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  • 1969 deaths
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  • 20th-century American singers
  • Blues Hall of Fame inductees
  • American blues singers
  • American rhythm and blues singers
  • 1915 births
  • American jazz musicians
  • Apollo Records artists
  • Cancer deaths in California
  • Deaths from esophageal cancer
  • Dirty blues musicians
  • Jump blues musicians
  • King Records artists
  • Musicians from Omaha, Nebraska
  • People from North Omaha, Nebraska
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  • Born: 24 August 1915, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.Died: 14 June 1969, Los Angeles, USA.American rhythm & blues vocalist with a hot-n'-raunchy rock and roll style and dance skills.Harris really began his career touring with Lucky Millinder's band, eventually cutting his first recording with them in May 1944. After quitting the band he signed up to Leo & Edward Mesner's %22Philo%22 label in the spring of 1945, with Johnny Otis leading his line-up.He recorded on further labels, gaining popular success on the King label in the late '40s. By the mid '60s he was recording on Chess and performing with artists such as T-Bone Walker and Big Mama Thornton.Harris died of throat-cancer, aged 53. His work has subsequently been honored by inductions into several 'Halls of Fame', including the Blues Hall of Fame, Memphis, Tennessee.
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  • Wynonie Harris (August 24, 1915 – June 14, 1969), born in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. With fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952, Harris is generally considered one of rock and roll's forerunners, influencing Elvis Presley among others.
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  • 1915-08-24
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  • 1969-06-14
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  • Blues
  • Swing
  • R&B
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