Frederick Below, Jr. (September 6, 1926 – August 13, 1988) was an American blues drummer, best known for his work with Little Walter and Chess Records in the 1950s. According to Tony Russell, Below was a creator of much of the rhythmic structure of Chicago blues, especially its backbeat. He was the drummer on Chuck Berry's song "Johnny B. Goode".
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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Odie Payne
American Chicago blues drummer
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Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Sam Lay
American drummer and vocalist
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Lafayette Leake
American musician
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Leonard Chess
Polish-American record company executive
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Rotary Connection
American psychedelic soul band
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Junior Wells
American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Chuck Berry
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
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The Aces
band that plays Chicago blues
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Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
American blues bassist and singer
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Luther Tucker
American musician
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Eddie Shaw
African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
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Leroy Foster
American blues singer, drummer and guitarist
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Jody Williams
American blues guitarist and singer
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Sam Myers
American blues musician and songwriter
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Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
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Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Little Johnny Jones
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Johnnie Johnson
American musician
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Matt Murphy
American blues guitarist
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Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Barrelhouse Chuck
Pianist, singer and songwriter
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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J. T. Brown
American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
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Paul Butterfield
American blues singer and harmonica player
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Johnny Griffin
American musician
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Paul Gayten
American R&B bandleader, pianist, songwriter, producer and record company executive
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Bo Diddley
American R&B musician
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Mike Bloomfield
American guitarist and composer
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Floyd Jones
American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
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Magic Sam
American Chicago blues musician
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Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Charles Stepney
American record producer
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Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player