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Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon (born July 1, 1915, Vicksburg, Miss., U.S.-died Jan. 29, 1992, Burbank, Calif.) was a U.S. musician who influenced the emergence of electric blues and rock music. In 1936 Dixon moved from his native Mississippi to Chicago, won an Illinois Golden Gloves boxing championship, and began selling his songs. He played double bass in several bands before joining Chess Records. His lively compositions, which he sold for as little as $30, included “Little Red Rooster Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Spoonful
99548
2Back Door Man
89866
3I Can't Quit You Baby
79678
4You Shook Me
67606
5The Seventh Son
51890
6The Little Red Rooster
46229
7I Ain't Superstitious
45879
829 Ways
42718
9Walking The Blues
41099
10Little Red Rooster
39745

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