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Walter Davis (01 Mar 1912 - 22 Oct 1963)

Male Person - United States American blues singer and pianist

Releases (12)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Complete Recorded Works 1933-1952 In Chronological Order Volume 1 (2 August 1933 To 28 July 1935) 1994
  2. Complete Recorded Works 1933-1952 In Chronological Order Volume 2 (28 July 1935 To 5 May 1937) 1994
  3. Complete Recorded Works 1933-1952 In Chronological Order Vol. 3 (5 May 1937 To 17 June 1938) 1994
  4. Complete Recorded Works 1933-1952 In Chronological Order Volume 4 17 June 1938 To 21 July 1939) 1994
  5. Complete Recorded Works 1933-1952 In Chronological Order Vol. 5 (21 July 1939 To 12 July 1940) 1994
  6. Complete Recorded Works 1933-1952 In Chronological Order Volume 6 (12 July 1940 To 12 February 1946) 1994
  7. Complete Recorded Works 1933-1952 In Chronological Order Volume 7 (12 February 1946 To 27 July 1952) 1994
  8. Please Remember Me: 1930-1947 1999
  9. The Essential 2001

Single

  1. Howling Wind Blues / Pleading to My Baby Oct 1931
  2. Sweet Sixteen / Lay Around on Your D.B.A. 1935
  3. Come Back, Baby / No Place to Go 30 Aug 1940

Recordings by (214)

  1. Howling Wind Blues ?:?? (Oct 1931)
  2. Pleading to My Baby ?:?? (Oct 1931)
  3. Santa Claus ?:?? (23 Oct 1935)
  4. Sweet Sixteen ?:?? (1935)
  5. Lay Around on Your D.B.A. ?:?? (1935)
  6. I Can Tell by the Way You Smell ?:?? (1935)
  7. Come Back, Baby ?:?? (30 Aug 1940)
  8. No Place to Go ?:?? (30 Aug 1940)
  9. M & O Blues 3:05 (1993)
  10. You Don't Worry My Mind (take 2) 3:04 (1994)
  11. red cross blues #1 3:03 (1994)
  12. l&n blues 2:56 (1994)
  13. moonlight blues 2:57 (1994)
  14. life boat blues 2:53 (1994)
  15. night creepin 2:52 (1994)
  16. evil woman 2:51 (1994)
  17. you dont smell right 2:44 (1994)
  18. all worn out 2:51 (1994)
  19. oil field blues 2:43 (1994)
  20. whats the use of worrying 3:19 (1994)
  21. stormy weather blues #1 3:06 (1994)
  22. stormy weather blues #2 3:13 (1994)
  23. what you got on your mind 3:17 (1994)
  24. Poor Grinder Blues 2:42 (1994)
  25. red cross blues #2 3:02 (1994)
  26. Sloppy Drunk Again 3:05 (1994)
  27. travelin this lonesome road again 3:35 (1994)
  28. sad & lonesome blues 3:30 (1994)
  29. minute man blues #1 3:20 (1994)
  30. minute man blues #2 3:19 (1994)
  31. sweet 16 2:50 (1994)
  32. wonder where my babys gone 3:17 (1994)
  33. lay around on your d-b-a 3:19 (1994)
  34. dentist blues 3:01 (1994)
  35. root man blues 3:13 (1994)
  36. pearly may 3:03 (1994)
  37. what have i done wrong 2:40 (1994)
  38. moonlight is my spread 3:05 (1994)
  39. dont the clouds look lonsome 2:39 (1994)
  40. katy blues 2:58 (1994)
  41. ashes in my whisky 2:36 (1994)
  42. blues at midnight 3:02 (1994)
  43. cant get along with you 3:24 (1994)
  44. just wondering 3:02 (1994)
  45. fallin rain 3:34 (1994)
  46. well diggin papa 3:24 (1994)
  47. carpenter man 3:21 (1994)
  48. Jacksonville - Part 1 3:16 (1994)
  49. jacksonville - part 2 3:41 (1994)
  50. think you need a shot (the needle) 3:27 (1994)
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On Recordings (25)

Instruments

  1. Honey Bee Blues 3:03 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aug 1970) piano
  2. Black Gal Blues 2:48 Sonny Boy Williamson (1989) piano
  3. Worried Me Blues 2:32 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  4. Up the Country Blues 3:17 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  5. I'm Not Pleasing You 2:46 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  6. Sugar Mama Blues, No. 2 3:10 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  7. Good Gal Blues 2:46 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  8. Life Time Blues 2:44 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  9. Collector Man Blues 3:18 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  10. Something Going on Wrong 3:09 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  11. New Jail House Blues 2:52 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  12. Project Highway 2:54 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  13. Miss Ida Lee 2:57 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  14. Bad Luck Blues 2:40 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  15. Doggin’ My Love Around 3:15 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  16. Little Low Woman Blues 2:48 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  17. Joe Louis and John Henry Blues 2:56 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  18. Good for Nothing Blues 3:03 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  19. My Little Baby 2:59 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  20. Thinking My Blues Away 2:56 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  21. Tell Me Baby 2:51 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  22. T.B. Blues 3:00 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  23. My Baby, I’ve Been Your Slave 3:04 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  24. Frigidaire Blues 3:02 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano
  25. Suzanna Blues 2:59 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) piano

Credited as (9)

  1. Walter Davis
  2. Sonny Stitt (tenor, alto sax) feat. Barry Harris (piano), Reggie Workman (bass), Tony Williams (drums),Walter Davis (piano)
  3. Walter Davis & Gwen Foster
  4. Tampa Red / Walter Davis
  5. Walter Davis, Paul Quinichette & Dinah Washington
  6. Walter Davis / Henry Townsend
  7. Walter Davis / Robert Nighthawk
  8. Walter Davis / Leonard Caston
  9. Walter Davis / Pine Top

Works (15)

Wrote

  1. I Can Tell by the Way You Smell
  2. Come Back Baby

Composed

  1. Come Back Baby
  2. Howling Wind
  3. Sweet Sixteen
  4. M & O Blues
  5. M & O Blues
  6. I Think You Need a Shot
  7. That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good

Lyrics

  1. Howling Wind
  2. M & O Blues
  3. M & O Blues
  4. Come Back Baby
  5. That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good
  6. I Think You Need a Shot

Links (13)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13948258r
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6d521dt
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134592794
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n96045843
  5. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107423
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96045843

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Davis_(blues)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/252746

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000812470

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/19871670

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1481905

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/34352

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13558190