Artist: Jimmy Wilson
Author: Bob Geddins
Label: Big Town
Year: 1953
Singer from Texas.
Covers:
Ray Charles [same tune in Blackjack, written after beating T Bone Walker; yes, blind Brother Ray played card, as good as he drove cars]
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble [crediting Jimmy Reed]
Collins, Copeland & Cray [as Blackjack, crediting Ray Charles all right]
Billy Boy Arnold [as Blackjack]
See also: Haunted House. Curtis Jones' Tin Pan Alley ('41) is another song, although opinions regarding the subject match. Tin Pan Alley was the nickname for 28th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue, NY, a stretch lined with music publishing offices.
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