Thursday, May 27, 2010

It's the Birthday of Junior Parker

Junior Parker, who was also known as Little Junior Parker and "Mr Blues" was born on May 27, 1932, and he passed away on November 18, 1971.

He was a successful and influential Memphis blues singer and musician. He is best remembered for his unique voice which has been described as "honeyed," and "velvet-smooth". He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001.



2 comments:

Mike McLaren said...

He should have been inducted long before 2001.

Bluestone said...

Parker sounds a little like Marvin Gaye to me, especially the way he raps with that reminiscent tone.