• Willie Nix (August 6, 1922 – July 8, 1991) was an American Chicago blues singer and drummer, active in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1940s and 1950s. Nix...
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    with other blues artists in the Memphis area, including pianist Willie Love, Willie Nix, Junior Parker, Roscoe Gordon, Bobby "Blue" Bland and others.[citation...
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    changing the classic Memphis blues sound. Musicians such as Howlin' Wolf, Willie Nix, Ike Turner, and B. B. King performed on Beale Street and in West Memphis...
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  • American singer-songwriter born "Rosie Nix" Wendi Nix (born 1974), an American anchor and sports reporter for ESPN Willie Nix (died 1991), Blues drummer active...
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  • to Chicago), Willie Nix, Ike Turner, and B.B. King. Other Memphis blues musicians involved with Sun Records included Joe Hill Louis, Willie Johnson and...
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  • Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2020. Eder, Bruce. "Willie Nix: Biography". Allmusic.com. Retrieved November 10, 2011. "Fadoul biography"...
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    blues, like I say, he's the best." Wilkins formed the Three Aces with Willie Nix and Love in 1950 and rejoined Williamson at radio station KWEM, as a result...
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    Mullican Rose Murphy Jimmy Nelson Ricky Nelson Sandy Nelson Robert Nighthawk Willie Nix Jimmy Nolen Nervous Norvus Donald O'Conner St. Louis Jimmy Oden Odetta...
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  • included John Alexander, Bobby Bland, Junior Parker, B.B. King, Earl Forest, Willie Nix, and Rosco Gordon. Initially, they were not a formal band, but they played...
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  • Blind Willie Johnson "Volksmusik Medley" – Hans Glisha Orchestra "I Was There When It Happened" – Jimmie Davis "Try Me One Time" – Willie Nix "Ain't...
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  • the Planet of the Apes), emphysema. Geoff Love, 73, British composer. Willie Nix, 68, American blues singer and drummer. Prem Nath Wahi, 83, Indian pathologist...
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  • The company's blues roster grew further to include Lazy Bill Lucas and Willie Nix. Singer/guitarist Rudy Greene also recorded for Chance. Sheridan made...
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  • of B. B. King, Bobby Bland, Rosco Gordon, Junior Parker, Johnny Ace, Willie Nix, and Joe Hill Louis.  Duke Records was started in Memphis in 1952. Also...
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    Field News. Willie Banks at World Athletics Willie Banks at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived) William Augustus Banks III at Olympics.com Willie Banks at...
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  • Comes to See Me Sometimes)" – Joe Hill Louis – 3:03 "Baker Shop Boogie" – Willie Nix – 2:47 "Easy" – Big Walter Horton – 2:57 "Bear Cat" – Rufus Thomas – 2:51...
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    Blind Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American gospel blues singer and guitarist. His landmark recordings completed between...
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  • Chess label in January 1953, accompanied by Walter Horton (harmonica) and Willie Nix (drums), but his recordings, including "Eight Ball", were not released...
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  • Elgin Evans (tracks 4, 7, 11, 14 & 17), S.P. Leary (track 15 & 21), Willie Nix (tracks 9 & 22), Odie Payne (track 19) – drums Leonard Chess – bass drum...
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  • 1953, accompanied by Pinetop Perkins on piano, Earl Hooker on guitar and Willie Nix on drums, but like some of his earlier recordings, it was not released...
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  • released a classic single by another member of Sheridan's blues roster, Willie Nix. Although the more famous vocal groups, The Moonglows and The Flamingos...
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  • to finish fifth in Heisman Trophy voting behind Marvin Harrison Jr., Bo Nix, Michael Penix Jr., and eventual winner Jayden Daniels. Travis was selected...
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  • Sunder Lamont Nix (born December 2, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama) was a 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United...
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    Henricks, astronaut Patrick Higginbotham, judge Emery Nix, professional football player Willie Upshaw, professional baseball player William D. Wittliff...
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    The Great War, Woodbine Willie - The Soldiers' Poet, pp. 82–91, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 12 (2014) ISBN 978 0717 16234 5 Nix, Dayne Edward, "Moral Injury...
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    from Alabama. She had at least two brothers and a sister, Malissa Pridgett Nix. In February 1904, Ma Rainey married William "Pa" Rainey. She took on the...
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    running deer  Silver William Ellicott William Russell Lane-Joynt Charles Nix Ted Ranken 1908 London Shooting Men's team single-shot running deer  Bronze...
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    Bailey (guitar), Paul Goddard (bass), Dean Daughtry (keyboards), Robert Nix (drums) and J. R. Cobb (guitar). The band experienced its greatest chart...
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  • Love" (4:34) (Bishop) Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Champagne Jam" (4:33) (Buie/Nix/Cobb) .38 Special - "Hold On Loosely" (4:36) (Barnes/Peterik/Carlisi) Molly...
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  • Brandon Knight Mike Koplove Matthew LaPorta Lou Marson Blaine Neal Jayson Nix Nate Schierholtz Jeff Stevens Stephen Strasburg Taylor Teagarden Terry Tiffee...
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  • Sunder Nix Daniel O'Connor Vince O'Sullivan Doug Padilla Pete Pfitzinger Pat Porter Alberto Salazar Carl Schueler Steve Scott Calvin Smith Willie Smith...
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