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Jimmy McCracklin
voc, 1921-2012 US, St. Louis
Singer / Musician / Composer / Songwriter of Blues and R&B/Soul
A.k.a. James David Walker
Jimmy McCracklin (August 13, 1921 – December 20, 2012) was an American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. His style contained West Coast blues, Jump blues, and R&B. Over a career that spanned seven decades, he said he had written almost a thousand songs and had recorded hundreds of them. McCracklin recorded over 30 albums, and earned four gold records. Tom Mazzolini of the San Francisco Blues Festival said of him, "He was probably the most important musician to come out of the Bay Area in the post-World War II years."
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Popular Tracks 
The Walk on I Had To Get With It: The Best Of The Imperial & Minit Years by Jimmy McCracklin The Walk on Hits That Jumped! by Various Artists The Walk on Blues Legend by Jimmy McCracklin Let's Do It (The Chicken Scratch) [Mercury 71516] on R&B Humdingers Volume 13 by Various Artists Georgia Slop on Visit Georgia by Various Artists Think on I Had To Get With It: The Best Of The Imperial & Minit Years by Jimmy McCracklin Everybody Rock on Spotlight on Jimmy McCracklin by Various Artists That's The Way (It Goes) on I Had To Get With It: The Best Of The Imperial & Minit Years by Jimmy McCracklin Get Back on I Had To Get With It: The Best Of The Imperial & Minit Years by Jimmy McCracklin He Knows the Rules on Trottin' with Jimmy McCracklin by Jimmy McCracklinTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hear My Story | Jimmy McCracklin | 2017 | Compil. |
| The Wobble / Doomed Lover | Jimmy McCracklin | 2016 | Single |
| Blues Blasters Boogie - Selected Classic Sides 1945-1955 | Jimmy McCracklin | 2013 | Compil. |
| The Chronological Jimmy McCracklin 1948-1951 | Jimmy McCracklin | 2004 | Compil. |
| The Chronological Jimmy McCracklin 1945-1948 | Jimmy McCracklin | 2003 | Compil. |
| Jimmy's Blues 1945-1951 | Jimmy McCracklin | 2003 | Compil. |
| Tell It To The Judge! | Jimmy McCracklin | 1999 | Album |
| The Walk: Jimmy McCracklin at His Best by Jimmy McCracklin (CD, Feb-1997,... | Jimmy McCracklin | 1997 | Compil. |
| A Taste Of The Blues | Jimmy McCracklin | 1994 | Album |
| The Mercury Recordings | Jimmy McCracklin | 1992 | Compil. |
| Every Body Rock - Let's Do It | Jimmy McCracklin | 1991 | Compil. |
| My Story | Jimmy McCracklin | 1991 | Album |
| Savoys Jump/Moonrise | Jimmy McCracklin, Rene Harris and the Terrans | 1991 | Single |
| Roots Of Rhythm & Blues | Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten | 1990 | Compil. |
| Same Lovin' | Jimmy McCracklin | 1989 | Album |
| Everybody Rock! The Best Of Jimmy McCracklin | Jimmy McCracklin | 1989 | Compil. |
| Jimmy McCracklin | Jimmy McCracklin | 1989 | Album |
| Blast 'Em Dead! | Jimmy McCracklin | 1987 | Compil. |
| It's Not The Right Thing | Jimmy McCracklin | 1986 | Single |
| Same Lovin' | Jimmy McCracklin | 1986 | Single |
| Blues & Soul | Jimmy McCracklin | 1986 | Compil. |
| You Deceived Me (Jimmy McCracklin Sings The Blues) | Jimmy McCracklin | 1985 | Compil. |
| All Shucks | Jimmy McCracklin | 1984 | Single |
| The Walk / Poison Ivy | Jimmy McCracklin / Willie Mabon | 1984 | Single |
| The Best Of Jimmy McCracklin With Lafayette Thomas | Jimmy McCracklin With Lafayette Thomas | 1984 | Compil. |
| Tin Pan Alley / Just Got To Know | Little Milton / Jimmy McCracklin | 1984 | Single |
| Blasting The Blues | Jimmy McCracklin | 1983 | Album |
| Baby If We Touch / Susie And Pat | Shakin' Stevens / Jimmy McCracklin | 1980 | Single |
| Twist | Jimmy McCracklin | 1977 | Album |
| Yesterday Is Gone | Jimmy McCracklin | 1972 | Album |
| Yesterday Is Gone | Jimmy McCracklin | 1972 | Album |
| Color My Soul | Ike & Tina Turner, Fats Domino, The Isley Brothers, Jimmy McCracklin, The O'Jays | 1970 | Compil. |
| Believe Me / I Never Thought | Jimmy McCracklin | 1970 | Single |
| Stick To My Kind / I Just Live By The Rules | Jimmy McCracklin | 1970 | Single |
| I Had To Get With It | Jimmy McCracklin | 1970 | Single |
| What's Going On / Drown In My Own Tears | Jimmy McCracklin | 1969 | Single |
| The Stinger Man | Jimmy McCracklin | 1969 | Album |
| Let's Get Together | Jimmy McCracklin | 1968 | Album |
| Pretty Little Sweet Thing | Jimmy McCracklin | 1968 | Single |
| Love, Love, Love / Married Life | Jimmy McCracklin | 1968 | Single |
| Get Together / How You Like Your Love | Jimmy McCracklin | 1968 | Single |
| The Best Of Jimmy McCracklin | Jimmy McCracklin | 1967 | Compil. |
| Dog | Jimmy McCracklin | 1967 | Single |
| Let The Door Hit You / This Thing | Jimmy McCracklin | 1967 | Single |
| It's Got To Be Love / Sorry | Jimmy McCracklin | 1966 | Single |
| My Answer | Jimmy McCracklin | 1966 | Album |
| New Soul Of Jimmy McCracklin | Jimmy McCracklin | 1966 | Album |
| Something That Belongs To Me / Come On Home | Jimmy McCracklin | 1966 | Single |
| These Boots Are Made For Walkin' | Jimmy McCracklin | 1966 | Single |
| Beulah / My Answer | Jimmy McCracklin | 1965 | Single |
| Every Night, Every Day | Jimmy McCracklin | 1965 | Single |
| Think | Jimmy McCracklin | 1965 | Album |
| Every Night, Every Day | Jimmy McCracklin | 1965 | Album |
| Think / Steppin' Up In Class | Jimmy McCracklin | 1965 | Single |
| I'll See It Through / That's The Way (It Goes) | Jimmy McCracklin | 1965 | Single |
| Arkansas (Part 1) / Arkansas (Part 2) | Jimmy McCracklin | 1965 | Single |
| Every Night, Every Day | Jimmy McCracklin | 1965 | Single |
| I Did Wrong / Some-one | Jimmy McCracklin | 1964 | Single |
| Believe In Me | Jimmy McCracklin | 1964 | Single |
| Best Of The Blues Vol. 1 | Jimmy McCracklin, T-Bone Walker, Charles Brown | 1964 | Compil. |
| The Bitter And The Sweet / Just Pretending | Jimmy McCracklin | 1963 | Single |
| I Just Gotta Know | Jimmy McCracklin | 1963 | Album |
| Looking For A Woman / Sooner Or Later | Jimmy McCracklin | 1963 | Single |
| Advice / No No | Jimmy McCracklin | 1963 | Single |
| I Just Got To Know / I Don't Care | Jimmy McCracklin | 1963 | Single |
| I'm Gonna Tell Your Mother / I Got Eyes For You | Jimmy McCracklin | 1962 | Single |
| Shame, Shame, Shame / I'm The One | Jimmy McCracklin | 1962 | Single |
| Jimmy McCracklin Sings | Jimmy McCracklin | 1962 | Album |
| Bitter Pill / Head Over Flip | Jimmy McCracklin | 1962 | Single |
| That's No Big Thing / Susie And Pat | Jimmy McCracklin | 1962 | Single |
| One Track Love | Jimmy McCracklin | 1962 | Single |
| Jimmy McCracklin | Jimmy McCracklin | 1962 | Single |
| Twist | Jimmy McCracklin | 1961 | Album |
| Christmas Time Pt. 1 / Christmas Time Pt. 2 | Jimmy McCracklin | 1961 | Single |
| Club Savoy / My Life | Jimmy McCracklin | 1961 | Single |
| I Know / Later On | Jimmy McCracklin | 1961 | Single |
| The Drag / Just Got To Know | Jimmy McCracklin | 1961 | Single |
| Things I Meant To Say / Here Today And Gone Tomorrow | Jimmy McCracklin | 1960 | Single |
| Jimmy McCracklin | Jimmy McCracklin | 1960 | Single |
| By Myself / Doomed Lover | Jimmy McCracklin | 1960 | Single |
| The Bridge / What's That (Pt. 1) | Jimmy McCracklin | 1960 | Single |
| Georgia Slop / Let's Do It (The Chicken Scratch) | Jimmy McCracklin | 1959 | Single |
| The Wobble / With Your Love | Jimmy McCracklin | 1959 | Single |
| Get Tough / Everybody Rock | Jimmy McCracklin | 1958 | Single |
| You're The One / No Good | Jimmy McCracklin | 1956 | Single |
| That Ain't Right / Gonna Tell Your Mother | Jimmy McCracklin | 1955 | Album |
| My Days Are Limited / She's Gone | Jimmy McCracklin, The Jimmy McCracklin Orchestra | 1952 | Album |
| You Deceived Me / Blunston's Boogie | Jimmy McCracklin / David Blunston | 1947 | Album |
| Miss Mattie Left Me / Mean Mistreated Lover | Jimmy McCracklin | 1945 | Album |
| Baby Don't You Want To Go / Highway 101 | Jimmy McCracklin | 1945 | Album |
| DJ Promo Maxi E.P, - Various | Howlin' Wolf / Paul Gayten / Jimmy McCracklin / Woody Herman | Single | |
| The Walk / Cops And Robbers | Jimmy McCracklin / Bo Diddley | Single | |
| "The Rockin' Man" Sings His Early Stuff! | Jimmy McCracklin | Compil. | |
| Give Me Your Number / I Found That Woman | Jimmy McCracklin | Single | |
| Let's Do It All / Just Like It Is | Jimmy McCracklin | Single | |
| Just Got To Know / I Did Wrong | Jimmy McCracklin | Single | |
| Looking For A Woman | Jimmy McCracklin | Single | |
| Bad Condition Blues / Blues Blasters Shuffle | Jimmy McCracklin | Album | |
| No One To Love Me | Jimmy McCracklin | Single | |
| The Walk / You Can't Sit Down | Jimmy McCracklin / Phil Upchurch Combo | Single |
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