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Lucille Bogan
Lucille Bogan
American blues singer
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Mary Johnson
Mary Johnson
American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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J. Mayo Williams
J. Mayo Williams
American football player and coach, music producer (1894-1980)
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Armand Jackson
Armand Jackson
American musician
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Walter Davis
Walter Davis
African American blues singer and pianist
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Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
musical artist
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St. Louis Jimmy Oden
St. Louis Jimmy Oden
American blues singer and songwriter
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King Kolax
King Kolax
American musician
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Edith North Johnson
Edith North Johnson
American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Charley Jordan
Charley Jordan
American musician
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Booker T. Laury
Booker T. Laury
American boogie-woogie, blues, gospel and jazz pianist and singer
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Joe Willie Wilkins
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
15
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist
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Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson
American musician
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Pinetop Sparks
Pinetop Sparks
American blues pianist
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Homesick James
Homesick James
American blues musician
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Ishman Bracey
Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
23
Jay McShann
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
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Zutty Singleton
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
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Lottie Kimbrough
Lottie Kimbrough
American country blues singer
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Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Charlie Spand
Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
30
Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold
American blues musician
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Porter Grainger
Porter Grainger
American musician
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Charlie Burse
Charlie Burse
American musician
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Peetie Wheatstraw
Peetie Wheatstraw
American country blues musician
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Virginia Liston
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Frankie Jaxon
Frankie Jaxon
African American vaudeville singer, female impersonator, stage designer and comedian
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Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Little Milton
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
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James Crutchfield
James Crutchfield
American barrelhouse blues singer, pianist, and songwriter
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Whistlin' Alex Moore
Whistlin' Alex Moore
American blues pianist, singer and whistler
43
Cliff Edwards
Cliff Edwards
American recording artist; musician, singer, actor and voice actor (1895-1971)
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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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John P. Hammond
John P. Hammond
American blues singer and guitarist
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Louisiana Red
Louisiana Red
African American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer
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The Reverend Horton Heat
The Reverend Horton Heat
American psychobilly trio
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Teddy Darby
Teddy Darby
American musician
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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George McClennon
George McClennon
American clarinetist
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Ida Cox
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Fred Below
Fred Below
American musician
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Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
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Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
55
Louis Prima
Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
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Blind Roosevelt Graves
Blind Roosevelt Graves
American blues musician
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Kansas Joe McCoy
Kansas Joe McCoy
American Delta blues musician and songwriter
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Alice Leslie Carter
Alice Leslie Carter
United States American classic female blues singer
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Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
American musician
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Junior Mance
Junior Mance
American musician
61
Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
Charlie "Specks" McFadden
American singer

Charlie "Specks" McFadden

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Charles Pertum, known professionally as Charlie "Specks" McFadden (April 24, 1895 – November 15, 1966), was an American country blues singer and songwriter. On his few recordings, released from 1929 to 1937, he was accompanied by Roosevelt Sykes, Lonnie Johnson, Pinetop Sparks and others. His most notable song was one he wrote, "Groceries on the Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)", which he recorded in Grafton, Wisconsin, about February 1930.

There is little information about his life outside of his recordings.