Big Mama Thornton

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Big Mama Thornton (Willie Mae Thornton, December 11, 1926, Montgomery, AL - July 25, 1984, Los Angeles, CA) was an American blues musician. Her introduction to music, as with most fellow blues legends, started in the Baptist church. The daughter of a minister, she and her six siblings began to sing at a very early age. While still a child, Willie Mae taught herself to play the drums and harmonica, and by the age of 14, she had run away from home to make her career in secular music. She joined Sammy Green's "Hot Harlem Revue" and toured throu...read more

Key to the highway Let that liar alone Come in Instrumental My man Mighty crazy Wand dang doodle Hey bartender Saint james infirmary Introduction Swing home big mama Everybody Live Mother in law The natural facts Stage banter He walks right in Hound dog alternate take Red dress Mystery train Nobody know nobody care Baby please Big bad bill is sweet william now Four or five times All over this world Hard luck and worry

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