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Elmore James (27 Jan 1918 - 24 May 1963)

Male Person - United States

Releases (96)

Official

Album

  1. The Sky Is Crying 1965 (as Elmo James)
  2. I Need You 1966
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Album - Compilation

  1. The Legend of Elmore James 1970
  2. The Resurrection of Elmore James 1970
  3. History Of Elmore James 1971
  4. Original Folk Blues 1976
  5. 16 Greatest Hits 1978
  6. One Way Out 1980
  7. Red Hot Blues 1983
  8. King of the Slide Guitar 1985
  9. Shake Your Moneymaker 1986
  10. 20 Greatest Hits 1987
  11. Let's Cut It: The Very Best of Elmore James 1987
  12. The Elmore James Collection: 20 Blues Greats 1988
  13. 16 Greatest Hits 1988
  14. The Elmore James Story 1989
  15. The Master of the Slide Guitar 1989
  16. Come Go With Me 1989
  17. The Complete Fire and Enjoy Sessions Part 1 15 Feb 1990
  18. Dust My Broom 1990
  19. Dust My Broom 1991
  20. Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 28: Standing at the Crossroads Apr 1992
  21. Dust My Broom 22 May 1992
  22. King of the Slide Guitar 1992
  23. King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Chess, Chief & Fire Sessions 1992
  24. Dust My Broom 1992
  25. Dust My Broom: The Best of Elmore James, Part 2 1992
  26. The Immortal Elmore James 1992
  27. Rollin’ & Tumblin’: The Best of Elmore James 1992
  28. The Sky Is Crying: The History of Elmore James 06 Apr 1993
  29. Dust My Broom 1993
  30. The Classic Early Recordings 1993
  31. The Sky Is Crying: The Legendary Fire / Enjoy Sessions 25 Nov 1995
  32. The Best of Elmore James – The Early Years 1995
  33. The Last Sessions 1995
  34. Jazz & Blues Collection 22: Elmore James 1995
  35. The Complete Fire and Enjoy Recordings 1995
  36. Golden Hits 23 Feb 1996
  37. Dust My Broom 1996
  38. Crossroads 1996
  39. King of the Slide Guitar: The Complete Chief & Fire Sessions 1997
  40. The Sky Is Crying 1997
  41. Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 12: The Sky Is Crying 1998
  42. Rollin' and Tumblin' 1999
  43. Slip Sliding Away 31 Jan 2000
  44. Blues Masters: The Very Best of Elmore James 14 Mar 2000
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Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. Hand in Hand 01 Sep 1993
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Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. Elmore James & His Broom Dusters eponymous

Children

  1. Elmore James, Jr.

Recordings by (348)

  1. Dust My Broom 2:55 (1951)
  2. Can't Stop Lovin' ?:?? (Aug 1953)
  3. Make a Little Love ?:?? (Aug 1953)
  4. I Believe ?:?? (1953)
  5. I Held My Baby Last Night ?:?? (1953)
  6. Make My Dreams Come True ?:?? (Apr 1954)
  7. Hand in Hand ?:?? (Apr 1954)
  8. Elmore's Contribution to Jazz ?:?? (1957)
  9. The 12 Year Old Boy 3:05 (1957)
  10. It Hurts Me Too 3:05 (1957)
  11. Coming Home 2:26 (1957)
  12. Cry for Me Baby ?:?? (Jan 1958)
  13. Take Me Where You Go ?:?? (Jan 1958)
  14. I Can’t Hold Out 2:17 (May 1960)
  15. The Sun Is Shining 2:35 (May 1960)
  16. Done Somebody Wrong 2:20 (1960)
  17. Fine Little Mama 2:32 (1960)
  18. The Sky Is Crying 2:45 (1960)
  19. Held My Baby Last Night 2:50 (1960)
  20. Dust My Blues 3:11 (1960)
  21. Sunnyland 3:19 (1960)
  22. Mean and Evil 2:16 (1960)
  23. Dark and Dreary 2:48 (1960)
  24. Standing at the Crossroads 2:47 (1960)
  25. Happy Home 2:46 (1960)
  26. No Love in My Heart 2:24 (1960)
  27. Blues Before Sunrise 2:45 (1960)
  28. I Was a Fool 2:51 (1960)
  29. Goodbye Baby 2:59 (1960)
  30. I’m Worried 2:44 (1960)
  31. Rollin’ and Tumblin’ 2:30 (1960)
  32. Shake Your Moneymaker 2:32 (1961)
  33. Look On Yonder Wall ?:?? (1961)
  34. Stranger Blues 2:59 (1962)
  35. Anna Lee 2:50 (1962)
  36. Bleeding Heart 2:37 (1965)
  37. Mean Mistreatin' Mama 2:31 (1965)
  38. Everyday I Have the Blues 3:17 (1965)
  39. Dust My Broom 2:47 (1965)
  40. Pickin’ the Blues 2:45 (1965)
  41. I Can't Stop Loving You 2:39 (1965)
  42. My Bleedin Heart 3:05 (1965)
  43. I Held My Baby 2:51 (1965)
  44. Bobbie's Rock 2:13 (1965)
  45. I Done Somebody Wrong 2:22 (1965)
  46. One Way Out 2:27 (1965)
  47. I Need You 2:54 (1965)
  48. Baby Please Set a Date 2:53 (1966)
  49. Got to Move 2:45 (1966)
  50. Early One Morning 2:47 (1966)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. The 12 Year Old Boy 3:05 Elmore James (1957) slide guitar
  2. Coming Home 2:26 Elmore James (1957) guitar
  3. I Can’t Hold Out 2:17 Elmore James (May 1960) guitar, slide guitar
  4. Shake Your Moneymaker 2:32 Elmore James (1961) slide guitar
  5. One Way Out 2:27 Elmore James (1965) guitar
  6. My Bleedin Heart 3:05 Elmore James (1965) guitar
  7. She Done Moved 1:51 Elmore James (1966) guitar
  8. Early One Morning 2:47 Elmore James (1966) slide guitar
  9. Baby Please Set a Date 2:53 Elmore James (1966) guitar
  10. Got to Move 2:45 Elmore James (1966) guitar
  11. My Best Friend 3:21 Elmore James (1969) slide guitar
  12. I've Got A Right To Love My Baby 2:41 Elmore James (1971) guitar
  13. Elmore’s Contribution to Jazz 2:20 Elmore James (1975) slide guitar
  14. Hoodoo Man 3:08 Junior Wells (1977) guitar
  15. Mean Mistreatin’ Mama (take 3) 2:44 Elmore James (Apr 1992) guitar
  16. The Sun Is Shining (alternate) 2:45 Elmore James (1992) guitar
  17. I Can't Stop Loving My Baby 2:23 Elmore James (1992) guitar
  18. Hand in Hand (take 1) 3:08 Elmore James (1992) guitar
  19. Shake Your Moneymaker (take 1-2) 2:49 Elmore James (1992) guitar
  20. Mean Mistreatin' Mama (take 1) 1:43 Elmore James (1992) guitar
  21. Go Back Home Again 2:13 Elmore James (1992) guitar
  22. You Know You’re Wrong 3:07 Elmore James (1992) guitar
  23. Bobby's Back 2:12 Elmore James (1992) guitar
  24. Lool on Yonder Wall 2:56 Elmore James (1992) guitar
  25. Mean Mistreatin’ Mama (take 2) 2:47 Elmore James (1992) guitar

Vocals

  1. The 12 Year Old Boy 3:05 Elmore James (1957) lead vocals
  2. Coming Home 2:26 Elmore James (1957) lead vocals
  3. I Can’t Hold Out 2:17 Elmore James (May 1960) lead vocals
  4. Shake Your Moneymaker 2:32 Elmore James (1961) lead vocals
  5. I Can't Stop Loving You 2:39 Elmore James (1965)
  6. My Bleedin Heart 3:05 Elmore James (1965)
  7. One Way Out 2:27 Elmore James (1965)
  8. Baby Please Set a Date 2:53 Elmore James (1966)
  9. Got to Move 2:45 Elmore James (1966)
  10. She Done Moved 1:51 Elmore James (1966)
  11. Early One Morning 2:47 Elmore James (1966)
  12. My Best Friend 3:21 Elmore James (1969) lead vocals
  13. I've Got A Right To Love My Baby 2:41 Elmore James (1971)
  14. Conversation (Back in Mississippii) 3:38 Elmore James (1971) spoken vocals
  15. Elmore’s Contribution to Jazz 2:20 Elmore James (1975)
  16. Mean Mistreatin’ Mama (take 3) 2:44 Elmore James (Apr 1992)
  17. Mean Mistreatin’ Mama (take 2) 2:47 Elmore James (1992)
  18. The Sun Is Shining (alternate) 2:45 Elmore James (1992)
  19. You Know You’re Wrong 3:07 Elmore James (1992)
  20. I Believe My Time Ain't Long (Dust My Broom) 2:47 Elmore James (1992)
  21. Bobby's Back 2:12 Elmore James (1992)
  22. Shake Your Moneymaker (take 1-2) 2:49 Elmore James (1992)
  23. I Can't Stop Loving My Baby 2:23 Elmore James (1992)
  24. Hand in Hand (take 4) 3:04 Elmore James (1992)
  25. Lool on Yonder Wall 2:56 Elmore James (1992)

Credited as (15)

  1. Elmore James
  2. Elmo James
  3. Elmore James & Big Joe Turner
  4. Elmore James, Eddie Taylor & Jimmy Reed
  5. Elmore James feat. Big Joe Turner & His Blues Kings
  6. Willie Love & His Three Aces feat. Elmore James
  7. Elmore James / John Brim
  8. Bep Brown Orchestra feat. Elmore James
  9. Sax Man Brown feat. Elmore James
  10. Elmore James, Earl Hooker, John Littlejohn, Hound Dog Taylor
  11. Elmore James w. Sonny Boy Williamson II
  12. Elmore James, Bobby Robinson, Johnny Walker & Herb Abramson
  13. Elmore James w/ Sonny Boy Williamson II
  14. Elmore James with Sonny Boy Williamson
  15. Junior Wells feat. Elmore James

Works (60)

Wrote

  1. Mean Mistreatin’ Mama
  2. My Bleeding Heart
  3. Dark and Dreary
  4. Stranger Blues
  5. Sunnyland
  6. Make My Dreams Come True
  7. So Unkind
  8. Find My Kinda Woman
  9. My Kind of Woman
  10. I’m Worried
  11. Bobby's Rock
  12. Standing at the Crossroads
  13. Hand in Hand
  14. Strange Angels
  15. She Done Moved
  16. Got to Move
  17. I Held My Baby Last Night
  18. Early One Morning
  19. Something Inside of Me
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Composed

  1. My Baby’s Gone
  2. Done Somebody Wrong
  3. Hawaiian Boogie
  4. Please Find My Baby
  5. Sho' Nuff I Do
  6. Coming Home
  7. The Sun Is Shining
  8. Bleeding Heart
  9. Look on Yonder Wall
  10. Shake Your Moneymaker
  11. It Hurts Me Too
  12. Rotz & Wossa
  13. Pickin' the Blues
  14. Allt det där som sårar dig
  15. Wild About You Baby
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Lyrics

  1. Dust My Broom
  2. Person to Person
  3. I Can't Stop Lovin' You
  4. Shake Your Moneymaker
  5. My Baby’s Gone
  6. The Sky Is Crying
  7. Wild About You Baby
  8. Rotz & Wossa
  9. Done Somebody Wrong
  10. Bleeding Heart
  11. Hawaiian Boogie
  12. Please Find My Baby
  13. Sho' Nuff I Do
  14. Coming Home
  15. The Sun Is Shining
  16. Madison Blues
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Links (21)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89008940
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr89008940
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895561m
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6h836bb
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/elmore_james
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/128959126

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-7180/elmore-james/lyrics.html

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/302829

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/332303

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000176936

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416475/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/49408406

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356598

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/3069

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/9522

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5766
  2. http://rockhall.com/inductees/elmore-james/bio/
  3. http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php?ArtistId=124#ref=halloffame_inductees

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/6fbd2cfb-5f9c-497c-8e06-3c6668367681

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.wirz.de/music/jamelmfrm.htm

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elmore-James/105995199431123