Memphis Slim

Aliases: Fraser
L.C. Frazier
Memphis Slim and His House Rockers
Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
Memphis Slim and The House Rockers
Peter Chatman
Real name: John Len Chatman
Born: September 3, 1915
Died: February 24, 1988
Country: United States
IPI: 00005956285 14 works
00010803829 2 works
00020440933 4 works
00039755743 3 works
Affiliation: SACEM
Comments: Blues and boogie-woogie pianist and vocalist
Related: Booker T. Laury Friend and collaborator

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	Beer Drinking Woman	Memphis Slim	December 13, 1940	(5 artists)
	Built for Comfort	Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim	March 1960	(46 artists)
	Churnin Man Blues	Memphis Slim	1963	René Alonzo
	Don't You Tell Nobody	Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim	March 1960	Rod Stewart
	Four Walls	Memphis Slim	April 1961	Franck L. Goldwasser
	Good Understanding	Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim	March 1960	(4 artists)
	Harlem Bound	Memphis Slim	June 1948	(10 artists)
	I'm Crying	Memphis Slim and The House Rockers	July 1951	Bill and Loretta with The Saddlemen
	I'm Lost Without You	Memphis Slim	1962	(7 artists)
	Lend Me Your Love	Memphis Slim	1942	Eddie Burns with Jimmy Burns
	Life Is Like That	Memphis Slim	June 1948	Whitey Johnson
	Lonesome	Memphis Slim	April 1961	(4 artists)
	Lost My Boogie	Memphis Slim	2007	Missing information
	Messin' Around	Memphis Slim and His House Rockers	April 1948	(7 artists)
	Mother Earth	Memphis Slim and The House Rockers	January 1951	(27 artists)
	My One Room Cabin	Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim	1964	Hojas Blues Band
	Nervous	Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim	March 1960	André van Duin
	Rockin' the House	Memphis Slim	May 1947	(11 artists)
	Sittin' and Cryin' the Blues	Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim	March 1960	(3 artists)
i	Steppin' Out	Memphis Slim	October 1959	(8 artists)
	That's My Baby	Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim	March 1960	Climax Blues Band
	The Come Back	Memphis Slim and His House Rockers	July 1953	(10 artists)
	Whiskey Drinking Man	Memphis Slim	1968	Good Morning Blues
	Wish Me Well	Memphis Slim	1959	Lacy Gibson with The Chicago Fire Band

Covers by Memphis Slim

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	44 Blues	Memphis Slim	1959	Roosevelt Sykes
	All by Myself	Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1962	Big Bill
	Angel Child	Memphis Slim & The House Rockers	October 1949	Walter Davis
	Big Legged Woman	Memphis Slim	1964	Johnny Temple
i	Cow Cow Blues	Memphis Slim	1959	Charles Davenport
	Fattening Frogs for Snakes	Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim	1964	Virginia Liston - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams, Bumble Bee Slim, Ben Smith Quartet, Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
i	Four O'Clock Blues	Memphis Slim	1959	Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds
i	Frankie and Johnny Boogie	Memphis Slim	1963	The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
	Goin' Down Slow	Memphis Slim	1964	St. Louis Jimmy
	I Feel So Good	Memphis Slim	1963	Big Bill
	I'm Going to Kansas City	Memphis Slim	1971	Little Willie Littlefield
	I'm on My Way	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1960	Bo Weavil Jackson
	In the Evening	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1962	Leroy Carr
	Jacob's Ladder	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1960	(unknown)
	Mean Mistreatin' Mama	Memphis Slim	1964	Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
	Midnight Special	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1960	Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
	Mistake in Life	Memphis Slim	March 1946	Honey Dripper
	Nine Below Zero	Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim	1964	Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
	Nobody Loves Me	Memphis Slim & The House Rockers	October 1949	Pine Top Covered by (139 artists)
	Oh Mary Don't You Weep	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1960	Fisk University Male Quartette
	Pretty Polly	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1960	(unknown)
	Rock Me Baby	Memphis Slim	1964	Curtis Jones, Li'l Son Jackson, B.B. King
i	Summertime	Memphis Slim	1989	Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Helen Jepson REL
	T.B. Blues	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1962	Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
	T for Texas	Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	March 1962	Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
	The Skies Is Crying	Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim	1964	Elmo James and His Broomdusters
i	Trouble in Mind	Memphis Slim	1959	Thelma La Vizzo
	Worried Man Blues	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1960	(unknown), The Carter Family
	Your Funeral and My Trial	Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim	1964	Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]

Songs written by Memphis Slim

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Beer Drinking Woman	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	October 30, 1940	Covered by (5 artists)
Churnin Man	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	1963	Covered by René Alonzo
Four Walls	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	April 1961	Covered by Franck L. Goldwasser
Harlem Bound	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	March 1947	Covered by (10 artists)
I'm Crying	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim and The House Rockers	July 1951	Covered by Bill and Loretta with The Saddlemen
I'm Lost Without You	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	1962	Covered by (7 artists)
Lend Me Your Love	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	December 4, 1941	Covered by Eddie Burns with Jimmy Burns
Life Is Like That	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	March 1947	Covered by Whitey Johnson
Lonesome	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	April 1961	Covered by (4 artists)
Lost My Boogie	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	2007	Missing information
Mother Earth	Lewis Simpkins, Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim and The House Rockers	March 1950	Covered by (27 artists)
Rockin' the House	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	October 1946	Covered by (11 artists)
Steppin' Out	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	October 1959	Covered by (8 artists)
The Come Back	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim and His House Rockers	June 29, 1953	Covered by (10 artists)
Whiskey Drinking Man	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	1968	Covered by Good Morning Blues
Wish Me Well	Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	1959	Covered by Lacy Gibson with The Chicago Fire Band

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Nobody Loves Me	Memphis Slim	Every Day I Have the Blues	Memphis Slim & The House Rockers	Covered by (139 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
All Kinds of Blues	Memphis Slim	1963	Prestige Bluesville
Alone with My Friends	Memphis Slim	1963	Battle
Aux Trois Mailletz	Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1962	Polydor
Live in Paris, 1963	Memphis Slim	1989	France's Concert
Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon at the Village Gate	Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	March 1962	Folkways
Memphis Slim at The Gate of Horn	Memphis Slim	1959	Vee-Jay
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1960	Folkways
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Vol. 2	Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon	1962	Folkways
Rock Me Baby!	Memphis Slim	1971	Black Lion
Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim	Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim	1964	Vogue
Steady Rolling Blues - The Blues of Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	1964	Prestige Bluesville
The Great Memphis Slim	Memphis Slim	1968	America Records
The Real Boogie Woogie	Memphis Slim	1959	Folkways
The World's Foremost Blues Singer	Memphis Slim	1962	Strand [US]
Willie's Blues	Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim	March 1960	Prestige Bluesville

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Angel Child	Memphis Slim & The House Rockers	October 1949	Miracle [US1]
Beer Drinking Woman	Memphis Slim	December 13, 1940	Bluebird
Don't Think You're Smart	Memphis Slim	1942	Bluebird
Four Walls	Memphis Slim	April 1961	Strand [US]
Harlem Bound	Memphis Slim	June 1948	Miracle [US1]
Midnight Jump	Memphis Slim and His House Rockers	April 1948	Miracle [US1]
Mistake in Life	Memphis Slim	March 1946	Melody Lane Record Shop
Mother Earth	Memphis Slim and The House Rockers	January 1951	Premium
Rockin' the House	Memphis Slim	May 1947	Miracle [US1]
Steppin' Out	Memphis Slim	October 1959	Vee-Jay
The Come Back	Memphis Slim and His House Rockers	July 1953	United [US1]
Tia Juana	Memphis Slim and The House Rockers	July 1951	Premium

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