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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Jimmy Witherspoon</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jimmy_Witherspoon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Witherspoon in June 1976"><img alt="Witherspoon in June 1976" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Jimmy_Witherspoon.jpg/220px-Jimmy_Witherspoon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="403" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Jimmy_Witherspoon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="550" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Witherspoon in June 1976</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1920-08-08</span>)</span>August 8, 1920<br /><a href="/wiki/Gurdon,_Arkansas" title="Gurdon, Arkansas">Gurdon, Arkansas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 18, 1997<span style="display:none">(1997-09-18)</span> (aged 77)<br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">Blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jump_blues" title="Jump blues">jump blues</a><sup id="cite_ref-Music_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Music-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Singer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1940s–1995</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>James Witherspoon</b> (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American <a href="/wiki/Jump_blues" title="Jump blues">jump blues</a> singer.<sup id="cite_ref-Music_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Music-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_family_and_education"><span id="Early_life.2C_family_and_education"></span>Early life, family and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Witherspoon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, family and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Witherspoon was born in <a href="/wiki/Gurdon,_Arkansas" title="Gurdon, Arkansas">Gurdon, Arkansas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was a railroad worker who sang in local choirs, and his mother was an avid piano player.<sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Witherspoon's grandson <a href="/wiki/Ahkello_Witherspoon" title="Ahkello Witherspoon">Ahkello Witherspoon</a> is a cornerback for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Witherspoon eventually joined the <a href="/wiki/Merchant_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="Merchant Marines">Merchant Marines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Witherspoon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Witherspoon first attracted attention singing in <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Weatherford" title="Teddy Weatherford">Teddy Weatherford</a>'s band, which made regular radio broadcasts over the US <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Radio_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed Forces Radio Service">Armed Forces Radio Service</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Witherspoon made his first <a href="/wiki/Gramophone_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Gramophone record">records</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jay_McShann" title="Jay McShann">Jay McShann</a>'s band in 1945. He first recorded under his own name in 1947,<sup id="cite_ref-Russell_2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell_2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two years later with the McShann band, he had his first hit, "<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Nobody%27s_Business" title="Ain't Nobody's Business">Ain't Nobody's Business</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a song that came to be regarded as his signature tune. In 1950 he had hits with two more songs closely identified with him—"No Rollin' Blues" and "Big Fine Girl"—and also hit with "Failing by Degrees" and "New Orleans Woman", recorded with the Gene Gilbeaux Orchestra (which included Herman Washington and Don Hill) for <a href="/wiki/Modern_Records" title="Modern Records">Modern Records</a>. They were recorded at a live performance on May 10, 1949, at a "Just Jazz" concert in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>, sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Norman" class="mw-redirect" title="Gene Norman">Gene Norman</a>. Another classic Witherspoon composition is "Times Gettin' Tougher Than Tough". </p><p>Witherspoon performed in four of the famed Cavalcade of Jazz concerts held in Los Angeles at <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field_(Los_Angeles)" title="Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)">Wrigley Field</a> which were produced by <a href="/wiki/Leon_Hefflin_Sr." title="Leon Hefflin Sr.">Leon Hefflin Sr.</a> His first performance was at the fourth Cavalcade of Jazz on September 12, 1948, and <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a> was the featured artist along with <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Laine" title="Frankie Laine">Frankie Lane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Miss_Cornshucks" title="Little Miss Cornshucks">Little Miss Cornshucks</a>, <a href="/wiki/International_Sweethearts_of_Rhythm" title="International Sweethearts of Rhythm">The Sweetheart of Rhythms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Liggins_and_the_Honeydrippers" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers">Joe Liggins's Honeydrippers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Joe_Turner" title="Big Joe Turner">Joe Turner</a>, The Blenders, and The Sensations.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program description stated that Witherspoon "is one of the most sought-after blues singers in the business. He has a strong, clear voice and diction that you would hear in the classics. Although he has been quite successful singing the blues, Witherspoon can sing ballads with a surprising sweetness." He played at the fifth Cavalcade of Jazz concert on July 10, 1949, along with <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a>, The Hamptones, <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Banks_(saxophonist)" title="Buddy Banks (saxophonist)">Buddy Banks</a> and his Orchestra, <a href="/wiki/Big_Jay_McNeely" title="Big Jay McNeely">Big Jay McNeely</a>, and Smiley Turner.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Witherspoon came back again for the seventh Cavalcade of Jazz concert on July 8, 1951, and performed alongside <a href="/wiki/Billy_Eckstine" title="Billy Eckstine">Billy Eckstine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a> and his Revue, <a href="/wiki/Percy_Mayfield" title="Percy Mayfield">Percy Mayfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Liggins_and_the_Honeydrippers" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers">Joe Liggins's Honeydrippers</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Brown_(blues_musician)" title="Roy Brown (blues musician)">Roy Brown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His last appearance at the eighth Cavalcade of Jazz concert was on June 1, 1952. Also featured that day were <a href="/wiki/Anna_Mae_Winburn" title="Anna Mae Winburn">Anna Mae Winburn</a> and Her Sweethearts, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Wallace" title="Jerry Wallace">Jerry Wallace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toni_Harper" title="Toni Harper">Toni Harper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Brown_(blues_musician)" title="Roy Brown (blues musician)">Roy Brown</a> and His Mighty Men, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Jordan" title="Louis Jordan">Louis Jordan</a> and his Orchestra, and <a href="/wiki/Josephine_Baker" title="Josephine Baker">Josephine Baker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Witherspoon's style of blues—as a "<a href="/wiki/Blues_shouter" title="Blues shouter">blues shouter</a>"—became unfashionable in the mid-1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album <i>Jimmy Witherspoon at the <a href="/wiki/Monterey_Jazz_Festival" title="Monterey Jazz Festival">Monterey Jazz Festival</a></i>, which featured <a href="/wiki/Roy_Eldridge" title="Roy Eldridge">Roy Eldridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woody_Herman" title="Woody Herman">Woody Herman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben Webster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Hawkins" title="Coleman Hawkins">Coleman Hawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_Hines" title="Earl Hines">Earl Hines</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mel_Lewis" title="Mel Lewis">Mel Lewis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-russell_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-russell-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Witherspoon later recorded with <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Vinnegar" title="Leroy Vinnegar">Leroy Vinnegar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Holmes_(organist)" title="Richard Holmes (organist)">Richard "Groove" Holmes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/T-Bone_Walker" title="T-Bone Walker">T-Bone Walker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tours_and_successes">Tours and successes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Witherspoon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tours and successes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1961 he toured Europe with <a href="/wiki/Buck_Clayton" title="Buck Clayton">Buck Clayton</a> and returned to the UK on many occasions, featuring on a mid-'60s live UK recording, <i>Spoon Sings and Swings</i> (1966), with tenor sax player <a href="/wiki/Dick_Morrissey" title="Dick Morrissey">Dick Morrissey</a>'s quartet. In 1970, Witherspoon appeared on <a href="/wiki/Brother_Jack_McDuff" class="mw-redirect" title="Brother Jack McDuff">Brother Jack McDuff</a>'s London <a href="/wiki/Blue_Note" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Note">Blue Note</a> recording <i><a href="/wiki/To_Seek_a_New_Home" title="To Seek a New Home">To Seek a New Home</a></i> together with British jazz musicians, including Dick Morrissey, again, and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Smith_(British_jazz_guitarist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terry Smith (British jazz guitarist)">Terry Smith</a>. In the 1970s Witherspoon also recorded the album <i><a href="/wiki/Guilty!_(album)" title="Guilty! (album)">Guilty!</a></i> (later released on CD as <i>Black & White Blues</i>) with <a href="/wiki/Eric_Burdon" title="Eric Burdon">Eric Burdon</a><sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and featuring Ike White & the San Quentin Prison Band. He then toured with a band of his own featuring <a href="/wiki/Robben_Ford" title="Robben Ford">Robben Ford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russ_Ferrante" class="mw-redirect" title="Russ Ferrante">Russ Ferrante</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction" title="Sound recording and reproduction">recording</a> from this period, <i>Spoonful</i>, featured Witherspoon accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Robben_Ford" title="Robben Ford">Robben Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sample" title="Joe Sample">Joe Sample</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornell_Dupree" title="Cornell Dupree">Cornell Dupree</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thad_Jones" title="Thad Jones">Thad Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Purdie" title="Bernard Purdie">Bernard Purdie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-disco4_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disco4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued performing and recording into the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-disco4_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disco4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other performers with whom Witherspoon recorded include <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rowles" title="Jimmy Rowles">Jimmy Rowles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earl_%22Fatha%22_Hines" class="mw-redirect" title="Earl "Fatha" Hines">Earl "Fatha" Hines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Alley" title="Vernon Alley">Vernon Alley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Lewis" title="Mel Lewis">Mel Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Edwards" title="Teddy Edwards">Teddy Edwards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Wiggins" title="Gerald Wiggins">Gerald Wiggins</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Clayton_(bassist)" title="John Clayton (bassist)">John Clayton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Humphrey_(American_musician)" title="Paul Humphrey (American musician)">Paul Humphrey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pepper_Adams" title="Pepper Adams">Pepper Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Burrell" title="Kenny Burrell">Kenny Burrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweets_Edison" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweets Edison">Harry "Sweets" Edison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Smith_(musician)" title="Jimmy Smith (musician)">Jimmy Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long_John_Baldry" title="Long John Baldry">Long John Baldry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Junior_Mance" title="Junior Mance">Junior Mance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Ellington</a> bassist <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Woode" title="Jimmy Woode">Jimmy Woode</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Clarke" title="Kenny Clarke">Kenny Clarke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mullen" title="Jim Mullen">Jim Mullen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Swing_College_Band" title="Dutch Swing College Band">Dutch Swing College Band</a>, and Gene Gilbeaux. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting">Acting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Witherspoon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Acting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1995 film <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(1995_film)" title="Georgia (1995 film)"><i>Georgia</i></a>, Witherspoon portrayed Trucker, a traveling, gun-collecting blues singer who has a relationship with the troubled character Sadie, played by <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jason_Leigh" title="Jennifer Jason Leigh">Jennifer Jason Leigh</a>. </p><p>He played Nate Williams in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Godfather" title="The Black Godfather">The Black Godfather</a></i> (1974) and Percy in <i><a href="/wiki/To_Sleep_with_Anger" title="To Sleep with Anger">To Sleep with Anger</a></i> (1990). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life,_death_and_legacy"><span id="Personal_life.2C_death_and_legacy"></span>Personal life, death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Witherspoon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life, death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Witherspoon died of <a href="/wiki/Head_and_neck_cancer" title="Head and neck cancer">throat cancer</a> on September 18, 1997, in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-official_bio_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Witherspoon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Witherspoon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1947-48: <i>The Chronological 1947-1948</i> (<a href="/wiki/Chronological_Classics" title="Chronological Classics">Classics</a> 'Blues & Rhythm series', [2003])</li> <li>1948-49: <i>The Chronological 1948-1949</i> (Classics 'Blues & Rhythm series', [2004])</li> <li>1950-51: <i>The Chronological 1950-1951</i> (Classics 'Blues & Rhythm series', [2006])</li> <li>1952-53: <i>Miss Miss Mistreater: The Very Best of Jimmy Witherspoon</i> (<a href="/wiki/King_Records_(United_States)" title="King Records (United States)">King</a>/Collectables, [2004]) [Federal sessions]</li> <li>1954-59: <i>Spoon So Easy (The Chess Years)</i> (<a href="/wiki/Chess_Records" title="Chess Records">Chess</a>/MCA, [1990])</li> <li><i>Wilbur De Paris Plays & Jimmy Witherspoon Sings New Orleans Blues</i> (<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goin%27_to_Kansas_City_Blues" title="Goin' to Kansas City Blues">Goin' to Kansas City Blues</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Jay_McShann" title="Jay McShann">Jay McShann</a> (<a href="/wiki/RCA_Victor_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Victor Records">RCA Victor</a>, 1957 [1958])</li> <li><i>Singin' the Blues</i> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Jazz_Records" title="Pacific Jazz Records">World Pacific</a>, 1958 [1959])</li> <li><i>At the Monterey Jazz Festival</i> (HiFi Jazz/<a href="/wiki/Everest_Records" title="Everest Records">Everest</a>, 1959 [1960])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feelin%27_the_Spirit_(Jimmy_Witherspoon_album)" title="Feelin' the Spirit (Jimmy Witherspoon album)">Feelin' the Spirit</a></i> (HiFi Jazz/Everest, 1959)</li> <li><i>At the Renaissance</i> with <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben Webster</a> (HiFi Jazz/Everest, 1959 [1960])</li> <li><i>Jimmy Witherspoon</i> (<a href="/wiki/Crown_Records" title="Crown Records">Crown</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i>Sings the Blues</i> (Crown, 1960)</li> <li><i>With <a href="/wiki/Buck_Clayton" title="Buck Clayton">Buck Clayton</a></i> (Vogue [UK], 1961)</li> <li><i>Spoon</i> (<a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise</a>, 1961)</li> <li><i>Hey, Mrs. Jones</i> (Reprise, 1962)</li> <li><i>Roots</i> with Ben Webster (Reprise, 1962)</li> <li>1963: <i><a href="/wiki/Baby,_Baby,_Baby_(Jimmy_Witherspoon_album)" title="Baby, Baby, Baby (Jimmy Witherspoon album)">Baby, Baby, Baby</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige</a>)</li> <li>1963: <i><a href="/wiki/Evenin%27_Blues" title="Evenin' Blues">Evenin' Blues</a></i> (Prestige, [1964])</li> <li>1963: <i><a href="/wiki/Blues_Around_the_Clock" title="Blues Around the Clock">Blues Around the Clock</a></i> (Prestige, [1964])</li> <li>1964: <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Spoon" title="Blue Spoon">Blue Spoon</a></i> (Prestige, [1965])</li> <li>1964: <i><a href="/wiki/Some_of_My_Best_Friends_Are_the_Blues" title="Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues">Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues</a></i> (Prestige, [1965])</li> <li>1965: <i><a href="/wiki/Spoon_in_London" title="Spoon in London">Spoon in London</a></i> (Prestige, [1966])</li> <li>1965: <i><a href="/wiki/Blues_for_Easy_Livers" title="Blues for Easy Livers">Blues for Easy Livers</a></i> (Prestige, [1966])</li> <li><i>Blues for Spoon and Groove</i> with <a href="/wiki/Richard_%22Groove%22_Holmes" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard "Groove" Holmes">Richard "Groove" Holmes</a> (Surrey, 1965)</li> <li><i>Jimmy Witherspoon in Person</i> (Vogue [UK], 1965) reissue of <i>With Buck Clayton</i></li> <li><i>Spoon Sings and Swings</i> with <a href="/wiki/Dick_Morrissey" title="Dick Morrissey">Dick Morrissey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fontana_Records" title="Fontana Records">Fontana</a> [UK], 1966)</li> <li><i>A Spoonful of Blues</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ember_Records_(US_label)" title="Ember Records (US label)">Ember</a>, 1966) reissue of <i>Jimmy Witherspoon</i></li> <li><i>A Blue Point of View</i> (<a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a>, 1966)</li> <li><i>The Blues is Now</i> with <a href="/wiki/Jack_McDuff" title="Jack McDuff">Jack McDuff</a> (Verve,1963 1967)</li> <li><i>A Spoonful of Soul</i> (Verve, 1968)</li> <li><i>Live</i> with Ben Webster (Stateside [UK], 1968)</li> <li><i>The Blues Singer</i> (ABC/<a href="/wiki/Bluesway_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Bluesway Records">Bluesway</a>, 1969)</li> <li><i>Hunh!</i> (ABC/Bluesway 1970)</li> <li><i>Handbags and Gladrags</i> (ABC, 1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guilty!_(album)" title="Guilty! (album)">Guilty</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Eric_Burdon" title="Eric Burdon">Eric Burdon</a> (<a href="/wiki/MGM_Records" title="MGM Records">MGM</a>, 1971)</li> <li><i>The Spoon Concerts</i> (<a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Records" title="Fantasy Records">Fantasy</a> [2LP], 1972) reissues of <i>At the Monterey Jazz Festival</i> and <i>At the Renaissance</i></li> <li><i>Previously Unreleased Recordings</i> with Ben Webster (Verve, 1973)</li> <li><i>Love is a Five Letter Word</i> (<a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a>, 1975)</li> <li><i>Spoonful</i> (<a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a>, 1975)</li> <li><i>Live Jimmy Witherspoon & <a href="/wiki/Robben_Ford" title="Robben Ford">Robben Ford</a></i> (LAX/Avenue Jazz/<a href="/wiki/Rhino_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhino Records">Rhino</a>, 1977)</li> <li><i>Live at the Watts Jazz Festival, Volume 1</i> with <a href="/wiki/Willie_Bobo" title="Willie Bobo">Willie Bobo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Ammons" title="Gene Ammons">Gene Ammons</a> (LAX/Avenue Jazz/<a href="/wiki/Rhino_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhino Records">Rhino</a>, 1977)</li> <li><i>Live in Paris</i> with Buck Clayton (Jazz Vogue [UK], 1977)</li> <li><i>Sings The Blues</i> (<a href="/wiki/Black_%26_Blue_Records" title="Black & Blue Records">Black & Blue</a>, 1978)</li> <li><i>Spoon's Life</i> (Isabel, 1980)</li> <li><i>Olympia Concert</i> (<a href="/wiki/Inner_City_Records" title="Inner City Records">Inner City</a>, 1980) reissue of <i>Jimmy Witherspoon in Person</i></li> <li><i>Big Blues</i> (<a href="/wiki/JSP_Records" title="JSP Records">JSP</a>, 1981)</li> <li><i>Sings the Blues with <a href="/wiki/Panama_Francis" title="Panama Francis">Panama Francis</a> and the Savoy Sultans</i> (<a href="/wiki/Muse_Records" title="Muse Records">Muse</a>, 1983)</li> <li><i>Spoonful O' Blues</i> (Kent, 1984) compilation</li> <li><i>Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long</i> with <a href="/wiki/Big_Joe_Turner" title="Big Joe Turner">Big Joe Turner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pablo_Records" title="Pablo Records">Pablo</a>, 1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Lady_Called_the_Blues" title="Midnight Lady Called the Blues">Midnight Lady Called the Blues</a></i> (Muse, 1986)</li> <li><i>Never Knew This Kind of Hurt Before: The Bluesway Sessions</i> (<a href="/wiki/Charly_Records" title="Charly Records">Charly</a>, 1988) compilation</li> <li><i>Rockin' L.A.</i> (Fantasy, 1989)</li> <li><i>Live (At Condon's, New York)</i> (<a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Who_in_Jazz" title="Who's Who in Jazz">Who's Who in Jazz</a>, 1990)</li> <li><i>Jay's Blues (The Complete Federal Sessions)</i> (Charly R&B, 1991) compilation</li> <li><i>Blowin' in from Kansas City</i> (Flair/<a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin</a>, 1991) compilation</li> <li><i>Call My Baby</i> (<a href="/wiki/Tuff_City_Records" title="Tuff City Records">Night Train International</a>, 1991) compilation</li> <li><i>Live at the Notodden Blues Festival</i> with Robben Ford (Blue Rock'it, 1992)</li> <li><i>The Blues, the Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues</i> (Indigo, 1993)</li> <li><i>Ain't Nobody's Business (The Blues Collection)</i> (Orbis, 1992) compilation</li> <li><i>Live at the Mint</i> with Robben Ford (On The Spot/<a href="/wiki/Private_Music" title="Private Music">Private Music</a>, 1994 [1996])</li> <li><i>Cold Blooded Boogie</i> (Night Train International, 1995) compilation</li> <li><i>Spoon's Blues</i> (<a href="/wiki/Stony_Plain_Records" title="Stony Plain Records">Stony Plain</a>, 1995)</li> <li><i>Jimmy Witherspoon with the <a href="/wiki/Junior_Mance" title="Junior Mance">Junior Mance</a> Trio</i> (Stony Plain, 1997) previously unreleased live recording from 1969</li> <li><i>Tougher Than Tough</i> (Blue Moon, 1997) reissue of <i>At the Renaissance</i></li> <li><i>Jazz Me Blues: The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon</i> (Prestige, 1998) compilation</li> <li><i>Jimmy Witherspoon with the <a href="/wiki/Duke_Robillard" title="Duke Robillard">Duke Robillard</a> Band</i> (Stony Plain, 2000)</li> <li><i>Spoon Meets Pao</i> with <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Pao" title="Eugene Pao">Eugene Pao</a> (Eastside, 2002) recorded 1990</li> <li><i>Urban Blues Singing Legend</i> (JSP [4CD], 2006) compilation</li> <li><i>Live at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival</i> with Robben Ford (Monterey Jazz Festival/<a href="/wiki/Concord_Records" title="Concord Records">Concord</a>, 2008)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chart_singles">Chart singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Witherspoon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chart singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Single </th> <th colspan="3">Chart Positions </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:smaller;"> <th style="width:40px;"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US Pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:40px;"><a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">US<br />R&B</a><sup id="cite_ref-whitburnr&b_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whitburnr&b-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1949 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Nobody%27s_Business" title="Ain't Nobody's Business">Ain't Nobody's Business</a> (Parts 1 & 2)" (<a href="/wiki/Supreme_Records_(Los_Angeles)" title="Supreme Records (Los Angeles)">Supreme</a>) </td> <td>— </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">"In the Evening" (Supreme) </td> <td>— </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">"No Rollin' Blues" (<a href="/wiki/Modern_Records" title="Modern Records">Modern</a>) </td> <td>— </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;">"Big Fine Girl" (Modern) </td> <td>— </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"The Wind is Blowin'" (Modern) </td> <td>— </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"You're Next" (<a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige</a>) </td> <td>98 </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td style="text-align:left;">"Love is a Five Letter Word" (<a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a>) </td> <td>— </td> <td>31 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filmography/DVDs"><span id="Filmography.2FDVDs"></span>Filmography/DVDs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jimmy_Witherspoon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Filmography/DVDs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2000: <i>Jazz Casual: Jimmy Witherspoon & Ben Webster,</i> from a 1962 <i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_Casual" title="Jazz Casual">Jazz Casual</a></i> apearance (Jazz Casual/Idem)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reissued in: <i>Jazz Casual: Jimmy Witherspoon/Jimmy Rushing</i> [2003]</li> <li>2003: <i>20th Century Jazz Masters: Mel Tormé/Jimmy Witherspoon/Carmen McRae/Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan</i></li> <li>2009: <i>Jimmy Witherspoon: Goin' Down Blues</i> with <a href="/wiki/Marshal_Royal" title="Marshal Royal">Marshal Royal</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Collins_(jazz_guitarist)" title="John Collins (jazz guitarist)">John Collins</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Goin%27_to_Kansas_City_Blues" title="Goin' to Kansas City Blues">Goin' to Kansas City Blues</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Jay_McShann" title="Jay McShann">Jay McShann</a>, 1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feelin%27_the_Spirit_(Jimmy_Witherspoon_album)" title="Feelin' the Spirit (Jimmy Witherspoon album)">Feelin' the Spirit</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baby,_Baby,_Baby_(Jimmy_Witherspoon_album)" title="Baby, Baby, Baby (Jimmy Witherspoon album)">Baby, Baby, Baby</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evenin%27_Blues" title="Evenin' Blues">Evenin' Blues</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blues_Around_the_Clock" title="Blues Around the Clock">Blues Around the Clock</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Spoon" title="Blue Spoon">Blue Spoon</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Some_of_My_Best_Friends_Are_the_Blues" title="Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues">Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a 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