orleans, Memphis, and St.â¯Louis, honing his harmonica and guitar before arriving in Chicago in 1946, where he first recorded for OraâNelle in 1947 and joined Muddyâ¯Watersâs band in 1948. Littleâ¯Walterâs breakthrough came with the 1952 single "Juke" on Checker Records, which spent eight weeks at Number one on the Billboard R&B chart and remains the only harmonica instrumental to top the list. Throughout the 1950s he released recordings such as Mississippi Blues (1955), Little Walter and His Jukes (1957) and The Best of Little Walter (1957), collaborated with artists like Juniorâ¯Wells and Boâ¯Diddley, and toured Europe twice in the 1960s. Other releases include Superâ¯Blues with Bo Diddley and Muddy Waters (1967), and the compilation Hate to See You Go (1969). He died on 15â¯Februaryâ¯1968 in Chicago from coronary thrombosis. Posthumously, his work has earned induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2008), a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for "Juke" (2008), and the Blues Hall of Fame for both "Juke" (1986) and "My Babe" (2008).
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Albums
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- My Babe by Muddy Waters
- Boom, Boom Out Goes The Light
- Crazy Legs
- It Ain't Right
- Mercy Babe (My Babe)
- Too Late
- Boogie
- Confessin' the Blues
- Juke
- Key to the Highway
- Worried Life
- You Better Watch Yourself
- Ah'w Baby
- Forty Days & Forty Nights featuring Little Walter
- As Long As I Have You
- Baby
- Back In the Alley
- Back Track
- Bad Acting Woman
- Big Leg Mama
- Feel So Bad
- Blue Baby
- Blue Light
- Blue Midnight
