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Big Bill Broonzy

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Real Name:William Lee Conley Broonzy
Profile:Born on June 26, 1883 in Scott County, Mississippi.
Died on August 15, 1958.

In the 1930’s Broonzy became known as one of the major artist on the Chicago Blues scene. During this time he performed with other top blues artists in Chicago such as l Memphis Minnie, Tampa Red, Jazz Gillum, Lonnie Johnson, and John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson.

In 1938, Broonzy performed at John Hammond’s famous Spiritual and Swing concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This was the first time that he had ever performed in front of a white audience. After the concert, people start calling him “Big Bill” Broonzy.

He was one of the best known blues players and recorded over 260 blues songs, including Feelin’ Low Down, Remember Big Bill, Make Me Getaway, and Big Bill Broonzy Sings Country Blues. His recording career spanned five long decades, as he traveled from Mississippi to Chicago and even to Europe, where he became well-known.

He died of throat cancer in 1958.
In 1980, he was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame.
In Groups:Big Bill And His Rhythm Band
Name Variations: All | Big Bill Broonzy | Big Bill | Bill Broonzy | Boonzy | Bronzy | Broonzy | W. Broonzy | William 'Big Bill' Broonzy | Willie Broonzy
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Releases:
Big Bill Broonzy (LP) Black And Blue  
Big Bill's Guitar Blues (7", Single) Columbia  
Mississippi River Blues (2xCD) History  
Shoo Blues / Big Bill's Boogie (Shellac, 10", Single) Columbia 1947
Big Bill Broonzy Sings The Blues (7") Columbia 1956
Studs Terkel's Weekly Almanac on Folk Music Blues on WFMT with Big Bill Broonzy and Pete Seeger (LP) Folkways Records 1956
Sings Folk Songs (LP) Folkways Records 1962
A Treasury Of Folk Music (LP) Design Records (2) 1966
The Young Big Bill Broonzy 1928-1935 (LP) Yazoo 1968
Hollerin' And Cryin' The Blues (LP) Disques Vogue 1980
Good Time Tonight (CD, Comp) Columbia 1990
1935-1940 (CD) Black And Blue 1991
An Evening With Big Bill Broonzy Vol. 1 (CD) Storyville 1991
Do That Guitar Rag: 1928 - 1935 (CD) Yazoo 1991
The Young Big Bill Broonzy 1928-1935 (CD, RE) Yazoo 1991
Big Bill Broonzy (CD) Round Midnight 1994
The Chronological Big Bill Broonzy : 1951-1952 (CD) Classics Records 2004
Appears On:
Aux Trois Mailletz (LP) All By Myself Polydor, Polydor  
Copulating Rhythm Volume One (LP) Honey, You're So Good ... Jass Records  
What Can I Do / Saturday Evening Blues (Shellac, 10", Single) Columbia  
Chris Barber At The London Palladium (LP) Too Many Drivers Music For Pleasure 1961
Bachelors' Paradise (LP) Romance In The Dark RCA Victor 1963
Blues Classics By Sonny Boy Williamson (LP) Blues Classics 1964
Country Blues Classics Volume One (LP) Brown Skin Girls Blues Classics 1965
The Story Of The Blues (2xLP, Mono) All By Myself Columbia 1969
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (2xLP) Key To The Highway ATCO Records 1970
Live At The Isle Of Wight (LP) Feel So Good Polydor (UK) 1971
Live Taste (LP) Feel So Good Part 1, F... Polydor (UK) 1971
Long Player (LP, Album) I Feel So Good Warner Bros. Records 1971
Romance In The Dark (LP) RCA Victor 1971
At His Best (2xLP) Key To The Highway RSO Records, Inc. 1972
The Great Blues Men (2xLP) Key To The Highway Vanguard 1972
Blueprint (LP, Album) Banker's Blues Polydor 1973
Copulatin' Blues Volume One (LP) Don't You Make Me High Stash Records 1976
"Sonny Boy" Williamson Vol.1 (LP) RCA 1978
Rock Rotation (LP, Comp) I Feel So Good Polydor 1978
Blueprint (LP, RE) Banker's Blues Chrysalis 1979
No Overdubs (LP, Album) Key To The Highway Kong Pære 1979
Streetwalking Blues (LP) New Shave 'Em Dry Stash Records 1979
Tattoo / Blueprint (2xLP, Album, RE) Intercord Tonträger GmbH 1979
Mean Mothers: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 1 (LP) Why Don't You Do Right? Rosetta Records 1980
Spirituals To Swing - Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938/39 (II) (LP) AMIGA 1980
Okeh Chicago Blues (2xLP) Good Doing Daddy, Bad ... Epic 1982
Viper Mad Blues (LP) Knockin' Myself Out Jass Records 1986
Crossroads (6xLP + Box) Key To The Highway Polydor (US), Polydor (US), Polydor (US), Polydor (US), Polydor (US), Polydor (US) 1988
Crossroads (4xCD) Key To The Highway Polydor (US), Polydor (US), Polydor (US), Polydor (US), Polydor (US), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. 1988
The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note In Black Music (3xCD) The Sun Gonna Shine In... RCA 1992
The Slide Guitar - Bottles, Knives & Steel Vol. 2 (CD, Mono, Comp, RM) Caught Us Doing It Columbia, Legacy 1993
Why Don't You Do Right? (1940-1942) (CD, Album) Blues Collection 1994
His Best (CD, RM) Key To The Highway Chess 1997
Chicago Blues 1940 - 1947 (2xCD) Delta Pine Blues, Satu... Frémeaux & Associés 1998
Roots Of Rock N' Roll 1947 Vol. 3 (2xCD, Comp) Polly Put Your Kettle On Frémeaux & Associés 1998
Aux Trois Mailletz (CD) All By Myself Universal Music (France) 2000
Indiscrimination (7", EP, RE) I Ain't Got No Home Blues From Holland 2000
Playin' In The Mudd (CD, Album) Key To The Highway Not On Label 2000
Slide Guitar Swing 1927 - 1938 (2xCD) Frémeaux & Associés 2002
Jazz Masters Of Acoustic Guitar (And Some Bluesmen Too) (CD) Hey Hey, Hey Hey Saga 2003
The Guitar Player (CD, Comp) Hey Bud Blues (live) Castle Music 2003
King Of Texas 1946 - 1952 (2xCD) Automobile Blues Frémeaux & Associés 2004
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal / The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940) (10xCD) Too-Too Train (1932),... Le Chant Du Monde 2004
Blues Travelling (CD) Get Back Agencja Artystyczna MTJ 2005
The Roots Of Hendrix (CD) Key To The Highway Mojo Magazine 2005
The Roots Of Bob Dylan (CD, Comp) When The Sun Goes Down... Mojo Magazine 2006
Complete Cadillac (2xCD, Comp) White, Brown And Black WEA, Warner Music Finland Oy 2007
Shuckin' Sugar (CD, Album) All By Myself Not On Label 2007
The Platinum Collection (CD, RM) Key To The Highway Warner Platinum 2007
Tracks Appear On:
New Deal Blues: 1933-1939 (LP) Dreamy Eyed Baby Mamlish  
Zeitklänge - Blues (CD, Enh) The Southern Blues Sondock Media Network  
The Country Blues (LP + Box) Key To The Highway RBF Records 1959
Original Gold Soul (2xLP) Trouble In Mind Mercury 1969
The Story Of The Blues (2xLP, Mono) All By Myself Columbia 1969
The Great Blues Men (2xLP) Louise, Louise Blues Vanguard 1972
Bluesmen 3 (LP) Guitar Shuffle Guimbarda 1979
Spirituals To Swing - Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938/39 (II) (LP) Done Got Wise, Louise,... AMIGA 1980
Blues History (4xCD, Comp) Little City Woman, Dig... Disky 1989
CMJ Presents Certain Damage! - Volume 29 (CD, Promo) I Could Hear My Name R... College Music Journal 1990
Blues Volume 1 (CD) Come Home Early Object Enterprises 1991
The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note In Black Music (3xCD) The Sun Gonna Shine In... RCA 1992
Le Monde Du Blues (CD) Merry Go Round Blues Sony Music Entertainment (France) 1997
Chicago Blues 1940 - 1947 (2xCD) Saturday Evening Blues Frémeaux & Associés 1998
Black To The Roots (CD, Smplr, Car) Get Black Polydor 1999
Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s 1926-1937 (CD, Comp, RM, Dig) How You Want It Done Old Hat Records 2002
Le Blues 1925 / 1952 (3xCD, Comp, Dig) Mr. Conductor Man Body & Soul 2002
All The Blues (CD) Ridin' On Down Forever Gold 2003
In God's Country (CD) How You Want It Done Uncut Magazine 2003
Intolerable Cruelty (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD) Glory Of Love Hip-O Records 2003
Jazz Masters Of Acoustic Guitar (And Some Bluesmen Too) (CD) Hey Hey Saga 2003
Good Mornin', Blues - The Legendary Bluesmen (CD) I Can't Be Satisfied Sanctuary Records 2004
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal - The Story Of Vocal Jazz - Part 2 (1941 - 1953) (10xCD) I Feel So Good (1941)... Le Chant Du Monde 2004
L'Histoire Du Jazz Vocal / The Story Of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 (1911 - 1940) (10xCD) Too-Too Train (1932),... Le Chant Du Monde 2004
Beginner's Guide To The Blues (3xCD + Box) Key To The Highway Nascente 2005
The Rolling Stones: The Devil's Jukebox (CD) Key To The Highway Uncut Magazine 2005
The Roots Of Hendrix (CD) Key To The Highway Mojo Magazine 2005
The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Box, 168) 1932-1946 Membran Music Ltd. 2005
The Ultimate Jazz Archive - Set 11/42 (4xCD) Too Too Train Blues (... Membran Music Ltd. 2005
Collected Blues Songs - Pickin' Cotton And Blues Boy!!! (CD) Baby Please Don't Go Disky 2006
The Roots Of Bob Dylan (CD, Comp) When The Sun Goes Down... Mojo Magazine 2006
Soul & Fire (CD, Album) Glory Of Love Uncut Magazine 2007
The Early Blues Roots Of Led Zeppelin (CD, Album) Truckin' Little Woman Snapper Music 2007
When The Levee Breaks - 15 Classic Tracks That Inspired Led Zeppelin (CD, Comp) Trucking Little Woman Uncut Magazine 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Bones And Jones (CD, Comp) Tell Me Baby Triangle Records (3) 1990

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