Artist: Roosevelt Sykes
Author: Roosevelt Sykes
Label: Decca
Year: 1937
Probably the most important blues piano player of the thirties; accompanied some thirty different singers and was a talent scout on top. Learned the trade in Helena, Arkansas barrelhouses and perfectioned his style in St. Louis.
Covers:
Honeydripper [author Roosevelt Sykes as Anytime Is The Right Time; see also: The Honeydripper]
Nappy Brown [as The Right Time]
Ray Charles [idem]
Alexis Korner Blues Incorporated [with Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker & Graham Bond]
Eddie Boyd [with John Mayall and Peter Green]
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