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Willie Clayton

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Willie Clayton (born March 29, 1955) is an American Chicago blues and soul-blues singer and songwriter. [1]

56 relations: Ace Records (United States), Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City, Al Green, Album, AllMusic, Barry White, Billboard (magazine), Billboard charts, Bobby McClure, Buddy Guy, Chicago, Chicago blues, Chicago soul, Compilation album, Cover version, Dave Hollister, Duet, General Crook (musician), Gospel music, Greenwood Publishing Group, Greenwood, Mississippi, Hi Records, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Human voice, I Can't Stand the Rain (song), Ichiban Records, Illinois, Indianola, Mississippi, James Brown, Jeff Lorber, Jet (magazine), Koko Taylor, List of Chicago blues musicians, List of R&B musicians, List of soul musicians, List of soul-blues musicians, Little Milton, Malaco Records, Morris Jefferson, Nightclub, Polydor Records, Record chart, Record label, Record producer, Recording contract, Santa Barbara, California, Singing, Single (music), Something to Talk About (Bonnie Raitt song), Songwriter, ..., Soul blues, Soul Train, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Tyrone Davis, United States, Willie Mitchell (musician). Expand index (6 more) »

Ace Records (United States)

Ace Records was a record label that was started in August 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi by Johnny Vincent, with Teem Records as its budget subsidiary.

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Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City

"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" is a 1974 R&B song, written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh, and first recorded by Bobby Bland for the ABC Dunhill album Dreamer.

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Al Green

Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), often known as The Reverend Al Green, is an African American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, "Let's Stay Together".

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Album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape or another medium.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Barry White

Barry White (born Barry Eugene Carter; September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter and composer.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of singles or albums in the United States and elsewhere.

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Bobby McClure

Bobby McClure (April 21, 1942 – November 13, 1992) was an American soul singer.

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Buddy Guy

George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer.

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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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Chicago soul

Chicago soul is a style of soul music that arose during the 1960s in Chicago.

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, either previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Dave Hollister

David "Dave" Hollister (born August 17, 1968) is an American R&B singer who found fame during the 1990s as one quarter of the R&B quartet Blackstreet, before going on to a have a successful solo career.

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Duet

A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists.

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General Crook (musician)

General Crook (born General Columbus Crook, February 28, 1945, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States) is an American soul musician.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

ABC-CLIO/Greenwood is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-CLIO.

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Greenwood, Mississippi

Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta, approximately 96 miles north of the state capital, Jackson, Mississippi, and 130 miles south of the riverport of Memphis, Tennessee.

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Hi Records

Hi Records was an American soul music and rockabilly label started in Memphis, Tennessee in 1957 by singer Ray Harris, record store owner Joe Cuoghi, Bill Cantrell and Quinton Claunch (formerly producers for Sun Records), and three silent partners, including Cuoghi's lawyer, Nick Pesce.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Human voice

The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, such as talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc.

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I Can't Stand the Rain (song)

"I Can't Stand the Rain" is a song originally recorded by Ann Peebles in 1973, and written by Peebles, Don Bryant, and Bernard "Bernie" Miller.

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Ichiban Records

Ichiban Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1985 by John Abbey and Nina Easton in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Illinois

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

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Indianola, Mississippi

Indianola is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States, in the Mississippi Delta.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader.

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Jeff Lorber

Jeffrey H. Lorber (born November 4, 1952) is an American keyboardist, composer, and record producer.

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Jet (magazine)

Jet is a magazine, currently in digital format, marketed to African-American readers.

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Koko Taylor

Koko Taylor (born Cora Anna Walton, September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) was an American singer whose style encompassed many genres, including Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues.

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List of Chicago blues musicians

Chicago blues is a form of blues music developed in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s, in which the basic instrumentation of Delta blues—acoustic guitar and harmonica—is augmented with electric guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums, piano, harmonica played with a microphone and an amplifier, and sometimes saxophone.

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List of R&B musicians

This is a list of rhythm and blues (R&B) music artists.

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List of soul musicians

This is a list of soul musicians who have either been influential within the genre, or have had a considerable amount of fame.

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List of soul-blues musicians

The following is a list of soul blues musicians.

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Little Milton

James Milton Campbell Jr. (September 7, 1934 – August 4, 2005), better known as Little Milton, was an American blues singer and guitarist, best known for his hit records "Grits Ain't Groceries," "Walking the Back Streets and Crying," and "We're Gonna Make It.".

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Malaco Records

Malaco Records is an American independent record label based in Jackson, Mississippi that has been the home of various major blues and gospel acts, such as Johnnie Taylor, Bobby Bland, Z. Z. Hill, Denise LaSalle, Benny Latimore, Dorothy Moore, Little Milton, Shirley Brown, Tyrone Davis, Marvin Sease, and the Mississippi Mass Choir.

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Morris Jefferson

Morris Jefferson (born Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American disco/funk performer who produced only two known albums.

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Nightclub

A nightclub, music club or club, is an entertainment venue and bar that usually operates late into the night.

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Polydor Records

Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Record label

A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Recording contract

A recording contract (commonly called a record contract or record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist (or group), where the artist makes a record (or series of records) for the label to sell and promote.

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Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara (Spanish for "Saint Barbara") is the county seat of Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Something to Talk About (Bonnie Raitt song)

"Something to Talk About" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard and recorded by Bonnie Raitt in 1990, for her 1991 album Luck of the Draw.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Soul blues

Soul blues is a style of blues music developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s that combines elements of soul music and urban contemporary music.

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Soul Train

Soul Train is an American music-dance television program which aired in syndication from October 2, 1971 to March 27, 2006.

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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

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Tyrone Davis

Tyrone Davis (born Tyrone D. Fettson or Tyrone D. Branch, May 4, 1938 – February 9, 2005) was an American blues and soul singer with a long list of hit records over more than 20 years.

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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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Willie Mitchell (musician)

William Lawrence Mitchell (March 1, 1928 – January 5, 2010) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, soul, R&B, rock and roll, pop and funk record producer and arranger who ran Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

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References

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

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