Editing Wilmoth Houdini (section)

==Influence==
His song "Uncle Joe", although melodically not original, had a huge influence upon the American psyche, influencing [[Dizzy Gillespie]], Ella Fitzgerald, [[Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz]], [[Hazmat Modine]], [[Bob Brozman]], and [[C. W. Stoneking]], to name but a few. He has inspired a newer generation of artists around the world, for example with his recording "Black But Sweet" covered by [[Mighty Dub Katz]] ("Son of Wilmot"), [[Sabres of Paradise]] ("Wilmot"), [[Shantel]] ("Bucovina") and [[Eleftheria Arvanitaki]] ("Δεν μιλώ για μια νύχτα, εγώ"). [[The Avalanches]] sampled Houdini's "[[Bobby Sox Idol]]" heavily in the 2016 single "[[Frankie Sinatra]]".