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Memphis Slim

p, voc, 1915-1988 US, Memphis, Tennessee
Singer / Musician / Composer of Blues
A.k.a. John 'Peter' Chatman L.C. Frazier Leroy (39) Peter Chatman

American blues pianist, singer, and composer. Born John Len Chatman in Memphis, he adopted his father's name Peter, who was a blues musician. He moved to Chicago in the 1930s where he was mentored by Big Bill Broonzy, and began cutting sides as a leader in 1939 for Okeh and Bluebird (3). Although performed under the name Memphis Slim, he published songs that he had written under the name L.C. Frazier. His prolific recording career also included sides for Peacock Records, Chess, and Vee Jay Records, among many other labels. He moved to Paris in 1961, living there until his death in 1988. Born: September 3, 1915 (Memphis, Tennessee) Died: February 24, 1988 (Paris, France)

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Vocals
  • Organ
Genres
  • Blues
  • Jazz
  • R&B/Soul
Popular Tracks   
Steppin' Out on At The Gate Of Horn by Memphis Slim
Go Easy on Music For The Soul Vol 3 by Various Artists
Lonesome on 20 Chicago Blues Classics by Memphis Slim
Mother Earth on Memphis Slim by Memphis Slim
Ballin' The Jack on The Bluesman by Memphis Slim
Frankie And Johnny Boogie on All Kinds Of Blues by Memphis Slim
Nervous on Music For The Soul Vol 3 by Various Artists
Beer Drinkin' Woman - Remastered on The Bluebird Recordings 1940 - 1941 by Memphis Slim
Everyday (I Have The Blues) on The Sonet Blues Story by Memphis Slim
Memphis Boogie on Travelling With The Blues by Memphis Slim

Track list and 30sec audio provided by


Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Live In Paris 27 Mai 1961Memphis Slim2018Album
The International Playboy Of The Blues (1948-1960) From Chicago To London, All The R&B Hits ... And MoreMemphis Slim2018Compil.
Steady Rolling Blues: The Blues Of Memphis SlimMemphis Slim2018Album
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim2017Album
The Honky Tonk Sound: Heritage Series Vol. 2Memphis Slim2016Single
Four Classic Albums PlusMemphis Slim2014Compil.
The BluesMemphis Slim2013Compil.
Willie's BluesWillie Dixon Featuring Memphis Slim2013Compil.
Piano Blues Supreme 1940-1961Memphis Slim2012Compil.
Boogie After MidnightMemphis Slim2012Compil.
Two Of The Same KindMemphis Slim, Alexis Korner2012Album
The Blues LegendJohn Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Leadbelly, Memphis Slim2011Compil.
Blues GreatsMemphis Slim2011Compil.
1940-1960Memphis Slim2011Compil.
Memphis BluesMemphis Slim2008Album
Blues MastersMemphis Slim2008Compil.
Legend Of The Blues Volume 1Memphis Slim2008Compil.
4.00 BluesMemphis Slim2008Compil.
USA 1961Memphis Slim2008Album
Chicago BluesMemphis Slim2007Album
Boogie For 2 Pianos - Vol. 2 - Club RecordingsMemphis Slim, Jean-Paul Amouroux2007Album
Blues LegendsMemphis Slim2007Compil.
Blue This EveningMemphis Slim2006Album
I Am The BluesMemphis Slim2006Compil.
Rockin' This House (Chicago Blues Piano 1946-1953)Memphis Slim, Roosevelt Sykes, Eddie Boyd2006Compil.
The BluesmanMemphis Slim2006Album
Bluesingly YoursMemphis Slim & Mickey Baker2006Album
Going Back To TennesseeMemphis Slim2006Album
Very Much Alive And In MontreuxMemphis Slim2006Album
Lonely NightsMemphis Slim2005Compil.
Born With The BluesMemphis Slim2005Compil.
Worried Life BluesMemphis Slim2005Compil.
Blues Archive - The Story Of The Blues Chapter 7Memphis Slim2004Compil.
Paris Mississippi BluesMemphis Slim2004Compil.
Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson Live In EuropeMemphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson2004Album
Grinder Man BluesMemphis Slim2004Compil.
I'll Just Keep On Singin' The BluesMemphis Slim2003Album
Jazz & Blues MastersMemphis Slim2002Compil.
I Feel So GoodMemphis Slim2002Compil.
Mp3 CollectionMemphis Slim2002Album
Blues LegendsMemphis Slim2002Compil.
Empty Room BluesMemphis Slim2002Compil.
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim2002Album
Ambassador of the BluesMemphis Slim2002Compil.
The Greatest Hits of Memphis SlimMemphis Slim2002Compil.
Blues Café Presents Memphis SlimMemphis Slim2002Album
The Ultimate Memphis Slim Hits CollectionMemphis Slim2002Compil.
The Essential MastersMemphis Slim2001Compil.
Blue And LonesomeMemphis Slim2001Compil.
Ambassador Of The BluesMemphis Slim2001Compil.
Have I Got Blues For YouMemphis Slim2001Album
Blues At MidnightMemphis Slim2001Compil.
The Complete Recordings Vol. 3Memphis Slim2001Compil.
Messing AroundMemphis Slim2000Compil.
The Folkways Years 1959-1973Memphis Slim2000Compil.
Live At The Hot ClubMemphis Slim1999Album
I Am The BluesMemphis Slim1999Compil.
Every Day I Have The BluesMemphis Slim1999Compil.
The Bluebird Recordings 1940-1941Memphis Slim1997Compil.
Born With The BluesMemphis Slim1997Album
Confessing The Blues Featuring John Lee HookerJohn Lee Hooker, Roy Gaines, Memphis Slim1997Compil.
Live At The Caveau De La Huchette, Paris, 1977Memphis Slim, Michel Denis1996Album
Slim's BoogieMemphis Slim1995Album
Chicago Blues Masters Volume One: Muddy Waters & Memphis SlimMuddy Waters / Memphis Slim1995Compil.
Modern Time - Deluxe Collector's EditionMemphis Slim1995Compil.
The Complete Recordings 1940 - 1941Memphis Slim1993Compil.
Memphis Slim Plays Classical American Music: The BluesMemphis Slim1993Album
Blues LegendsLittle Walter, Memphis Slim, Sleepy John Estes, Sunnyland Slim1993Compil.
1960 London SessionsMemphis Slim1993Album
Born With The Blues (Collection Blues)Memphis Slim1993Album
At Ronnie Scott's, LondonMemphis Slim With Paul Jones And Slim Gaillard1993Album
Steppin' out, Live at Ronnie Scott's, LondonMemphis Slim1993Album
Boogie Woogie For 2 PianosMemphis Slim, Jean-Paul Amouroux1992Album
Memphis BluesMemphis Slim1992Album
Memphis BluesMemphis Slim1992Album
Beer Drinkin' WomanMemphis Slim1992Album
You Got To Help Me SomeMemphis Slim1991Compil.
Blues Masters, Vol. 9Memphis Slim1991Compil.
Blue MemphisMemphis Slim1991Album
It's Been So LongMemphis Slim1991Album
Slim's BluesMemphis Slim1991Compil.
Boogie WoogieMemphis Slim1991Album
You Got To Help Me SomeMemphis Slim1991Album
In LifeMemphis Slim1991Album
Blue This EveningMemphis Slim1991Album
Worried LifeMemphis Slim1991Compil.
Live At The Hot ClubMemphis Slim1990Album
Memphis Slim StoryMemphis Slim1990Album
Harlem BoundMemphis Slim1990Compil.
Life Is Like ThatMemphis Slim1990Compil.
Steady Rolling BluesMemphis Slim1990Album
Memphis BluesMemphis Slim1990Album
Together Again One More Time / Still Not Ready For EddieMemphis Slim / Matt Murphy - Eddie Taylor1990Compil.
Caveau de la HuchetteMemphis Slim, Michel Denis1990Album
Legend Of The BluesMemphis Slim1990Single
Blues Collection 16Memphis Slim1990Compil.
Live In Paris, 1963Memphis Slim1989Album
The StoryMemphis Slim1989Compil.
Greatest HitsMemphis Slim1988Compil.
Memphis Slim StoryMemphis Slim1988Compil.
The StoryMemphis Slim1988Compil.
The Ambassador Of The BluesMemphis Slim1988Compil.
Boogies For All My FriendsMemphis Slim1988Album
The Ambassador Of The BluesMemphis Slim1988Album
Parisian BluesMemphis Slim1988Compil.
1951-1954 Blues - My Own WayMemphis Slim1988Compil.
Allegiance XtraHoyt Axton / Memphis Slim1987Compil.
Together Again One More Time - Live From Antone'sMemphis Slim And Matt Murphy1987Album
Live At Ronnie Scott's LondonMemphis Slim, Paul Jones, Slim Gaillard1986Album
The Memphis Slim Collection - 20 Blues GreatsMemphis Slim1986Compil.
Live at Ronnie Scott'sMemphis Slim1986Album
The Memphis Slim Collection - The Blues GreatsMemphis Slim1986Compil.
Memphis Slim Vol. 3Memphis Slim1984Compil.
TroubleMemphis Slim1984Album
Travelling With The BluesMemphis Slim1983Album
Fifty Long YearsMemphis Slim1982Single
Les Rois Du BluesPaul Robeson, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Memphis Slim, Ray Charles1982Compil.
Memphis Slim Vol 2Memphis Slim1982Compil.
Fip Fil And FimMemphis Slim1982Album
Memphis Slim Presents Can A White Man Play And Sing The Blues ?Memphis Slim1982Album
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1982Compil.
Europa JazzElla Fitzgerald, Memphis Slim, Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles And His Orchestra1981Compil.
Rockin' The BluesMemphis Slim1981Compil.
Boogie for 2 pianosMemphis Slim & Jean-Paul Amouroux1981Album
Unissued Blues Of The 50's From Cobra & JOBBig Joe Williams / Memphis Slim / Little Brother Montgomery1981Album
3 2 1 BoogieMemphis Slim1980Album
Memphis BluesMemphis Slim1980Album
Messin' Around With The BluesMemphis Slim - Pete "Guitar" Lewis - Little Willie Littlefield1979Compil.
Blues And WomenMemphis Slim1978Album
Broadway BoogieMemphis Slim1977Compil.
Live In ParisMemphis Slim, Michel Denis1977Album
Poor Man BlueMemphis Slim1975Single
Blues For NathalieMemphis Slim1975Album
Going Back To TennesseeMemphis Slim1975Album
Right NowMemphis Slim1975Album
Memphis HeatMemphis Slim, Canned Heat, The Memphis Horns1974Album
Memphis SilmMemphis Slim1974Compil.
Memphis BluesMemphis Slim, Roosevelt Sykes1974Album
Enregistrement PublicMemphis Slim1973Album
So LongMemphis Slim1973Album
Very Much Alive And In MontreuxMemphis Slim1973Album
3 Grands Maîtres Du Jazz à ParisLionel Hampton, Memphis Slim, Django Reinhardt1973Compil.
The Chess Story Vol. 7Memphis Slim1973Album
Raining The BluesMemphis Slim1973Compil.
Favorite Blues SingersMemphis Slim1973Album
Memphis Slim Plays Classical American Music: The BluesMemphis Slim1973Album
The Legacy Of The Blues Vol. 7Memphis Slim1973Album
Pete Seeger At The Village GatePete Seeger With Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon1972Single
LiveMemphis Slim1972Album
Lord Have Mercy On MeMemphis Slim1972Album
Born With The BluesMemphis Slim1972Single
Bad Luck And TroublesMemphis Slim1972Compil.
South Side ReunionMemphis Slim Featuring Buddy Guy / Junior Wells1972Album
Old Times, New TimesMemphis Slim1972Compil.
Six Faces Of JazzBen Webster, Memphis Slim, Sonny Rollins, Thad Jones, Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan1972Compil.
Clap Your Hands / So LonelyMemphis Slim1971Single
Boogie Woogie 1-9-7-0 / Chicago SevenMemphis Slim1971Single
Blue MemphisMemphis Slim1971Album
Feeling Low DownWashboard Sam With Big Bill Broonzy And Memphis Slim1971Compil.
Born With The BluesMemphis Slim1971Album
Messin' Around With The BluesMemphis Slim1970Compil.
Mistake In Life / Messin' Around With The BluesMemphis Slim1970Single
Mason Dixon-LineMemphis Slim1970Single
Anthologie Du Blues Vol. 3Memphis Slim1969Compil.
Clap Your Hands / Fat And FortyMemphis Slim1969Single
Legend Of The Blues Volume 2Memphis Slim1969Compil.
Sings The BluesMemphis Slim1969Single
1940 - 1941Memphis Slim1969Compil.
Chunkin / Lonely NightsMemphis Slim1968Single
My Baby / Trouble, TroubleMemphis Slim1968Single
Bluesingly YoursMemphis Slim & Mickey Baker1968Album
NOT SO STUCK ON MEMemphis Slim1968Single
Gone Again / Little Lonely GirlMemphis Slim1967Single
The BluesMemphis Slim1967Compil.
Blues PortraitMemphis Slim1966Album
Frisco Bay BluesMemphis Slim1966Album
The Real Folk BluesMemphis Slim1966Album
The Queen And Her KnightsVictoria Spivey With Lonnie Johnson, Little Brother Montgomery, Memphis Slim, Sonny Greer1965Album
Let's Make It Baby / Love My Baby / I'm In Love / Bye Bye BabyJohn Lee Hooker / Shakey Jake / T-Bone Walker / Memphis Slim1965Single
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1965Compil.
Clap Your HandsMemphis Slim Accompagné Par Les Lionceaux1965Single
The Artistry Of Ivory Joe HunterIvory Joe Hunter / Memphis Slim1965Album
Clap Your HandsMemphis Slim1965Album
Fattenin Frogs For SnakesMemphis Slim1965Album
If The Rabbit Had A GunMemphis Slim1964Album
The World's Foremost Blues SingerMemphis Slim1964Single
Sonny Boy Williamson And Memphis SlimSonny Boy Williamson And Memphis Slim1964Album
Memphis Slim-Little RichardMemphis Slim, Little Richard1964Single
Steady Rolling Blues: The Blues Of Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1964Album
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1964Compil.
All Kinds Of BluesMemphis Slim1963Album
Memphis Slim & Willie DixonMemphis Slim / Willie Dixon1963Single
Boogie Woogie And The Blues - Blues Anthology Vol. 5Memphis Slim1962Single
The Jazz Portrait 10Memphis Slim1962Single
Pete Seeger At The Village Gate, Vol. 2Pete Seeger With Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon1962Album
Aux Trois MailletzMemphis Slim & Willie Dixon1962Album
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon At The Village GateMemphis Slim & Willie Dixon1962Album
El CapitanMemphis Slim1962Single
The World's Foremost Blues SingerMemphis Slim1962Album
Preachin' The BluesMemphis Slim, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker1962Compil.
No StrainMemphis Slim1962Album
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1961Album
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1961Album
Just BluesMemphis Slim1961Album
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1961Compil.
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1961Single
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1961Compil.
Broken Soul BluesMemphis Slim1961Album
Enregistrement Public Réalisé Au Théâtre Municipal De Bayonne "Mai 1961"Memphis Slim1961Album
Chicago BluesMemphis Slim1961Album
This Is A Good Time To Write A SongMemphis Slim1961Album
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1961Compil.
Four Walls / LonesomeMemphis Slim1961Single
Everybody's BluesMemphis Slim1961Album
Blues By Jazz GillumJazz Gillum / Arbee Stidham / Memphis Slim1961Album
Memphis Slim, U.S.A.Memphis Slim1961Album
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1961Album
Memphis Slim's Tribute To Big Bill Broonzy, Leroy Carr, Cow Cow Davenport, Curtis Jones, Jazz GillumMemphis Slim1961Album
Folk Song Festival À Carnegie HallMuddy Waters / Memphis Slim1961Single
Alone With My FriendsMemphis Slim1961Album
Memphis SlimMemphis Slim1960Album
Pete Seeger At The Village GatePete Seeger With Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon1960Album
Goes To Kansas CityMemphis Slim1960Single
Songs Of Memphis Slim & Willie DixonMemphis Slim And Willie Dixon1960Album
The Blues Every Which WayMemphis Slim and Willie Dixon1960Album
Memphis Slim And The Real Honky TonkMemphis Slim1960Album
Willie's BluesWillie Dixon With Memphis Slim1960Album
Pinetop's BluesMemphis Slim1960Single
Nervous / Sittin' And Cryin' The BluesWillie Dixon, Memphis Slim1960Single
My Gal Keeps Me Crying / Steppin' OutMemphis Slim1959Single
The Real Boogie Woogie: Memphis Slim Piano SolosMemphis Slim1959Album
Memphis Slim At The Gate Of HornMemphis Slim1959Album
Memphis Slim At The Gate Of HornMemphis Slim1959Album
My Country Girl / Treat Me Like I Treat YouMemphis Slim1954Single
Living Like A King / Sittin' And Thinkin'Memphis Slim1952Single
Never Let Me Love / The QuestionMemphis Slim1952Album
Train Time / Blue EveningMemphis Slim1951Album
Tia Juana / I'm CryingMemphis Slim And The House Rockers / Memphis Slim And Terry Timmons1951Album
Lend Me Your Love / Darling I Miss YouMemphis Slim1951Album
Cheatin' Around / Now I Got The BluesMemphis Slim1949Album
A Letter Home / Slim's BoogieMemphis Slim1949Album
Harlem Bound / Life Is Like ThatMemphis Slim1948Album
Pacemaker Boogie / Motherless ChildMemphis Slim1947Album
Nobody Loves Me (Everyday I Have The Blues)Memphis Slim1947Compil.
Rockin' The House / Lend Me Your LoveMemphis Slim1947Album
Cheatin' Around / A Letter HomeMemphis Slim1946Album
Grinder Man Blues/ Mistake In LifeMemphis Slim1946Album
Whiskey And Gin Blues / You Gonna Worry Too?Memphis Slim1942Album
Beer Drinking Woman// Grinder Man BluesMemphis Slim1941Album
Maybe I'll Lend You A Dime / Me, Myself And IMemphis Slim1941Album
Beer Drinking WomanMemphis Slim1940Album
Anthologie Du Blues Vol. 3Memphis SlimAlbum
Boogie Woogie PianoMemphis SlimAlbum
Blues In The EveningMemphis SlimCompil.
Gospel And BluesMahalia Jackson, Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis SlimCompil.
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 17Big Joe Turner, Buck Clayton, Stuff Smith, Memphis SlimCompil.
Nightstage 2Memphis SlimAlbum
Memphis Slim With Matthew MurphyMemphis Slim With Matt MurphyAlbum
Handy Man / Mason Dixon LineMemphis SlimSingle
Rock Me Baby!Memphis SlimAlbum
The ComebackMemphis SlimSingle
Recital Memphis Slim A LausanneMemphis SlimAlbum
Jam SessionDany Doriz and Memphis SlimSingle
Make Rattle And RollDany Doriz Big Band Et Memphis SlimSingle
Memphis Slim Et Michel DenisMemphis Slim & Michel DenisAlbum
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