Memphis Slim
Blues musician
Died when: 72 years 174 days (869 months)Star Sign: Virgo
John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer.He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano.
A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists.
He made over 500 recordings.He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989.
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