| LC control no. | n 86857371 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Horton, Big Walter |
| Variant(s) | Horton, Walter Horton, Shakey Horton, Mumbles Horton, Tangle Eye Big Walter, 1921-1981 Mumbles (Musician) |
| See also | Corporate body: Jimmy and Walter Corporate body: Chicago Blues All Stars |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Birth date | 1921-04-06 |
| Death date | 1981-12-08 |
| Place of birth | Horn Lake (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Harmonica players |
| Found in | Old friends, together for the first time [SR] p1981: container (Big Walter Horton, vocals and harmonica; Walter Horton) OCLC 13682038 (hdg.: Horton, Big Walter, 1918- ) American folk blues festival '70: container (Shakey Horton, blues harp) Encyclopedia of the blues, 1992 (Horton, Big Walter, sometimes known as Shakey Horton or Mumbles, 1918-1981) The roots of the blues, p1977: container (Katie left Memphis, Tangle Eye) Bluesnet web site, Jan. 4, 2002: (Big Walter Horton; aka Shakey Walter Horton, Mumbles, Tangle Eye) Cotton patch hot foot [SR] p1973 label (Walter "Mumbles" Horton) container (Shakey; Mumbles; Tangle Eye) Wikipedia, Mar. 30, 2012 (Big Walter Horton; Walter Horton; Walter "Shakey" Horton; b. Apr. 6, 1917, Horn Lake, Miss., d. Dec. 8, 1981, Chicago, Ill.; American blues harmonica player) Oxford music online, Mar. 30, 2012: Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Horton, Walter; aka "Shakey", "Mumbles", and "Big Walter"; b. Apr. 6, 1918, Horn Lake, Miss., d. Dec. 8, 1981, Chicago, Ill.; harmonica player) Electric blues 1939-2005 : the definitive collection. Part 2, 1954-1967, p2011: container (Big Walter) booklet (Big Walter Horton; Walter Horton; born April 6, 1917, in Horn Lake, Mississippi; grew up in Memphis; nicknames "Shakey" and "Mumbles"; recorded with Jimmy DeBerry as Jimmy & Walter; died December 8, 1981 in Chicago) Mouth harp maestro, ℗1988: label (Walter "Mumbles" Horton) insert (born April 6, 1918, Horn Lake, Desoto County, Mississippi; died December 8, 1981, Chicago; credited as "Mumbles" on discs released by Modern in 1951) The Blues Foundation WWW site, April 13, 2017 (Big Walter Horton; born April 6, 1921 (the date officially confirmed by Mississippi's Vital Records office) near Horn Lake, Mississippi; some of his early records appeared under the name "Mumbles", and some later discs were credited to "Shakey" Horton; other nicknames included "Tangle Eye" and "Shakey Head"; joined the Muddy Waters band in Chicago in 1953; also toured and recorded with Willie Dixon's Chicago Blues All Stars; died December 8, 1981, Chicago) <https://blues.org/blues_hof_inductee/big-walter-horton/> Wikipedia, April 13, 2017 (Big Walter Horton; Walter Horton, better known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter "Shakey" Horton; born April 6, 1921, Horn Lake, Mississippi; died December 8, 1981, Chicago, Illinois; American blues harmonica player) |
| Not found in | Social Security death index, Mar. 30, 2012 |
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