Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
James Andrew Rushing, known as Jimmy Rushing, was an American blues shouter, balladeer, and swing jazz singer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth26 August 1901
CountryUnited States of America
tells
The blues tells a story in itself. It can make you happy or give you a feeling to swing.
names differences new-orleans
There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it.
rushing records typical
If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record.
came entertain liked none people
When it came to parties, we used to be like one big family. If one couldn't go, none of us would! People liked to entertain the band.