James Witherspoon's "blues shouter" - fell out of fashion in the mid - 1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album: Video

James Witherspoon's "blues shouter" - fell out of fashion in the mid - 1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album: Video: James Witherspoon was an American blues singer. Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. Witherspoon made his first records with Jay McShann’s band in 1945. He first recorded under his own name in 1947 and two years later with the McShann band, he had his first hit, “Ain’t Nobody’s Business.” Another classic Witherspoon composition is “Times […]

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