Memphis SlimBiografia em Allmusic (Memphis, 3 de Setembro de 1915 - Paris, 24 de Fevereiro de 1988) foi um pianista de blues, cantor e compositor. Liderou várias bandas de jump blues, que incluíam saxofone, baixo, bateria e piano. A sua música, Every Day I Have the Blues, tornou-se um standard dos blues.
Em 24 de fevereiro de 1988, morreu de insuficiência renal em Paris, França, aos 72 anos. Ele está enterrado no Galilee Memorial Gardens em Memphis, Tennessee.Find a Grave: Memphis Slim
Discografia
AnoTítuloGravadora1959Memphis Slim and the Real Boogie-WoogieFolkways Records1960Memphis Slim and the Honky-Tonk SoundFolkways Records1960Travelling with the Blues Storyville1960Blue This EveningBlack Lion1960Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon - Vol 1Folkways Records1960Songs of Memphis Slim and "Wee Willie" DixonFolkways Records1961Tribute To Big Bill BroonzyCandid1961Steady Rollin' Blues: The Blues Of Memphis SlimOBC1961Memphis Slim U.S.A.Candid1961Broken Soul BluesBeat Goes On1961Alone With My FriendsBattle1961Chicago Blues: Boogie Woogie and Blues Played and Sung By Memphis SlimFolkways Records1961Blues by Jazz Gillum Singing and Playing His Harmonica: With Arbee Stidham and Memphis SlimFolkways Records1961No StrainBluesville1962Sonny Boy Williamson & Memphis Slim: In ParisGNP Crescendo1962Pete Seeger at the Village Gate with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon - Vol 2Folkways Records1962Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon at the Village Gate with Pete SeegerFolkways Records1963All Kinds of BluesBluesville1963Jazz In Paris: Aux Trois MailletzPolygram1964Clap Your HandsMaison De Blues1967Bluesingly YoursMaison De Blues1968Lord Have Mercy On MeMaison De Blues1969The BluesmanMaison De Blues1969Mother EarthOne Way Records1970The Blue Memphis SuiteMaison De Blues1970Messin' Around with the Blues: The Very Best OfKing1971Boogie WoogieMaison De Blues1971Born With The BluesFuel 20001971Blue MemphisWounded Bird1972South Side Reunion: Memphis Slim & Buddy GuySunny Side1973Legacy of the Blues, Vol 7: Memphis SlimGnp Crescendo1973Memphis SlimStoryville1973Soul BluesAcrobat Records1973Raining the BluesFantasy1973Memphis Slim - Favorite Blues SingersFolkways Records1973Very Much Alive and in MontreuxUniversal International1975Going Back To TennesseeMaison De Blues1981Rockin' the BluesCharly1981Memphis Heat: Canned Heat & Memphis Slim (recorded in 1970)Sunny Side1981I'll Just Keep On Singin' the BluesSLG, LLC1990Steppin' Out: Live at Ronnie ScottsCastle Music UK1990Together Again One More Time/Still Not Ready For EddieTexas Music Group1990Parisian BluesPolygram1990The Real Folk BluesMca1992Blues Masters Vol 9: Memphis Slim1993London Sessions 1960Sequel Records UK1994The Blues Collection Vol 13: Beer Drinkin' WomanADD1994LonesomeLegacy International1994Live at the Hot ClubBMG International1995Boogie After MidnightChicago Music Co.1996The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1: 1940-1941 (Peter Chatman As Memphis Slim)EPM Musique1996Come Back & Other ClassicsMasters Intercontinental1996The Bluebird Recordings, 1940-1941RCA1997Dialogue in Boogie: Memphis Slim & Philippe LejeuneHappy Bird1998Lonely NightsCatfish1998Very Best of Memphis Slim: The Blues Is EverywhereCollectables1999Life Is Like ThatCharly UK2000The Folkways Years, 1959-1973Smithsonian Folkways2000Blues At MidnightCatfish2000Memphis Slim at the Gate of the HornVee-Jay2001The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2: 1946-1948EPM Musique2001Essential MastersCleopatra2001Blue and LonesomeArpeggio Blues2001Ambassador of the BluesIndigo UK2002The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3: 1948-1950EPM Musique2002I Am The BluesPrestige Elite2002Kansas CityClassic World2002Boogie For My FriendsBlack & Blue France2002The Come BackDelmark2002Blues Legends: Memphis SlimLead2003Three Women Blues2003The Complete Recordings, Vol 4: 1951-1952EPM Musique2004Worried Life Blues2004Grinder Man BluesSnapper UK2004The Best of Memphis SlimLiquid 82005Boogie For 2 Pianos Vol 1: Memphis Slim & Jean-Paul Amouroux2005Paris Mississippi BluesSunny Side2005Double-Barreled Boogie: Memphis Slim & Roosvelt SykesSunny Side2006Forty Years of MorePassport Audio2006Memphis SuiteSunny Side2006Rockin' This House: Chicago Blues Piano 1946-1953 (CDs A&B)JSP Records2006The Sonet Blues StoryVerve Records2006An Introduction to Memphis SlimFuel 20002007The Ultimate Jazz Archive 14 1940-41 (1 Of 4)Carinco AG2007Sings the BluesWnts2007Chicago Blues Masters Vol 1: Muddy Waters And Memphis SlimCapitol2007Cold Blooded WomanCollectables Records2008Greatest MomentsStardust2008Four WallsJukebox Entertainment2008Born To BoogieUnlimited Media2008Legend of the BluesWounded Bird Records2009Fip Fil and Fim101 Distribution
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