Little Walter

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Little Walter was a pioneering American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter whose innovative amplified style helped define modern Chicago blues.

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Label Occurrences
Little Walter canonical 9
Little Walter Jacobs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician
harmonica player
human
singer
songwriter
activeYearsEnd 1960s
activeYearsStart 1940s
alsoKnownAs Little Walter
surface form: Little Walter Jacobs

Marion Jacobs
associatedAct Bo Diddley
Howlin' Wolf
Jimmy Rogers
Muddy Waters
Otis Rush
The Aces
awardReceived Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
birthName Marion Walter Jacobs
causeOfDeath coronary thrombosis
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfAward 2008
dateOfBirth 1930-05-01
dateOfDeath 1968-02-15
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Jacobs
genre Chicago blues
blues
givenName Marion
influenced Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Junior Wells
Paul Butterfield
instrument harmonica
vocals
memberOf Muddy Waters band
movement Chicago blues
notableAchievement helped define modern Chicago blues harmonica style
pioneered amplified blues harmonica
notableWork Juke
My Babe
occupation harmonica player
musician
singer
songwriter
partOf Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (sidemen category)
placeOfBirth Marksville, Louisiana, United States
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States
recordLabel Chess Records
sexOrGender male
style amplified harmonica

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Chicago blues notableArtist Little Walter
Blues Hall of Fame notableInductee Little Walter
Tony! Toni! Toné! notableWork Little Walter
Muddy Waters associatedAct Little Walter
Chess Records notableArtist Little Walter
Willie Dixon associatedAct Little Walter
Little Walter alsoKnownAs Little Walter
this entity surface form: Little Walter Jacobs
Elmore James associatedAct Little Walter
Key to the Highway hasNotableCover Little Walter
Leonard Chess associatedWith Little Walter