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Blind Lemon Jefferson (24 Sep 1893 - 19 Dec 1929)

Male Person - United States American blues and gospel singer-songwriter

 Also known as (1)

Releases (41)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Immortal Blind Lemon Jefferson 1967
  2. Blind Lemon Jefferson 1974
  3. The Collection. 20 Blues Greats 1986
  4. King of the Country Blues 08 Oct 1990
  5. The Complete Recordings 1990
  6. Penitentiary Blues - Golden Classics 1990
  7. King of the Blues 1991
  8. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 2: 1927 1991
  9. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 1: 1925–1926 1991
  10. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 3: 1928 1991
  11. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4: 1929 1991
  12. Squeeze My Lemon 1997
  13. The Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson 2000
  14. Cat Man Blues 14 Aug 2001
  15. The Complete Classic Sides Remastered - Disc A 2002
  16. Black Snake Moan 09 Mar 2004
  17. 1926/1929 2006
  18. Texas Blues 06 Jul 2007
  19. The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Lemon Jefferson 26 Aug 2013
  20. The Essential Recordings
  21. Moanin' All Over
  22. The Complete 94 Classic Sides

Single

  1. Long Lonesome Blues / Got the Blues Jun 1926
  2. Black Horse Blues / Corinne Blues Jul 1926
  3. Old Rounders Blues / Beggin’ Back Nov 1926
  4. Booster Blues / Dry Southern Blues 1926
  5. Wartime Blues / Booger Rooger Blues Feb 1927
  6. Bad Luck Blues / Broke and Hungry Mar 1927
  7. Black Snake Moan / Match Box Blues Apr 1927
  8. Rabbit Foot Blues / Shuckin’ Sugar Blues May 1927
  9. Match Box Blues / Easy Rider Blues Jun 1927
  10. Hot Dogs / Weary Dogs Blues Aug 1927
  11. Rambler Blues / Struck Sorrow Blues Nov 1927
  12. Gone Dead on You Blues / One Dime Blues Jan 1928
  13. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean / 'Lectric Chair Blues Jan 1928
  14. See That My Grave's Kept Clean / Where Shall I Be Jan 1928
  15. Prison Cell Blues / Lemon Worried Blues Apr 1928
  16. Bed Springs Blues / Yo Yo Blues Nov 1929
  17. That Crawling Baby Blues / Pneumonia Blues Dec 1929

Recordings by (108)

  1. Long Lonesome Blues 2:58 (Jun 1926)
  2. Got the Blues 2:53 (Jun 1926) 2471-1
  3. Corinna Blues #1 3:07 (Jul 1926)
  4. Black Horse Blues 2:57 (Jul 1926)
  5. Beggin’ Back 2:52 (Nov 1926)
  6. Old Rounders Blues 2:47 (Nov 1926)
  7. Dry Southern Blues 2:52 (1926)
  8. Booster Blues 2:51 (1926)
  9. Wartime Blues 3:04 (Feb 1927)
  10. Booger Rooger Blues 2:51 (Feb 1927)
  11. Bad Luck Blues 2:51 (Mar 1927)
  12. Broke and Hungry 3:01 (Mar 1927)
  13. Match Box Blues 2:54 (Apr 1927) #1
  14. Black Snake Moan 3:02 (Apr 1927)
  15. Shuckin’ Sugar Blues 3:05 (May 1927)
  16. Rabbit Foot Blues 2:57 (May 1927)
  17. Easy Rider Blues 2:56 (Jun 1927)
  18. Match Box Blues #4 3:01 (Jun 1927) 1927-04
  19. Hot Dogs 2:58 (Aug 1927)
  20. Weary Dogs Blues 3:00 (Aug 1927)
  21. Struck Sorrow Blues 3:15 (Nov 1927)
  22. Rambler Blues 2:47 (Nov 1927)
  23. Gone Dead on You Blues 2:46 (Jan 1928)
  24. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 2:54 (Jan 1928) 20374
  25. One Dime Blues 2:47 (Jan 1928)
  26. Where Shall I Be? 2:33 (Jan 1928)
  27. See That My Grave’s Kept Clean 2:41 (Jan 1928)
  28. ’Lectric Chair Blues 2:32 (Jan 1928)
  29. Lemon’s Worried Blues 3:01 (Apr 1928)
  30. Prison Cell Blues 2:47 (Apr 1928)
  31. How Long How Long 2:47 (Nov 1928)
  32. Bed Spring Blues 3:06 (Nov 1929)
  33. Yo Yo Blues 2:37 (Nov 1929)
  34. That Crawlin’ Baby Blues 2:41 (Dec 1929)
  35. Pneumonia Blues 3:21 (Dec 1929)
  36. Low Down Mojo Blues 2:49 (1967)
  37. Lock Step Blues 3:08 (1967) 20750
  38. Hangman's Blues 3:02 (1967) 20751-2
  39. Piney Woods Money Mama 2:59 (1967)
  40. Corinna Blues #2 3:08 (1967)
  41. Bootin' Me 'Bout 3:11 (1967)
  42. Big Night Blues 3:09 (1972)
  43. Weary Dog Blues 2:43 (1972)
  44. Lemon's Cannonball Moan 2:33 (1972)
  45. Eagle Eyed Mama 2:32 (1972)
  46. Dynamite Blues 2:56 (1972)
  47. Jack O’Diamonds #2 2:47 (1974)
  48. Long Distance Moan 3:18 (1974)
  49. That Growling Baby Blues 2:38 (1974)
  50. Oil Well Blues (1929) 2:28 (1974)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Long Lonesome Blues 2:58 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jun 1926) guitar
  2. Black Horse Blues 2:57 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jul 1926) guitar
  3. Old Rounders Blues 2:47 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Nov 1926) guitar
  4. Beggin’ Back 2:52 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Nov 1926) guitar
  5. Booster Blues 2:51 Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926) guitar
  6. Dry Southern Blues 2:52 Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926) guitar
  7. Wartime Blues 3:04 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Feb 1927) guitar
  8. Booger Rooger Blues 2:51 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Feb 1927) guitar
  9. Broke and Hungry 3:01 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Mar 1927) guitar
  10. Bad Luck Blues 2:51 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Mar 1927) guitar
  11. Match Box Blues 2:54 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Apr 1927) guitar, guitar
  12. Shuckin’ Sugar Blues 3:05 Blind Lemon Jefferson (May 1927) guitar, guitar
  13. Rabbit Foot Blues 2:57 Blind Lemon Jefferson (May 1927) guitar
  14. Easy Rider Blues 2:56 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jun 1927) guitar
  15. Match Box Blues #4 3:01 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jun 1927) guitar
  16. Weary Dogs Blues 3:00 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Aug 1927) guitar
  17. Hot Dogs 2:58 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Aug 1927) guitar
  18. Rambler Blues 2:47 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Nov 1927) guitar
  19. Struck Sorrow Blues 3:15 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Nov 1927) guitar
  20. Gone Dead on You Blues 2:46 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928) guitar
  21. ’Lectric Chair Blues 2:32 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928) guitar
  22. One Dime Blues 2:47 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928) guitar
  23. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 2:54 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928) guitar
  24. Where Shall I Be? 2:33 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928) guitar
  25. See That My Grave’s Kept Clean 2:41 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928) guitar

Vocals

  1. Long Lonesome Blues 2:58 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jun 1926)
  2. Black Horse Blues 2:57 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jul 1926)
  3. Old Rounders Blues 2:47 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Nov 1926)
  4. Beggin’ Back 2:52 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Nov 1926)
  5. Booster Blues 2:51 Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)
  6. Dry Southern Blues 2:52 Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)
  7. Booger Rooger Blues 2:51 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Feb 1927)
  8. Wartime Blues 3:04 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Feb 1927)
  9. Bad Luck Blues 2:51 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Mar 1927)
  10. Broke and Hungry 3:01 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Mar 1927)
  11. Match Box Blues 2:54 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Apr 1927)
  12. Rabbit Foot Blues 2:57 Blind Lemon Jefferson (May 1927)
  13. Shuckin’ Sugar Blues 3:05 Blind Lemon Jefferson (May 1927)
  14. Easy Rider Blues 2:56 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jun 1927)
  15. Match Box Blues #4 3:01 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jun 1927)
  16. Weary Dogs Blues 3:00 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Aug 1927)
  17. Hot Dogs 2:58 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Aug 1927) spoken vocals
  18. Struck Sorrow Blues 3:15 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Nov 1927)
  19. Rambler Blues 2:47 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Nov 1927)
  20. Gone Dead on You Blues 2:46 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928)
  21. See That My Grave’s Kept Clean 2:41 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928)
  22. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 2:54 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928)
  23. One Dime Blues 2:47 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928)
  24. Where Shall I Be? 2:33 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928)
  25. ’Lectric Chair Blues 2:32 Blind Lemon Jefferson (Jan 1928)

Credited as (8)

  1. Blind Lemon Jefferson
  2. Deacon L.J. Bates
  3. Blind Lemon Jefferson / Son House
  4. Blind Lemon Jefferson / Tampa Red
  5. Natanas feat. Blind Lemon Jefferson
  6. Deacon L. J. Bates
  7. Blind Lemon Jefferson and His Feet
  8. Charley Patton & Blind Lemon Jefferson

Works (13)

Wrote

  1. Broke and Hungry
  2. Black Snake Moan
  3. Tupelo Shuffle

Composed

  1. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
  2. One Dime Blues
  3. Bad Luck Blues
  4. Match Box Blues
  5. Jack o’ Diamonds Blues
  6. One Kind Favor

Lyrics

  1. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
  2. Match Box Blues
  3. Jack o’ Diamonds Blues
  4. One Kind Favor

Links (15)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84143184
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84143184
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895621n
  4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104663
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/124523862
  6. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/blind_lemon_jefferson

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/307195

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000050205

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4635781/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/71578382

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45001

Biographies

  1. https://tims.blackcat.nl/messages/blind_lemon_jefferson.htm
  2. http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php?ArtistId=125#ref=halloffame_inductees

Picture

  1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Blindlemonjeffersoncirca1926.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/9481010a-db23-469d-87df-b04118850efb