Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
Person from United States
Genres: jazz, swing, vocal jazz, blues, classic jazz, blues shouter
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About Jimmy Rushing
James Andrew (Jimmy) Rushing (August 26, 1901 - June 8, 1972) was an American blues shouter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927, then joined Bennie Moten's band in 1929. He stayed with the successor Count Basie band when Moten died in 1935. When the Basie band broke up in 1950 he briefly retired, then formed his own group. His build earned him a nickname and a signature song, "Mr. Five by Five" ("he's five feet tall and he's five feet wide"). His best known recordings are probably those of "Going to Chicago" with Basie and "Harvard Blues" with the famous saxophone solo by Don Byas. George Frazier, author of "Harvard Blues", called Rushing's distinctive voice, "a magnificent gargle". He died of leukemia in 1972 in New York City.
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Jimmy Rushing — Top 30 songs of 56
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
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| Jimmy Rushing | All By Myself | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Evenin | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | How Long How Long Blues | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Goin' to Chicago | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | I'm Walking Through Heaven | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Evenin' | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Roll'em Pete | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Sent for You Yesterday | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Trav'lin' Light | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Goin' To Chicago | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | See See Rider | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | For the Good of Your Country [2TaC] | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Don't Cry Baby | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Good Morning Blues | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | It's Hard To Laugh Or Smile | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | See See Rider | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | You're My Thrill | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Pretty Little Baby | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Pennies from Heaven | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | For the Good of Your Country | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | If This Ain't the Blues | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | You Can't Run Around | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Fool'S Blues (1950) | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Do You Wanna Jump Children | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Ain't Nobody's Business | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Jimmy Rushing - River Stay Away From My Door | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Everybody Loves My Baby | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Leave me | ||
| Jimmy Rushing | Rock and roll |