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Fred Below

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Frederick Below, Jr. (September 6, 1926 – August 13, 1988) was an American blues drummer, best known for his work with Little Walter and Chess Records in the 1950s. [1]

48 relations: Almost Grown (song), Back in the U.S.A., Beat (music), Blues, Bo Diddley, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Calypso music, Chess Records, Chicago, Chicago blues, Chuck Berry, Conscription in the United States, Drum kit, Electric blues, Elmore James, Guitar Boogie (song), Hoochie Coochie Man, Howlin' Wolf, I Just Want to Make Love to You, I'm Ready (blues song), Illinois, Jazz, Jimmy Rogers, John Brim, Johnny B. Goode, Junior Wells, Lester Young, Let It Rock (Chuck Berry song), Little Queenie, Little Walter, Liver cancer, Memphis, Tennessee (song), Muddy Waters, My Babe, Otis Rush, Reelin' and Rockin', Robert Lockwood Jr., Rock and Roll Music, Roll Over Beethoven, School Days (song), Spoonful, Sweet Little Sixteen, The Aces (blues band), Too Much Monkey Business, United States, United States Army, Wang Dang Doodle, Willie Dixon.

Almost Grown (song)

"Almost Grown" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry.

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Back in the U.S.A.

"Back in the U.S.A." is a song written by Chuck Berry that was released in 1959 and was a top 40 hit.

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Beat (music)

In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the mensural level (or beat level).

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Bo Diddley

Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known as Bo Diddley, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll.

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Brown Eyed Handsome Man

"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is a rock and roll song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, originally released by Chess Records in September 1956 as the B-side of "Too Much Monkey Business." It was also included on Berry's 1957 debut album, After School Session.

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Calypso music

Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to mid-19th century and eventually spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century.

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Chess Records

Chess Records was an American record company, founded in 1950 in Chicago and specializing in blues and rhythm and blues.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago blues

The Chicago blues is a form of blues music indigenous to Chicago, Illinois.

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Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.

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Conscription in the United States

Conscription in the United States, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the federal government of the United States in five conflicts: the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War (including both the Korean War and the Vietnam War).

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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Electric blues

Electric blues refers to any type of blues music distinguished by the use of electric amplification for musical instruments.

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Elmore James

Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader.

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Guitar Boogie (song)

"Guitar Boogie" is a guitar instrumental recorded by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith in 1945.

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Hoochie Coochie Man

"Hoochie Coochie Man" (originally titled "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man") is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954.

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Howlin' Wolf

Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi.

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I Just Want to Make Love to You

"I Just Want to Make Love to You" is a 1954 blues song written by Willie Dixon, first recorded by Muddy Waters, and released as "Just Make Love to Me" (Chess 1571).

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I'm Ready (blues song)

"I'm Ready" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers (June 3, 1924 – December 19, 1997) was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters's band in the early 1950s.

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John Brim

John Charles Brim (April 10, 1922 – October 1, 2003) was an American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter and singer.

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Johnny B. Goode

"Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock-and-roll song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry.

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Junior Wells

Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., December 9, 1934January 15, 1998) was an American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist.

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Lester Young

Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.

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Let It Rock (Chuck Berry song)

"Let It Rock" is a song by Chuck Berry from his 1960 album Rockin' at the Hops.

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Little Queenie

"Little Queenie" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry.

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Little Walter

Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica and impact on succeeding generations earned comparisons for him to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix.

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Liver cancer

Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer and primary hepatic cancer, is cancer that starts in the liver.

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Memphis, Tennessee (song)

"Memphis, Tennessee", sometimes shortened to "Memphis", is a song by Chuck Berry, first released in 1959.

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Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician who is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues".

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My Babe

"My Babe" is a Chicago blues song and a blues standard written by Willie Dixon for Little Walter.

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Otis Rush

Otis Rush (born April 29, 1934) is a blues guitarist and singer.

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Reelin' and Rockin'

"Reelin' and Rockin'" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry.

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Robert Lockwood Jr.

Robert Lockwood Jr. (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was an American Delta blues guitarist, who recorded for Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Rock and Roll Music

"Rock and Roll Music" is a 1957 hit single written and recorded by rock and roll star Chuck Berry.

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Roll Over Beethoven

"Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 hit single written by Chuck Berry, originally released on Chess Records, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side.

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School Days (song)

"School Days" (also known as "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)") is a rock-and-roll song written and recorded by Chuck Berry and released by Chess Records as a single in March 1957 and on the LP After School Session two months later (see 1957 in music).

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Spoonful

"Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf.

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Sweet Little Sixteen

"Sweet Little Sixteen" is a rock and roll song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958.

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The Aces (blues band)

The Aces was one of the earliest and most influential of the electric Chicago blues bands in the 1950s, led by the guitarist brothers Louis and Dave Myers, natives of Byhalia, Mississippi.

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Too Much Monkey Business

"Too Much Monkey Business" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, released by Chess Records in September 1956 as his fifth single.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Wang Dang Doodle

"Wang Dang Doodle" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon.

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Willie Dixon

William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Below

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