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- NAME: Little Walter
- OCCUPATION: Singer
- BIRTH DATE: May 01, 1930
- DEATH DATE: February 15, 1968
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Marksville, Louisiana
- PLACE OF DEATH: Chicago, Illinois
- Originally: Marion Walter Jacobs
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Little Walter was a blues singer and harmonica virtuoso, one of the most influential harmonica improvisers of the late 20th century.
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Little Walter played in Muddy Waters' band, and after his 1952 harmonica solo “Juke” became popular, he successfully led his own bands, becoming one of the major figures in postwar Chicago blues. Influenced by guitarists as well as by senior harmonica players, he brought a singular variety of phrasing to the blues harmonica and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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