Piano Blues "Memphis Slim"

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Memphis Slim (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988) was an American blues pianistsinger, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists.

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