Big Bill Broonzy

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blues musician guitarist human singer-songwriter

Big Bill Broonzy was an influential American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter whose work helped shape the transition from rural to urban blues in the early 20th century.

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Big Bill Broonzy canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1950s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Big Bill ⓘ
associatedAct Memphis Minnie ⓘ
Tampa Red ⓘ
Washboard Sam ⓘ
birthName Lee Conley Bradley ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1893-06-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1958-08-14 ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
genre Chicago blues ⓘ
blues ⓘ
country blues ⓘ
helpedShape transition from rural blues to urban blues ⓘ
influenced British blues boom ⓘ
surface form: British blues revival

Eric Clapton ⓘ
Muddy Waters ⓘ
Pete Townshend ⓘ
Ray Davies ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
name Big Bill Broonzy self-link ⓘ
notableWork All By Myself ⓘ
Hey Hey ⓘ
Key to the Highway ⓘ
When Will I Get to Be Called a Man ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performedIn France ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
placeOfBirth Jefferson County, Arkansas ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
raisedIn Scott, Mississippi ⓘ
recordLabel Bluebird Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Paramount Records ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
subjectOf biographical books ⓘ
documentary films ⓘ

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Blues Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Rock Me Baby → associatedWithArtist → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Big Bill Broonzy → name → Big Bill Broonzy self-link ⓘ
Key to the Highway → originallyAssociatedWith → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Key to the Highway → composer → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Key to the Highway → lyricist → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Key to the Highway → firstRecordingFeaturing → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Key to the Highway → hasNotableCover → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Worried Life Blues → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Bluebird Records → recordedArtist → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Memphis Slim → associatedAct → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ
Memphis Slim → touredWith → Big Bill Broonzy ⓘ