Willie Dixon

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blues musician composer double bassist human record producer singer songwriter

Willie Dixon was an influential American blues musician, songwriter, and producer whose work helped define the Chicago blues sound and shaped the development of modern rock and blues music.

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Willie Dixon canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician ⓘ
composer ⓘ
double bassist ⓘ
human ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct Buddy Guy ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Koko Taylor ⓘ
Little Walter ⓘ
Muddy Waters ⓘ
Otis Rush ⓘ
associatedWith Chess Records ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1915-07-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1992-01-29 ⓘ
familyName Dixon ⓘ
fullName William James Dixon ⓘ
genre Chicago blues ⓘ
blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced Cream ⓘ
Jimi Hendrix ⓘ
Led Zeppelin ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
modern blues music ⓘ
modern rock music ⓘ
instrument bass ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor helping define the Chicago blues sound ⓘ
shaping the development of modern rock and blues music ⓘ
movement Chicago blues ⓘ
notableRole key architect of the Chess Records sound ⓘ
notableWork Back Door Man ⓘ
Hoochie Coochie Man ⓘ
I Can't Quit You Baby ⓘ
I Just Want to Make Love to You ⓘ
Little Red Rooster ⓘ
Spoonful ⓘ
You Shook Me ⓘ
occupation arranger ⓘ
musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Vicksburg, Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
placeOfDeath Burbank, California ⓘ
surface form: Burbank, California, United States
recordLabel Chess Records ⓘ

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Chicago blues → notableArtist → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Blues Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Inglewood Park Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf → associatedAct → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Muddy Waters → associatedAct → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Chess Records → notableArtist → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Koko Taylor → associatedAct → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Memphis Slim → associatedAct → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Idlewild South → songwriter → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Leonard Chess → associatedWith → Willie Dixon ⓘ
One Dozen Berrys → contributor → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Chuck Berry Is on Top → producer → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Spoonful → composer → Willie Dixon ⓘ
Spoonful → lyricist → Willie Dixon ⓘ