Jimmy McCracklin

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The Walk 00:00 Tools
Get Back 00:00 Tools
The Wobble 00:00 Tools
Yesterday Is Gone 00:00 Tools
Everybody Rock 00:00 Tools
I'm to Blame 00:00 Tools
He Knows the Rules 00:00 Tools
Gonna Tell Your Mother 00:00 Tools
Later On 00:00 Tools
I Had To Get With It 00:00 Tools
Blues Blasters Boogie 02:51 Tools
Think 02:33 Tools
Christmas Time (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
I Want To Make Love To You 00:00 Tools
Looking For A Woman 00:00 Tools
I Know 00:00 Tools
Get Tough 00:00 Tools
Minnie Lee 00:00 Tools
Take Care of Yourself 00:00 Tools
She Felt Too Good 00:00 Tools
Come On 00:00 Tools
One Track Love 00:00 Tools
Everybody Rock (New Orleans Beat) 00:00 Tools
Just Got to Know 00:00 Tools
Suffer 00:00 Tools
Country Baby 00:00 Tools
Hurt Me 00:00 Tools
I'll Take The Blame 00:00 Tools
I'm Through 00:00 Tools
Trottin' 00:00 Tools
Rockin' Man 00:00 Tools
I Wanna Make Love To You 00:00 Tools
She Felt So Good 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time, Part 2 00:00 Tools
Savoy Jump 00:00 Tools
Beer Tavern Girl 00:00 Tools
Gonna Tell Your Mother (w/ Bob Dylan intro-outtro) 00:00 Tools
I Finally Got You 00:00 Tools
Rockin' All Day 00:00 Tools
Beer Drinkin' Woman 00:00 Tools
I Can't Understand Love 00:00 Tools
The Drag 00:00 Tools
You're the One 00:00 Tools
Stay Away From That Monkey 00:00 Tools
Just Won't Let Her Go 00:00 Tools
Hamburger Joint 00:00 Tools
Gotta Cut Out 00:00 Tools
True Love Blues 00:00 Tools
Bad Luck and Trouble 00:00 Tools
You Ain't Nothing But A Devil 00:00 Tools
Georgia Slop 00:00 Tools
My Answer 00:00 Tools
I Got Eyes For You 00:00 Tools
Listen Woman 00:00 Tools
The Panic's On 00:00 Tools
That's The Way (It Goes) 00:00 Tools
I Cried 00:00 Tools
Love When It Rains 00:00 Tools
Deceivin' Blues 00:00 Tools
I Think My Time Is Here 00:00 Tools
Every Night, Every Day 00:00 Tools
Stuck With Loneliness 00:00 Tools
My Story 00:00 Tools
Couldn't Be A Dream 00:00 Tools
Steppin' Up In Class 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's Blues 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time - Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Miss Mattie Left Me 00:00 Tools
Josephine (Just Won't Let Her Go) 00:00 Tools
Rock and Rye 00:00 Tools
Pretty Little Sweet Thing 00:00 Tools
Hello Baby 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
I'll See It Through 00:00 Tools
What's Your Phone Number 00:00 Tools
Dog (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Stinger 00:00 Tools
Take A Chance 00:00 Tools
Help The Bear 00:00 Tools
I Can't Understand 00:00 Tools
Everybody Rock (The New Orleans Beat) 00:00 Tools
I Am Tired 00:00 Tools
Savoys Jump 00:00 Tools
The Cheater 00:00 Tools
I Found That Woman 00:00 Tools
I'm the One 00:00 Tools
Come On Home (Back Where You Belong) 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time 00:00 Tools
Big Foot Mama 00:00 Tools
I Did Wrong 00:00 Tools
R.M. Blues 00:00 Tools
Real Love 00:00 Tools
Let's Do It All 00:00 Tools
Highway 101 00:00 Tools
Like My Mama 00:00 Tools
Let The Door Hit You 00:00 Tools
CAN'T RAISE ME 00:00 Tools
I Don't Care 00:00 Tools
Get Together - 1994 - Remaster 00:00 Tools
Arkansas 00:00 Tools
What's Going On? 00:00 Tools
The End 00:00 Tools
You Deceived Me 00:00 Tools
Get Together 00:00 Tools
Railroad Blues 00:00 Tools
Arkansas (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
It's Got To Be Love 00:00 Tools
Lie To Me 00:00 Tools
Miss Minnie Lee Blues 00:00 Tools
Let's Do It (The Chicken Scratch) (Mercury 71516) 00:00 Tools
Hookie 00:00 Tools
Dreaming (Take 2) 00:00 Tools
Dog (Parts 1 & 2) - 1994 - Remaster 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Have my Fun 00:00 Tools
Rock & Rye 00:00 Tools
When I'm Gone 00:00 Tools
Put Up Or Shut Up 00:00 Tools
Outside Help 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time-Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Double Dealing 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time Part 1 00:00 Tools
Pleasin' Papa 00:00 Tools
Boogie on Down 00:00 Tools
Blues for the People 00:00 Tools
Baby Don't You Want To Go 00:00 Tools
I Got Juiced 00:00 Tools
After Hours 00:00 Tools
Let's Do It (The Chicken Scratch) 00:00 Tools
Special for You 00:00 Tools
Mama And Papa 00:00 Tools
Blues Blasters' Boogie 00:00 Tools
Let's Do It (The Chicken Scratch) [Mercury 71516] 00:00 Tools
Let's Do It 00:00 Tools
Fare Well 00:00 Tools
How Do You Like Your New Love 00:00 Tools
Taste of the Blues 00:00 Tools
She's Gone 00:00 Tools
My Days Are Limited 00:00 Tools
That Ain't Right 00:00 Tools
SHE'S MY BABY 00:00 Tools
Fare-well 00:00 Tools
You Had Your Chance 00:00 Tools
I Just Got To Know 00:00 Tools
This Life Of Mine 00:00 Tools
Doomed Lover 00:00 Tools
Not The Right Thing 00:00 Tools
Street Loafin' Woman 00:00 Tools
Just A Matter Of Time 00:00 Tools
Rockin' All Day (Aka Rockin' And Reelin') 00:00 Tools
Bad Condition Blues 00:00 Tools
I'll Get A Break Someday 00:00 Tools
Playin' on Me 00:00 Tools
Everytime (1954) 00:00 Tools
Dreaming 00:00 Tools
The Wobble (Mercury 71412) 00:00 Tools
LOW DOWN MOOD 00:00 Tools
Youre The One 00:00 Tools
Bad Health Blues 00:00 Tools
That's Life 00:00 Tools
Later On - 1958 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Tell Your Mother 00:00 Tools
Movin' On Down The Line 00:00 Tools
Keep It Like This 00:00 Tools
House Rockin' Blues 00:00 Tools
Mean Mistreated Lover 00:00 Tools
I Told Ya Mama 00:00 Tools
SOUTH SIDE MOOD 00:00 Tools
Dog (Part I And Part II) 00:00 Tools
Blues Blaster Boogie 00:00 Tools
My Love For You 00:00 Tools
Cry On 00:00 Tools
Your Heart Ain't Right 00:00 Tools
The Walk (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Girl Stealer 00:00 Tools
I Can't Tell 00:00 Tools
The Love Money Can't Buy 00:00 Tools
Make Love To Me 00:00 Tools
With Your Love 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time, Part 1 00:00 Tools
The Bitter And The Sweet 00:00 Tools
Would Man Be Satisfied 00:00 Tools
Beer Tavern 00:00 Tools
Josephine 00:00 Tools
Dog Pt1 00:00 Tools
I Got Somebody 00:00 Tools
Dog (parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
Keep It Like It Is 00:00 Tools
Walk 00:00 Tools
Rock and Rye, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
You Don't Love Me 00:00 Tools
I Know - 1958 00:00 Tools
Join The Club 00:00 Tools
In The Alley 00:00 Tools
Gonna cut out 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
That's The Way It Goes 00:00 Tools
I Got To Know 00:00 Tools
Southside Mood 00:00 Tools
Up And Down Blues 00:00 Tools
Oh Baby 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time - Part 2 00:00 Tools
You Don't Seem To Understand 00:00 Tools
Blues Blasters Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Please Forgive Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Dreaming (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Reelin' And Rockin' Twist 00:00 Tools
Blue Sky Is My Blanket 00:00 Tools
Blues Blaster's Boogie 00:00 Tools
Achin' Heart 00:00 Tools
Shame, Shame, Shame 00:00 Tools
Where I Got My Start 00:00 Tools
Folsom Prison Blues 00:00 Tools
Copyright On Your Love 00:00 Tools
Share And Share Alike 00:00 Tools
Blues Blaster's Shuffle 00:00 Tools
My Mother Says 00:00 Tools
I Don't Want No Woman 00:00 Tools
Ola May 00:00 Tools
Your'e the One 00:00 Tools
Blues And Trouble 00:00 Tools
No One To Love Me 00:00 Tools
Give My Heart a Break 00:00 Tools
What's Going On 00:00 Tools
Trottin` 00:00 Tools
What's That (Pt. 1) 00:00 Tools
Susie & Pat 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time Part 2 00:00 Tools
What's That 00:00 Tools
Night And Day 00:00 Tools
My Mother Said 00:00 Tools
Darlin' Share Your Love 00:00 Tools
Rock and Rye, Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Get Together - Remastered 00:00 Tools
I`m Through 00:00 Tools
Hitched 00:00 Tools
Baby, Don't You Want To Go 00:00 Tools
My Baby's Last Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Dog (Parts 1 & 2) [1994 Remaster] 00:00 Tools
What's That Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
LETS DO IT ALL 00:00 Tools
Oh! I'm In Love 00:00 Tools
Summertime 00:00 Tools
Everytime 00:00 Tools
By Myself 00:00 Tools
(Take) Advice 00:00 Tools
Rock And Rye Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
It´s Got To Be Love 00:00 Tools
Dreaming [Take 1] 00:00 Tools
Reelin' and Rockin' 00:00 Tools
Lost Mind 00:00 Tools
Panic's On 00:00 Tools
Stuck With The Loneliness 00:00 Tools
Hear My Story 00:00 Tools
In The Ally 00:00 Tools
Get Together (1994 - Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Minnie Lee Blues 00:00 Tools
Darlin' Share Your Love (Oh Baby) 00:00 Tools
Don't Have to Worry 00:00 Tools
Sue And Pat 00:00 Tools
Just Couldn't Take My Rest 00:00 Tools
Some-One 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time pt 1 00:00 Tools
She’s Gone 00:00 Tools
Get Together [1994 Remaster] 00:00 Tools
Cold Hearted 00:00 Tools
Give My Heart A Break aka You Don't Seem To Understand 00:00 Tools
Something About You 00:00 Tools
When You Was a Little Girl 00:00 Tools
You Look So Fine (1954) 00:00 Tools
We Could Make a Go I Know 00:00 Tools
You Look so Fine 00:00 Tools
Get Togther 00:00 Tools
Baby Don't You Want to Go? 00:00 Tools
Dog (Parts 1 & 2) - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Dog (Parts 1 & 2) (1994 - Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Gonna Have My Fun 00:00 Tools
The Bridge 00:00 Tools
1942 Boogie 00:00 Tools
It Ain't No Use 00:00 Tools
I Wanna Make Love ToYou 00:00 Tools
Crying Blues 00:00 Tools
Blues Blasters' Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Please Forgive 00:00 Tools
Love For You 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow (with Irma Thomas) 00:00 Tools
(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You 00:00 Tools
What’s That 00:00 Tools
My Life Depends on You 00:00 Tools
Dog Part 1 00:00 Tools
Reelin' & Rockin' Aka Rockin' All Day 00:00 Tools
Don't You Wanna To Go 00:00 Tools
The Walk (1958) 00:00 Tools
Head Over Flip 00:00 Tools
Baby, Don't You Want To Go? 00:00 Tools
All Shucks 00:00 Tools
It's Alright 00:00 Tools
Gonna Find Another Woman 00:00 Tools
(My) Love For You 00:00 Tools
Christmas Time [Part 1] 00:00 Tools
Susie and Pat 00:00 Tools
Rockin' All Day aka Reelin' & Rockin' 00:00 Tools
These Boots Are Made For Walking 00:00 Tools
Don't You Wanna Go 00:00 Tools
You Dirty Dog 00:00 Tools
Let's Get Together 00:00 Tools
Shame Shame Shame 00:00 Tools
Beer Tavern Woman 00:00 Tools
Mean Mistreated Woman 00:00 Tools
Baby, Don't You Want Me to Go 00:00 Tools
She Felt Too Good (02-?-53) 00:00 Tools
Rockin' All Day (Spring 1950) 00:00 Tools
Keep Trying 00:00 Tools
Looking for'a Woman 00:00 Tools
Rock and Rye (Pt. 1) 00:00 Tools
Rock and Rye (Pt. 2) 00:00 Tools
I'll Get A Break Some Day 00:00 Tools
Why Make Me Suffer 00:00 Tools
Fare - Well 00:00 Tools
What's That Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Pleas Forgive Me Baby 00:00 Tools
39 - Jimmy McCracklin - I Wanna Make Love to You 00:00 Tools
Couldn't Be A Dream (take 1) 00:00 Tools
Josephine (Take 6) 00:00 Tools
Think 1965 00:00 Tools
RM Blues 00:00 Tools
I Just Gotta Know 02:39 Tools
Christmas Time Pt.1 00:00 Tools
Ragged as a Mop (Hamburger Joint) 00:00 Tools
You Know Who To Turn To 00:00 Tools
'The Wobble' 00:00 Tools
17. Savoys Jump - Jimmy McCracklin 00:00 Tools
Too Late To Change 00:00 Tools
Rock And Rye Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Im to Blame 00:00 Tools
You're In My Book First 00:00 Tools
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 00:00 Tools
Trottin 00:00 Tools
I Think My Time Is Here (Take 1) 00:00 Tools
Beer Drinkin' Woman (take 4) 00:00 Tools
This Thing 00:00 Tools
Low Down Mood (1948) 00:00 Tools
I Cried (02-?-53) 00:00 Tools
Jimmy's Blues - Jimmy McCracklin 00:00 Tools
Dog 00:00 Tools
The Cheater (02-?-53) 00:00 Tools
Your Heart Ain'T Right (1949) 00:00 Tools
What'S Your Phone Number (C. 01/51) 00:00 Tools
We Could Make A Go I Know (02-24-54) 00:00 Tools
Pleasin'papa 00:00 Tools
Bad Health Blues (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Interview with Jimmy Mccracklin 00:00 Tools
She'S My Baby (1948) 00:00 Tools
I Found That Woman (Blues For The People) (C. 01/51) 00:00 Tools
Night And Day (1954) 00:00 Tools
Josephine (Just Won'T Let Her Go) (08-?-49) 00:00 Tools
That'S Life (C. 01/51) 00:00 Tools
This Life Of Man (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Every Night And Every Day 00:00 Tools
Let´s do it 00:00 Tools
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Jimmy McCracklin (James David Walker, St. Louis, Missouri, August 13, 1921 – San Pablo, California, December 20, 2012) was an American pianist, vocalist, harmonica player and songwriter. His style contained West Coast blues, Jump blues, and Rhythm & Blues. Over a career that spanned seven decades, he said he had written almost a thousand songs and had recorded hundreds of them. McCracklin recorded over 30 albums, and earned four gold records. Tom Mazzolini of the San Francisco Blues Festival said of him, "He was probably the most important musician to come out of the Bay Area in the post-World War II years." McCracklin was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He joined the United States Navy in 1938, later settled in Richmond, California, and began playing at the local Club Savoy owned by his sister-in-law Willie Mae "Granny" Johnson. The room-length bar served beer and wine, and Granny Johnson served home-cooked meals of greens, ribs, chicken, and other southern cuisine. A house band composed of Bay Area based musicians alternated with and frequently backed performers such as B. B. King, Charles Brown, and L. C. Robinson. Later in 1963 he would write and record a song "Club Savoy" on his I Just Gotta Know album. His recorded a debut single for Globe Records, "Miss Mattie Left Me", in 1945, and recorded "Street Loafin' Woman in 1946. McCracklin recorded for a number of labels in Los Angeles and Oakland, prior to joining Modern Records in 1949-1950. He formed a group called Jimmy McCracklin and his Blues Blasters in 1946, with guitarist Lafayette Thomas who remained with group until the early 1960s. His popularity increased after appearing on the TV pop Dick Clark's American Bandstand in support of his self written single "The Walk" (1957), subsequently released by Checker Records in 1958. It went to No. 5 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 7 on the pop chart, after more than 10 years of McCracklin selling records in the black community on a series of small labels. Jimmy McCracklin Sings, his first solo album, was released in 1962, in the West Coast blues style. In 1962, McCracklin recorded "Just Got to Know" for his own Art-Tone label in Oakland, after the record made No. 2 on the R&B chart. For a brief period in the early 1970s McCracklin ran the Continental Club in San Francisco. He booked blues acts such as T-Bone Walker, Irma Thomas, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton, and Etta James. In 1967, Otis Redding and Carla Thomas had success with "Tramp", a song credited to McCracklin and Lowell Fulson. Salt-n-Pepa made a hip-hop hit out of the song in 1987. Oakland Blues (1986) was an album arranged and directed by McCracklin, and produced by World Pacific. The California rock-n-roll "roots music" band The Blasters named themselves after McCracklin's backing band The Blues Blasters. Blasters' lead singer Phil Alvin explained the origin of the band's name: "I thought Joe Turner’s backup band on Atlantic records – I had these 78s – I thought they were the Blues Blasters. It ends up it was Jimmy McCracklin's. I just took the 'Blues' off and Joe finally told me, that’s Jimmy McCracklin’s name, but you tell ‘im I gave you permission to steal it. McCracklin continued to tour and produce new albums in the 1980s and 1990s. Bob Dylan has cited McCracklin as a favorite. He played at the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984 and 2007. He was given a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1990, and the Living Legend and Hall of Fame award at the Bay Area Black Music Awards, in 2007. McCracklin continued to write, record, and perform into the 21st century. He died in San Pablo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, on December 20, 2012, after a long illness, aged 91. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.