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Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy and poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend. One Faustian myth says that he sold his soul to the devil at a local crossroads of Mississippi highways to achieve success. As an itinerant performer who played mostly on street corners, in juke joints, and at Saturday night dances, Johnson had little commercial success or public recognition in his lifetime.
After the reissue of his recordings in 1961, on the LP King of the Delta Blues Singers, his work reached a wider audience. Johnson is now recognized as a master of the blues, particularly of the Mississippi Delta blues style. He is credited by many rock musicians as an important influence; the blues and rock musician Eric Clapton has called Johnson "the most important blues singer that ever lived."
Johnson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its first induction ceremony, in 1986, as an early influence on rock and roll. In 2003, David Fricke ranked Johnson fifth in Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
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Albums
The Memphis Demos
I'll Be Waiting Single
Popular Songs
- Shaking It Down
- Jimmy Dean's Back
- Better Love
- Burning Love
- Claudette
- Deep Love
- Tell Me About It, Slim
- Leslie
- Kerri
- Wreck My Mind
- Debbie's Theme
- Wish Upon a Star
- Guide My Energy
- Responsibility
- I'll Be Waiting
- Say Girl
- Me and the Devil Blues
- Preaching Blues - Robert Johnson, House, Son
- If I Had Possession over Judgement Day
- Kindhearted Woman Blues
- Drunken Hearted Man
- 32-20 Blues
- Preaching Blues
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down
- When You Got A Good Friend
- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
- Cross Road Blues
- Terraplane Blues
- From Four Till Late
- Stones In My Passway