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#Blues / #SlowBlues / #RelaxingBlues Album: Evenin' Blues Buy: https://amzn.to/3etQhNm ______________________________ Edward's Jazz & Blues Channel: http://bit.ly/2vlXAFk ______ Recent Uploads: http://bit.ly/2Hh4kH6 ______ Keep Walking Playlist: http://bit.ly/31E7G0h1233 ______ Ladies Got The Blues Playlist: http://bit.ly/2Sil0EF ______ 1 Hour Whiskey Blues Compilations: http://bit.ly/2Sv5tQw _______________________________ Lyrics: I've got a cold, cold feelin'; it's just like ice around my heart I've got a cold, cold feelin'; it's just like ice around my heart I know I'm gonna' quit somebody, every time that, feelin' starts You treat me like a prisoner, because my hands are tied Everything you do to me, is stackin' up inside It's a cold, cold feelin' yeah, you're just like ice around my heart I know I'm gonna' quit somebody, every time that, feelin' starts There's a change in me baby, once I was blind but now I can see There's a change in me baby, once I was blind but now I can see I'm gonna' put everybody down baby That ever made a fool outta me The video is with promotional purpose. All visual and audio elements belong to their respective owners. For copyright issues, please contact me. ______________________________________________ Jimmy Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 - September 18, 1997) was an American #blues singer. James John (Jimmy) #Witherspoon, also known by the nickname “Spoon”, was a versatile "#blues shouter" who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the genres of #blues, jazz, and rhythm and blues. His 1947 recording “Ain’t Nobody’s Business” was a hit in 1949 and became his signature song. His date of birth is usually given as August 8, 1923, but some sources give the birth year as 1920, and more than one source gives the birth date as August 18, 1921, attributing the information to his son. Since he may have run away from home to Los Angeles, California, as early as 1935, the earlier dates seem more plausible. In a 1996 interview, he gave his age as seventy-four, which also corresponds with the 1921 date. Jimmy Witherspoon was born in Gurdon (Clark County) Arkansas to Leonard Witherspoon, a Missouri Pacific Railroad brakeman, and Eva Tatum #Witherspoon, a church pianist. The family was devoutly religious. His parents were members of the choir at their Baptist church. He didn't pursue music professionally until after his stint in the Merchant Marines in World War II. On his return to the Unites States in 1944, he replaced Walter Brown in Jay McShann's band, and performed with Big Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker. Witherpoon's first hit record was "Ain't Nobody's Business", which he followed in 1949 with a reworking of the Leroy Carr song "In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down". His hit "Ain't Nobody's Business" was one of the biggest records of the era, and stayed on the Billboard charts for 34 weeks. Spoon made at least 200 recordings, and was one of the few true giants of the post-war blues boom. #Witherspoon recorded for a variety of labels through the 1950s, including cornerstone sides with Swingtime, Federal, Chess, RCA, and even a Dixieland session with The Wilbur de Paris New Orleans Jazz Band for Atlantic in 1956. His long career included performances on jazz stages around the world, from Carnegie Hall to the Newport Jazz Festival, touring Japan with Count Basie, and European tours with Buck Clayton's All Stars. Witherspoon managed to span the worlds of #blues, R&B, and jazz with his deep baritone voice and unique style. #Witherspoon died September 18, 1997 in Los Angeles, California. Spoon first attracted attention singing with Teddy Weatherford's band in Calcutta, India, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U. S. Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II. Witherspoon made his first records with Jay McShann's band in 1945. In 1949, recording under his own name with the McShann band, he had his first hit, "Ain't Nobody's Business," a song which came to be regarded as his signature tune. In 1950 he had hits with two more songs closely identified with him: "No Rollin' Blues", "Big Fine Girl", as well as "Failing By Degrees" and "New Orleans Woman" recorded with the Gene Gilbeaux Orchestra which included Herman Washington and Don Hill on the Modern Records label. These were recorded from a live performance on May 10, 1949 at a "Just Jazz" concert Pasadena, CA sponsored by Gene Norman. Another classic Witherspoon composition is "Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough". Witherspoon's style of #blues - that of the "blues shouter" - became unfashionable in the mid-1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album, Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which featured Roy Eldridge, Woody Herman, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines and Mel Lewis, among others. He later recorded with Gerry Mulligan, Leroy Vinnegar, Richard "Groove" Holmes and T-Bone Walker. Courtesy of: last.fm

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James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues and jazz singer.

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