Editing Jimmy Rogers

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{{Short description|American Chicago blues musician (1924–1997)}}
{{similar names|Jimmie Rodgers|Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|James Rogers (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Jimmy Rogers
| image           = Jimmy Rogers.jpg
| caption         = Rogers in concert in 1991
| image_size      =
| background      = solo_singer
| birth_name      = Jay or James Arthur Lane
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1924|6|3}}
| birth_place     = [[Ruleville, Mississippi]], U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|1997|12|19|1924|6|3}}
| death_place     = Chicago
| instrument      = {{flatlist|
* Vocals
* guitar
* harmonica}}
| genre           = [[Chicago blues]]
| occupation      = Musician
| years_active    = 1946–1997
| label           = [[Chess Records|Chess]]
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [[Muddy Waters]]
* [[Little Walter]]}}
}}
'''Jay''' or '''James Arthur''' "'''Jimmy'''" '''Rogers''' (June 3, 1924{{snd}}December 19, 1997)<ref name="Over"/> was an American [[Chicago blues]] singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of [[Muddy Waters]]'s band in the early 1950s.{{sfn|Russell|1997|p=161}} He also had a solo career and recorded several popular blues songs, including "[[That's All Right (Jimmy Rogers song)|That's All Right]]" (now a [[blues standard]]), "Chicago Bound", "Walking by Myself" (his sole R&B chart appearance), and "Rock This House".{{sfn|Dahl|1996|p=226}} He withdrew from the music industry at the end of the 1950s, but returned to recording and touring in the 1970s.

==Career==
Rogers was born Jay{{sfn|Eagle|LeBlanc|2013|p=196}} or James{{sfn|Dahl|1996|p=226}} Arthur Lane in [[Ruleville, Mississippi]], on June 3, 1924. He was raised in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] and [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]].{{sfn|Harris|1979|p=442}} He adopted his stepfather's surname.{{sfn|Russell|1997|p=161}} He learned to play the harmonica with his childhood friend [[Snooky Pryor]], and as a teenager he took up the guitar. He played professionally in [[East St. Louis, Illinois]], with [[Robert Lockwood, Jr.]], among others.{{sfn|Palmer|1982|p=200}} Rogers moved to Chicago in the mid-1940s.{{sfn|Gordon|2002|p=74}} By 1946, he had recorded as a harmonica player and singer for the Harlem record label, run by [[J. Mayo Williams]]. Rogers's name did not appear on the record, which was mislabeled as the work of [[Memphis Slim]] and His Houserockers.

In 1947, Rogers, [[Muddy Waters]] and [[Little Walter]] began playing together, forming Waters's first band in Chicago{{sfn|Palmer|1982|p=15}} (sometimes referred to as the Headcutters or the Headhunters, because of their practice of stealing jobs from other local bands).{{sfn|Palmer|1982|p=208}} The band members recorded and released music credited to each of them as solo artists. The band defined the sound of the nascent [[Chicago blues]] style (more specifically, South Side Chicago blues). Rogers recorded several sides of his own with small labels in [[Chicago]], but none were released at the time. He began to achieve success as a solo artist in 1950, with the song "[[That's All Right (Jimmy Rogers song)|That's All Right]]", released by [[Chess Records]], but he stayed in Waters's band until 1954.{{sfn|Russell|1997|p=161}} In the mid-1950s he had several successful records released by Chess, most of them featuring either [[Little Walter]] or [[Big Walter Horton]] on harmonica, notably "Walking by Myself".<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p350/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Good Rockin' Charles|last=Dahl|first=Bill|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 23, 2011}}</ref> In the late 1950s, as interest in the blues waned, he gradually withdrew from the music industry.<ref name="LarkinBlues">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Blues]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-673-1|pages=309/311}}</ref>

In the early 1960s, Rogers briefly worked as a member of [[Howlin' Wolf|Howling Wolf]]'s band, before quitting the music business altogether for almost a decade.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> He worked as a taxicab driver and owned a clothing store, which burned down in the [[1968 Chicago riots]] following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]]  Rogers gradually began performing in public again, and in 1971, when fashions made him somewhat popular in [[Europe]], he began occasionally touring and recording, including a 1977 session with Waters which resulted in the album ''[[I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)|I'm Ready]]''.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> By 1982, Rogers was again a full-time solo artist. He continued touring and recording albums until his death.

In 1995, Rogers was inducted into the [[Blues Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?YearId=10| title = 1995 Hall of Fame Inductees: Jimmy Rogers| website = The [[Blues Foundation]]| access-date = October 27, 2008| url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090210120243/http://blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?YearId=10 | archive-date = February 10, 2009 }}</ref> His song "That's All Right" was inducted by the organization in 2016 as a "Classic of Blues Recording", which identified it as a blues standard.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://blues.org/2016-blues-hall-of-fame-inductees/| title = 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees: Jimmy Rogers – "That's All Right" (Chess, 1950)| website = The [[Blues Foundation]]| date = September 14, 2016| access-date = March 1, 2017}}</ref>

Rogers died of [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]] in [[Chicago]] in 1997.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/20/arts/jimmy-rogers-73-guitarist-specializing-in-electric-blues.html|title=Jimmy Rogers, 73, Guitarist Specializing in Electric Blues|newspaper=New York Times|date=December 20, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/12/21/jimmy-rogers-bluesman-who-teamed-with-waters/|title=JIMMY ROGERS, BLUESMAN WHO TEAMED WITH WATERS|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 21, 1997}}</ref><ref name="Over">{{Cite web|url=https://themusicsover.com/2009/12/19/jimmy-rogers/|title=Died On This Date (December 19, 1997) Jimmy Rogers / Played With Muddy Waters |website=Themusicisover.com|date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> He was survived by his son, [[Jimmy D. Lane]], a guitarist, [[record producer]] and [[audio engineering|recording engineer]] for Blue Heaven Studios and APO Records.

==Discography==
'''Singles'''{{sfn|Darwen|1989|p=2}}
*"[[That's All Right (Jimmy Rogers song)|That's All Right]]" / "Ludella" ([[Chess Records|Chess]] 1435, 10/50)
*"Going Away Baby" / "Today, Today, Blues" (Chess 1442, 11/50)
*"The World is in a Tangle" / "She Loves Another Man" (Chess 1453, 3/51)
*"Money, Marbles and Chalk" / "Chance to Love" (Chess 1476, 8/51)
*"Back Door Friend" / "I Used to Have a Woman" (Chess 1506, 4/52)
*"The Last Time" / "Out on the Road" (Chess 1519, 9/52)
*"Left Me with a Broken Heart" / "Act Like You Love Me" (Chess 1543, 7/53)
*"Sloppy Drunk" / "Chicago Bound" (Chess 1574, 6/54)
*"You're the One" / "Blues All Day Long" (Chess 1616, 1/56)
*"Walking by Myself" / "If it Ain't Me (Who You Thinking Of)" (Chess 1643, 11/56)
*"I Can't Believe" / "One Kiss" (Chess 1659, 5/57)
*"What Have I Done" / "Trace of You" (Chess 1687, 3/58)
*"Rock This House" / "My Last Meal" (Chess 1721, 2/59)

'''Albums'''{{sfn|Dahl|1996|pp=226–227}}
* ''Chicago Bound'' (1970, Chess), compilation of 1950s Chess recordings
* ''Gold Tailed Bird'' (1971, [[Shelter Records|Shelter]])
* ''Sloppy Drunk'' (1973, [[Black & Blue Records|Black & Blue]]), studio album recorded in 1973
* ''[[Jimmy Rogers (album)|Jimmy Rogers]]'' (1984, Chess Masters series), 2-LP compilation with more 1950s Chess recordings
* ''That's All Right'' (1989, [[Charly Records|Charly]]), compilation of Chess recordings
* ''Ludella'' (1990, [[Antone's Record Label|Antone's]]), studio and live recordings {{circa}} 1990
* ''Jimmy Rogers with Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters'' (1993, [[CrossCut Records|CrossCut]]), live recording from 1991
* ''Feelin' Good'' (1994, [[Blind Pig Records|Blind Pig]]), with [[Rod Piazza]] and the Mighty Flyers
* ''Blue Bird'' (1994, [[Analogue Productions]]), studio recording from 1993
* ''The Complete Chess Recordings'' (1997, Chess/[[MCA Records|MCA]]), 2-CD
* ''[[Blues Blues Blues]]'' (1999, [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]), as the "Jimmy Rogers All-Stars", with [[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], [[Lowell Fulson]], [[Jimmy Page]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Jeff Healey]], [[Stephen Stills]].
* ''His Best'' (2003, Chess/MCA)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Sources==
*{{cite encyclopedia
| last = Dahl
| first = Bill
| year = 1996
| title = Jimmy Rogers
| editor-last = Erlewine
| editor-first = Michael
| editor-link = Michael Erlewine
| editor-last2 = Bogdanov
| editor-first2 = Vladimir
| editor-link2 = Vladimir Bogdanov (editor)
| editor-last3 = Woodstra
| editor-first3 = Chris
| editor-last4 = Koda
| editor-first4 = Cub
| editor-link4 = Cub Koda
| encyclopedia = [[All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues|All Music Guide to the Blues]]
| location = San Francisco
| publisher = [[Miller Freeman, Inc.|Miller Freeman Books]]
| isbn = 0-87930-424-3}}
*{{cite AV media notes
| title = That's All Right
| others = Jimmy Rogers
| year = 1989
| last = Darwen
| first = Norman
| type = Album notes
| location = London
| publisher = [[Charly Records]]
| id = CD RED 16}}
*{{cite book
| last1 = Eagle
| first1 = Bob L. 
| last2 = LeBlanc
| first2 = Eric S.
| year = 2013
| title = Blues: A Regional Experience
| location = Santa Barbara, California
| publisher = [[Praeger Publishing|Praeger]]
| isbn = 978-0313344244}}
*{{cite book
| last = Gordon
| first = Robert
| title = Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
| location = New York City
| publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company|Little, Brown]]
| year = 2002
| isbn = 0-316-32849-9}}
* {{Cite book |last=Harris |first=S. |title=Blues Who's Who |date=1979 |location=New York |publisher=Da Capo Press}}
*{{cite book
| last = Palmer
| first = Robert
| author-link = Robert Palmer (American writer)
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| publisher = [[Penguin Books]]
| isbn = 0-14006-223-8}}
* {{cite book |first=Tony |last=Russell |year=1997 |title=The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray |edition= |publisher=Carlton Books |location=Dubai |page=161 |isbn=1-85868-255-X}}
*{{cite book
| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| author-link = Joel Whitburn
| title = Top R&B Singles 1942–1988
| year = 1988
| entry = Jimmy Rogers
| location = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
| publisher = [[Record Research]]
| isbn = 0-89820-068-7}}

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