Arthur Crudup
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| Arthur Crudup | ||
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| Also known as | Big Boy | |
| Born | August 24 1905 | |
| Died | March 28 1976 (aged 70) | |
| Type(s) of music | Blues | |
| Years active | 1939 - 1976 | |
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1976) was a delta blues singer and guitarist. He wrote songs that Elvis Presley later sang.
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[change] Life and career
[change] Early life
Crudup was born in Forest, Mississippi and worked as a migrant worker until he and his family went back to Mississippi in 1926.
[change] Early career
Crudup sang gospel music and blues music. He played in a band called the Harmonizing Four in 1939. A record producer called Lester Melrose got him work with Bluebird label.
[change] Later career
Crudup stopped recording in the 1950s. His last Chicago recording was in 1951, he also recorded in 1952-54 for a radio station called WGST in Atlanta. [1]. In the 1960s he started recording again with Fire Records and Delmark Records.
[change] Later life
In the mid 60s, Crudup went back to working as a farmer in Virginia, where he lived with his family: his three sons and several of his own siblings.
[change] Death
He died because of heart disease and diabetes. He died in the Nassawadox hospital in Northampton County, Virginia, also on the Eastern Shore in 1976.
[change] References
- ↑ Groom, Bob, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Complete Recorded Works Vol.3 (11 March 1949 to 15 January 1952) DOCD-5203, Document Records, 1993.
[change] Other websites
- Biography of Arthur Crudup
- Biography of Arthur Crudup
- Biography, links and song extracts
- Biographical data on Arthur Crudup]
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| Subgenres | Boogie-woogie - Classic female blues - Country blues - Delta blues - Electric blues - Fife and drum blues - Jump blues - Piano blues |
| Mixes | Blues-rock - Jazz blues - Punk blues - Soul blues |
| Regional genres | British blues - Canadian blues - Chicago blues - Detroit blues - East Coast blues - Kansas City blues - Louisiana blues - Memphis blues - New Orleans blues - Piedmont blues - St. Louis blues - Swamp blues - Texas blues - West Coast blues |
| Related topics | Blues genres - Blues musicians - Blues scale - Jug band - Origins |
