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American blues pianist, singer, and composer. Born John Len Chatman in Memphis, he adopted his father's name Peter, who was a blues musician. He moved to Chicago in the 1930s where he was mentored by [a307270], and began cutting sides as a leader in 1939 for [l62753] and [l20955]. Although performed under the name Memphis Slim, he published songs that he had written under the name [a1028318]. Hi...
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