Editing Wynonie Harris (section)

==Early career==
Harris formed a dance team with Velda Shannon in the early 1930s.<ref name="russell">{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Russell|year=1997|title=The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray|publisher=Carlton Books|location=Dubai|page= 117|isbn=1-85868-255-X}}</ref> They performed in [[North Omaha]]'s flourishing entertainment community, and by 1934, were a regular attraction at the Ritz Theatre. In 1935, Harris, having become a celebrity in Omaha, was able to earn a living as an entertainer, in the depths of the [[Great Depression]].

While performing at Jim Bell's Club Harlem [[nightclub]] with Shannon, he began to sing the [[blues]]. He began traveling frequently to Kansas City, where he paid close attention to [[blues shouter]]s, including [[Jimmy Rushing]] and [[Big Joe Turner]]. His break in Los Angeles was at a nightclub owned by [[Curtis Mosby]]. It was here that Harris became known as "Mr. Blues".