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Big Bill Broonzy

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2012 - Big Bill Broonzy Sings Country Blues

2011 - Big Bill Blues

2010 - Big Bill's Blues

2010 - Big Bill Blues

2007 - St. Louis Blues

2004 - Get Back

2000 - The Southern Blues

1999 - The Bill Broonzy Story

1991 - Blues for Ever

1991 - Big Bill Broonzy and Washboard Sam

1965 - Big Bill Broonzy

0 - House Rent Stomp

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1 Male

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62,535

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Lake Dick, Arkansas, USA

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Blues

Style
Folk

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Born

1893

Active
--- 1958

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Most Loved Tracks

Track	Last.FM Listens	Loves
Big Bill Blues	30,256	4 users
Glory of Love	44,787	4 users
Key to the Highway	97,525	4 users

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Big Bill Broonzy (June 26, 1893 – August 15, 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played country blues to mostly African-American audiences. Through the ‘30s and ‘40s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound popular with working class African-American audiences. In the 1950s a return to his traditional folk-blues roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. His long and varied career marks him as one of the key figures in the development of blues music in the 20th century.

Broonzy copyrighted more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including both adaptations of traditional folk songs and original blues songs. As a blues composer, he was unique in that his compositions reflected the many vantage points of his rural-to-urban experiences.