James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues and jazz singer. Early life, family and education Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. His father was a railroa
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Jimmy Witherspoon - Meets The Jazz Giants- Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival And The Renaissance Club 1959
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Blues Vol. 3: Jimmy Witherspoon (Mono Version)
Jimmy Witherspoon at the Renaissance - Live
Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford (Live at The Ash Grove, 1976)
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Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues (Remastered)
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Jimmy Witherspoon with the Junoir Mance Trio
Jazz Me Blues: The Best Of Jimmy Witherspoon (Remastered)
Jazz Me Blues: The Best Of Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon with the Duke Robillard Band
Spoon Sings the Blues 1946-1950 (Blues Collection Historic Recordings)
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
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I'll Be Right on Down: The Modern Recordings 1947-1953
Spoon Sings the Blues, 1946-1950 (feat. Jay McShann) [Blues Collection]
Jazz Figures / Jimmy Witherspoon (1950-1951)
Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival, 1972
Jimmy Witherspoon & Panama Francis' Savoy Sultans
Feelin' The Spirit (Digitally Remastered)
Blues Masters Vol. 11 (Jimmy Witherspoon)
Jimmy Witherspoon At The Monterey Jazz Festival (Digitally Remastered)
Witherspoon Mulligan Webster At The Renaissance (Digitally Remastered)
Live: Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford (Live at The Ash Grove - 1976)
Live: Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford (Live at The Ash Grove/ 1976)
The Gold Standard Series, Jazz, Big Band & Swing Classics - Jimmy Witherspoon
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The Legend Collection: Jimmy Witherspoon
Witherspoon, Mulligan, Webster At The Renaissance
Four Classic Albums Plus (Goin' to Kansas City Blues / Witherspoon Mulligan Webster at the Renaissance / Jimmy Witherspoon at Monterey / In Person (Olympia Concert) [Remastered)
In Person (Olympia Concert) [Remastered]
Jimmy Witherspoon at Monterey (Remastered)
Jimmy Witherspoon. Spoon / Hey, Mrs. Jones!
Milestones of Jazz Legends - Male Jazz Singers, Vol. 3 (1959)
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Oldies Selection: Last Collection 2019 (Remastered)
Working 'Round The Clock (Live Chicago '91)
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Essential Classics, Vol. 672: Jimmy Witherspoon
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