Hot! Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield(April 4, 1913 April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters , was an American blues musician, generally considered the Father of modern Chicago blues . Blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry “Mud Morganfield” Williams are his sons. A major inspiration for the explosion in the 1960s, Muddy was ranked #11 in magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Early life

Although in his later years Muddy usually said that he was born in in 1915, he was actually born at Jug’s Corner in neighboring Issaquena County , Mississippi in 1913. Recent research has uncovered documentation showing that in the 1930s and 1940s he reported his birth year as 1913 on both his marriage license and musicians’ union card. He did this to appear younger for recording companies. A 1955 interview in the Chicago Defender is the earliest claim of 1915 as his year of birth, which he continued to u! se in interviews from that point onward. The 1920 census lists him as five years old as of March 6, 1920, suggesting that his birth year may have been 1914. The Social Security Death Index, relying on the Social Security card application submitted after his move to Chicago in the mid ’40s, lists him as being born April 4, 1915. Muddy’s gravestone lists his birth year as 1915.

Early career Commercial success England and low profile Comeback Influence Death Awards and recognitions Grammy Awards Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Blues Foundation Awards Inductions Partial discography Charting and notable singles Selected albums Notes

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