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Jimmy Rogers ( 1924 - December 19, 1997) is a blues guitarist best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters' band of the 1950s. Jimmy Rogers was born in Ruleville, Mississippi as James A. Lane and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Rogers took up the guitar as a teenager and played professionally in East St. Louis, Illinois (where he played with Robert Jr Lockwood) before moving to Chicago, Illinois in 1947, after serving in the military.
Rogers joined Waters the next year, with whom he helped shape the sound of the nascent Chicago Blues style. He stayed in Waters' band until launching a solo career on Chess Records in 1954. Initially unsuccessful, he retired from music until 19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. Janua when fashions made him a reasonable draw in Europe, and he was able to record again, including a 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar session with Waters.
See also: Jimmie RodgersFor the singer of "Honeycomb", see Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer). Jimmie Rodgers ( September 8, 1897 May 26, 1933) James Charles "Jimmie" Rodgers was the first country music superstar. Rodgers, known as The Singing Brakeman and The Blue Yodeler was born in, the singing brakeman and Jimmie RodgersJames Frederick Rodgers (born September 18, 1933) is sometimes classed as a rock and roll singer, but his style was more typical of traditional pop music. Although he was not related to the above, it is possible that the younger Jimmie Rodgers was named f the 50s/ 60sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around pop singer.
Rogers, Jimmy
Rogers, Jimmy
Rogers, Jimmy
