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Earl King

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Earl Silas Johnson IV (February 7, 1934 – April 17, 2003), known as Earl King, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, most active in blues music. [1]

52 relations: Aaron Neville, Ace Records (United States), Allen Toussaint, AllMusic, Anson Funderburgh, Atlantic Records, Big Chief, Billboard (magazine), Black Top Records, Blues, Bob French (jazz musician), Charly Records, Come On (Earl King song), Dave Bartholomew, Diabetes mellitus, Dr. John, George Porter Jr., Gospel music, Guitar Slim, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Imperial Records, Internet Archive, James Booker, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Clanton, Lee Dorsey, Leo Nocentelli, List of blues standards, Louisiana, Motown, New Orleans, New Orleans blues, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans rhythm and blues, New Zealand, OffBeat (music magazine), Professor Longhair, Record chart, Recording contract, Robert Palmer (singer), Ronnie Earl, Roomful of Blues, Savoy Records, Snooks Eaglin, Sonet Records, Specialty Records, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Meters, The Radiators (American band), Trick Bag, ..., Wardell Quezergue, Willie Tee. Expand index (2 more) »

Aaron Neville

Aaron Neville (born January 24, 1941) is an American R&B and soul singer and musician.

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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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Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint (January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer, who was an influential figure in New Orleans R&B from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of popular music’s great backroom figures."Richard Williams,, The Guardian, November 11, 2015.

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AllMusic

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

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Anson Funderburgh

Anson Funderburgh (born James Anson Funderburgh; November 14, 1954) is an American blues guitar player and bandleader of Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets since 1978.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Big Chief

"Big Chief" is a song composed by Earl King in the early 1960s.

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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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Black Top Records

Black Top Records was a New Orleans, Louisiana-based independent record label founded in 1981 by brothers Nauman S. Scott, III and Hammond Scott.

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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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Bob French (jazz musician)

Robert "Bob" French (c. December 27, 1938 – November 12, 2012) was an American jazz drummer and radio show host at WWOZ, from New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Charly Records

Charly Records is a British record label that specialises in reissued material.

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Come On (Earl King song)

"Come On" (often called "Let the Good Times Roll") is a song written by New Orleans rhythm and blues artist Earl King.

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Dave Bartholomew

David Louis Bartholomew (born December 24, 1918) is an American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger and record producer, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century.

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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

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Dr. John

Malcolm John Rebennack (born November 21, 1940), better known by his stage name Dr.

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George Porter Jr.

George Joseph Porter Jr. (born December 26, 1947) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and singer of The Meters.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Guitar Slim

Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959), better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist in the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song "The Things That I Used to Do", produced by Johnny Vincent for Specialty Records.

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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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Imperial Records

Imperial Records is an American record company and label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 by EMI, which owned the label and back catalogue at the time.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.

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James Booker

James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues keyboardist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Jimmy Clanton

Jimmy Clanton (born September 2, 1938, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) is an American singer who became known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol".

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Lee Dorsey

Irving Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 – December 1, 1986) was an African American pop and R&B singer during the 1960s.

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Leo Nocentelli

Leo Nocentelli (born June 15, 1946) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member and lead guitarist of the funk band The Meters.

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List of blues standards

Blues standards are blues songs that have attained a high level of recognition due to being widely performed and recorded.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New Orleans blues

New Orleans blues, is a subgenre of blues music and a variation of Louisiana blues that developed in the 1940s and 1950s in and around the city of New Orleans, rooted by the rich blues roots of the city going back generations earlier.

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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, often known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana.

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New Orleans rhythm and blues

New Orleans Rhythm and Blues is a style of R&B that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana and was most popular between the years of 1948-1955, serving as a precursor to Rock & Roll and strongly influencing Ska.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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OffBeat (music magazine)

OffBeat is a monthly music magazine in New Orleans, Louisiana, first published in 1987.

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Professor Longhair

Henry Byrd redirects here.

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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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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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Robert Palmer (singer)

Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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Ronnie Earl

Ronnie Earl (born Ronald Horvath, March 10, 1953, Queens, New York, United States) is an American blues guitarist and music instructor.

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Roomful of Blues

Roomful of Blues is an American blues and swing revival big band based in Rhode Island.

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Savoy Records

Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey.

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Snooks Eaglin

Fird Eaglin, Jr. (January 21, 1936 or 1937 – February 18, 2009), known as Snooks Eaglin, was an American guitarist and singer based in New Orleans.

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Sonet Records

Sonet Records is a jazz/pop record label operating as an imprint of Universal Music Sweden.

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Specialty Records

Specialty Records was an American record label founded in Los Angeles in 1945 by Art Rupe.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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The Meters

The Meters are an American funk band formed in 1965 by Zigaboo Modeliste (drums), George Porter Jr. (bass), Leo Nocentelli (guitar), and Art Neville (keyboards) in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The Radiators (American band)

The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are a rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, who combined the traditional musical styles of their native city with more mainstream rock and R&B influences to form a bouncy, funky variety of swamp-rock they called fish-head music.

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Trick Bag

Trick Bag is the seventh studio album by the funk group The Meters.

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Wardell Quezergue

Wardell Joseph Quezergue (March 12, 1930 – September 6, 2011) was an American composer, arranger, record producer and bandleader, known among New Orleans musicians as the "Creole Beethoven".

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Willie Tee

Wilson Turbinton, (February 6, 1944 – September 11, 2007) professionally known as Willie Tee, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, producer and notable early architect of New Orleans funk and soul, who helped shape the sound of New Orleans for more than four decades.

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Earl Silas Johnson.

References

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

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