Editing Willie Dixon

{{Short description|American blues musician (1915–1992)}}
{{distinguish|text = the American jazz musician and composer [[Bill Dixon]]}}{{For|the English footballer|Will Dixon}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Willie Dixon
| image             = Willie Dixon.jpg
| caption           = Dixon at Monterey Jazz Festival 1981
| birth_name        = William James Dixon
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1915|07|01}}
| birth_place       = [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1992|01|29|1915|07|01}}
| death_place       = [[Burbank, California]]
| instrument        = {{Flatlist|
*Vocals
*double bass
*guitar
}}
| genre             = {{Flatlist|
*[[Blues]]
*[[Chicago blues]]
*[[rhythm and blues]]
*[[gospel music|gospel]]
}}
| occupation        = {{Flatlist|
*Musician
*songwriter
*arranger
*record producer
}}
| years_active      = 1939–1992
| label             = {{Flatlist|
*[[Chess Records|Chess/Checker]]
*[[Cobra Records|Cobra]]
*[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
*[[Bluesville Records|Bluesville]]
*[[Yambo Records|Yambo]]
}}
| past_member_of    = Big Three Trio
| website           = {{URL| www.willie-dixon.com }}
}}

'''William James Dixon''' (July 1, 1915{{snd}}January 29, 1992) was an American [[blues]] musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer.<ref name="amg"/> He was proficient in playing both the [[upright bass]] and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time. Next to [[Muddy Waters]], Dixon is recognized as the most influential person in shaping the post–[[World War II]] sound of the [[Chicago blues]].<ref name="Trager2004">{{cite book|first=Oliver|last=Trager|date=2004|title=Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia|publisher=[[Billboard Books]]|location=New York City|pages=298–299|ISBN=0-8230-7974-0}}</ref>

Dixon's songs have been recorded by countless musicians in many genres as well as by various ensembles in which he participated. A short list of his most famous compositions includes "[[Hoochie Coochie Man]]", "[[I Just Want to Make Love to You]]", "[[Little Red Rooster]]", "[[My Babe]]", "[[Spoonful]]", and "[[You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover]]". These songs were written during the peak years of [[Chess Records]], from 1950 to 1965, and were performed by [[Muddy Waters]], [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Little Walter]], and [[Bo Diddley]]; they influenced a generation of musicians worldwide.<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Dicaire|date=1999|title=Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century|publisher=[[McFarland (publisher)|McFarland]]|location=Jefferson, Carolina|page=87|ISBN=0-7864-0606-2}}</ref>

Dixon was an important link between the blues and [[rock and roll]], working with [[Little Walter]], [[Chuck Berry]], and [[Bo Diddley]] in the late 1950s.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> In the 1960s, his songs were adapted by numerous rock artists. He received a [[Grammy Award]] and was inducted into the [[Blues Hall of Fame]], the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], and the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].

==Biography==
[[File:Willie Dixon en 1963.jpg|thumb|Dixon performing in 1963]]

===Early life===
Dixon was born in [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]], on July 1, 1915.<ref name="amg">{{cite web|last=Eder |first=Bruce |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/willie-dixon-mn0000959770 |title=Willie Dixon: Biography, Credits, Discography |publisher=AllMusic.com |access-date=March 13, 2013}}</ref> He was one of 14 children.{{sfn|Palmer|1982|p=166}} His mother, Daisy, often rhymed things she said, a habit her son imitated. At the age of seven, young Dixon became an admirer of a band that featured pianist [[Little Brother Montgomery]]. He sang his first song at Springfield Baptist Church at the age of four.<ref name="Willie Dixon pp. 207">{{cite journal|first=Worth|last=Long|date=1995|title=The Wisdom of the Blues—Defining Blues as the True Facts of Life: An Interview with Willie Dixon|journal=[[African American Review]]|volume=29|issue=2|pages=207–212}}</ref> Dixon was first introduced to [[blues]] when he served time on [[prison farm]]s in Mississippi as a young teenager. Later in his teens, he learned to sing harmony from a local carpenter, Theo Phelps, who led a [[gospel music|gospel]] quintet, the Union Jubilee Singers, in which Dixon sang bass; the group regularly performed on the Vicksburg radio station WQBC.{{sfn|Dixon|Snowden|1990|pp=25, 34}} He began adapting his poems into songs and even sold some to local music groups.

===Adulthood===
Dixon left Mississippi for Chicago in 1936.{{sfn|Palmer|1982|p=166}} A man of considerable stature, standing 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighing over 250 pounds, he took up boxing, at which he was successful, winning the Illinois State [[Golden Gloves]] [[Championship (professional wrestling)|Heavyweight Championship]] (Novice Division) in 1937.{{sfn|Snowden|1997|loc=Box set booklet}} Around 1939, he became a professional boxer and worked briefly as [[Joe Louis]]'s sparring partner, but after four fights he left boxing in a dispute with his manager over money.

Dixon met [[Leonard Caston]] at a boxing gym, where they would harmonize at times. Dixon performed in several vocal groups in Chicago, but it was Caston that persuaded him to pursue music seriously.<ref name="Castonbio1">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p63195|pure_url=yes}}|title=Leonard Caston|last=Eder|first=Bruce|year=2010 |work=Biography of Leonard Caston|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=May 2, 2010}}</ref> Caston built him his first bass, made of a tin-can and one string. Dixon's experience singing bass made the instrument familiar.<ref name="Willie Dixon pp. 207"/> He also learned to play the guitar.

In 1939, Dixon was a founding member of the Five Breezes, with Caston, Joe Bell, Gene Gilmore and Willie Hawthorne.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> The group blended blues, [[jazz]], and vocal harmonies, in the mode of the [[Ink Spots]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Dixon's progress on the [[upright bass]] came to an abrupt halt with the advent of World War II, when he refused induction into military service as a [[conscientious objector]] and was imprisoned for ten months.<ref name="amg" /> He refused to go to war because he would not fight for a nation in which institutionalized racism and racist laws were prevalent.<ref>Baird, Jim (2014). "Book Review: ''Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues''." ''Journal of American Folklore'' 127: 100–101. ProQuest.Web. October 3, 2015.</ref> After the war, he formed a group named the Four Jumps of Jive.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> He then reunited with Caston, forming the Big Three Trio,{{sfn|Palmer|1982|p=166}} which went on to record for [[Columbia Records]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

===Pinnacle of career===
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Dixon signed with [[Chess Records]] as a recording artist, but he began performing less, being more involved with administrative tasks for the label.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=706}}</ref> By 1951, he was a full-time employee at Chess, where he acted as producer, [[Artists and repertoire|talent scout]], [[session musician]] and staff songwriter.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> He was also a producer for the Chess subsidiary [[Checker Records]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> His relationship with Chess was sometimes strained, but he stayed with the label from 1948 to the early 1960s. During this time Dixon's output and influence were prodigious. From late 1956 to early 1959, he worked in a similar capacity for [[Cobra Records]], for which he produced early singles for [[Otis Rush]], [[Magic Sam]], and [[Buddy Guy]].{{sfn|Dixon|Snowden|1990|pp=103–112}} In 1956, Dixon wrote "[[Fishin' in My Pond]]", which was recorded by [[Lee Jackson (blues musician)|Lee Jackson]], and released on Cobra in February 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wirz.de/music/jackslee.htm|title=Illustrated Lee Jackson discography|website=Wirz.de|access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Fishin' In My Pond | website=45cat.com | url=http://www.45cat.com/record/nc172540us | access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref> Dixon later recorded for [[Bluesville Records]]. From the late 1960s until the mid-1970s, Dixon ran his own record label, [[Yambo Records]], and two subsidiary labels, Supreme and Spoonful. He released his 1971 album, ''Peace?'', on Yambo and also singles by [[McKinley Mitchell]], [[Lucky Peterson]] and others.{{sfn|Dixon|Snowden|1990|p=244}}

Dixon is considered one of the key figures in the creation of [[Chicago blues]]. He worked with [[Chuck Berry]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Otis Rush]], [[Bo Diddley]], [[Little Walter]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]], [[Koko Taylor]], [[Little Milton]], [[Eddie Boyd]], [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], [[Lowell Fulson]], [[Willie Mabon]], [[Memphis Slim]], [[Washboard Sam]], [[Jimmy Rogers]], [[Sam Lay]] and others.

In December 1964, the [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] reached number one on the UK Singles Chart with their cover of Dixon's "[[Little Red Rooster]]".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">
{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records
| location= London
| page= 458
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
}}</ref> In the same year, the group also covered "[[I Just Want To Make Love To You]]" on their debut album, ''[[The Rolling Stones (album)|The Rolling Stones]]''.

===Copyright battles===
In his later years, Dixon became a tireless ambassador for the blues and a vocal advocate for its practitioners, founding the Blues Heaven Foundation, which works to preserve the legacy of the blues and to secure copyrights and royalties for blues musicians who were exploited in the past.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Speaking with the simple eloquence that was a hallmark of his songs, Dixon claimed, "The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues."

In 1977, unhappy with the small royalties paid by Chess's publishing company, Arc Music, Dixon and Muddy Waters sued Arc and later Dixon founded his own publishing company, Hoochie Coochie Music.{{sfn|Mitsutoshi|2011|p=67}}

In 1987, Dixon reached an out-of-court settlement with the rock band [[Led Zeppelin]] after suing for plagiarism in the band's use of his music in "[[Bring It On Home (Sonny Boy Williamson II song)|Bring It On Home]]" and lyrics from his composition "[[You Need Love (Muddy Waters song)|You Need Love]]" (1962) in the band's recording of "[[Whole Lotta Love]]".{{sfn|Mitsutoshi|2011|p=197}}

===Death and legacy===
Dixon's health increasingly deteriorated during the 1970s and the 1980s, primarily as a result of long-term [[Diabetes mellitus|diabetes]]. Eventually one of his legs was [[amputate]]d.<ref name="amg" />

Dixon was inducted into the [[Blues Hall of Fame]] in 1980, in the inaugural session of the [[Blues Foundation]]'s ceremony.<ref>"[http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?YearId=25 1980 Hall of Fame Inductees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305080004/http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?YearId=25 |date=March 5, 2007 }}". [[Blues Foundation]]. Blues.org. Retrieved February 17, 2008.</ref> In 1989 he received a [[Grammy Award]] for his album ''Hidden Charms''.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web | title = Willie Dixon Timeline| url=http://bluesheaven.com/about/the-legend/timeline| publisher   = Blues Heaven Foundation. BluesHeaven.com| location= Chicago| year= 2007| access-date  = 2009-07-18}}</ref>

Dixon died of heart failure on January 29, 1992, in Burbank, California,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/01/30/willie-dixon-blues-singer-and-songwriter-dies-at-76/53f6f2cf-a343-4f70-b8ec-e9fe36011fb6/|title=WILLIE DIXON, BLUES SINGER AND SONGWRITER, DIES AT 76|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 29, 1992}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/30/arts/willie-dixon-musician-76-dies-singer-and-writer-of-classic-blues.html|title=Willie Dixon, Musician, 76, Dies; Singer and Writer of Classic Blues|newspaper=New York Times|date=January 30, 1992}}</ref><ref name="amg" /> and was buried in [[Burr Oak Cemetery and Restvale Cemetery|Burr Oak Cemetery]], in [[Alsip, Illinois]].<ref>Dixon is buried at Lot 18, Grave 1, Acacia Lawn, [[Burr Oak Cemetery]], Alsip, Illinois. Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'' (3rd ed.). 2 (Kindle location 12459). McFarland & Company. Kindle edition</ref>

After his death, his widow, Marie Dixon, took over the Blues Heaven Foundation and moved the headquarters to Chess Records.<ref>Barretta, Scott (2008). "Voices from Chicago: Jackie Dixon." ''Living Blues'' 05: 38–39. ProQuest. Web. October 3, 2015.</ref> Dixon was posthumously inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in the category Early Influences (pre-rock) in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rule|first=Sheila|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/20/arts/rock-greats-hail-hail-their-own-at-spirited-hall-of-fame-ceremony.html|title=Rock Greats Hail, Hail Their Own at Spirited Hall of Fame Ceremony|newspaper=New York Times|date=January 20, 1994|access-date=February 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Harrington|first=Richard|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/01/19/the-halls-that-willie-dixon-built/2022038f-55da-4514-b552-8bc0d37c259c/|title=The Halls That Willie Dixon Built|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 18, 1994}}</ref> On April 28, 2013, both Dixon and his grandson [[Alex Dixon (blues)|Alex Dixon]] were inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame.<ref>"[http://www.blueshalloffame.com/Local_Blues_Talent/Local_Blues_Talent_of_Chicago_Illinois.html 2013 Chicago Blues Hall of Fame]". Retrieved June 27, 2014.</ref>

In 2007, Dixon was honored with a marker on the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]] in Vicksburg.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vicksburgpost.com/2007/06/29/willie-dixons-way-mural-marker-party-honor-city-son062907/|title=Willie Dixon's way: Mural, marker, party honor city son{{!}}[06/29/07] - The Vicksburg Post|date=June 29, 2007|work=The Vicksburg Post|language=en-US}}</ref>

The actor and comedian [[Cedric the Entertainer]] portrayed Dixon in ''[[Cadillac Records]]'', a 2008 film based on the early history of Chess Records.<ref>{{cite news|last=Simmons |first=Leslie |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN2235591420080122 |title=Brody, Wright Join Musical Chess Club |work=Reuters |date= January 22, 2008|access-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mayberry |first=Carly |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN1216708520080212 |title=Alessandro Nivola to Play Blues Mogul in 'Chess' |work=Reuters |date= February 12, 2008|access-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

In 2020, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked him as the 12th greatest bass player and mentioned him as the history's most influential bluesmen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-02 |title=Willie Dixon |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-bassists-of-all-time-13565/willie-dixon-13605/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=Rolling Stone Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Songs==
{{Main|List of songs written by Willie Dixon}}
Dixon wrote or co-wrote more than 500 songs.{{sfn|Dixon|Snowden|1990|p=247}} Several have become [[blues standards]], including "[[Help Me (Sonny Boy Williamson II song)|Help Me]]", "[[Hoochie Coochie Man]]", "[[I Can't Quit You Baby]]", "[[I Ain't Superstitious]]" "[[I'm Ready (Muddy Waters song)|I'm Ready]]", "[[Little Red Rooster]]", "[[My Babe]]", and "[[Spoonful]]".<ref>{{harvnb|Herzhaft|1992|pp=436–478}}</ref> Other Dixon compositions that reached the record charts include "[[Evil (Howlin' Wolf song)|Evil]]" (Howlin' Wolf), "[[I Just Want to Make Love to You]]" (Muddy Waters), "[[Pretty Thing]]" (Bo Diddley), "[[The Seventh Son]]" ([[Willie Mabon]]), "[[Wang Dang Doodle]]" ([[Koko Taylor]]), and "[[You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover]]" (Bo Diddley).{{sfn|Whitburn|1988|pp=465–578}} In the 1960s, Dixon's songs were adapted by numerous rock artists.{{sfn|Dixon|Snowden|1990|loc=Appendix 2}}

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Label
! Number
! Comments
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Willie's Blues]]'' || [[Bluesville Records|Bluesville]] || BVLP-1003 || With [[Memphis Slim]]
|-
| 1960 || ''Blues Every Which Way'' || [[Verve Records|Verve]] || MGV-3007 || With Memphis Slim
|-
| 1960 || ''Songs of Memphis Slim and "Wee Willie" Dixon''<ref name="FW2385">{{Cite AV media notes| url = http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=227| title = Songs of Memphis Slim and "Wee Willie" Dixon| publisher = [[Folkways Records]]| access-date = January 1, 2010}}</ref> || [[Folkways Records|Folkways]] || FW-2385 ||
|-
| 1962 || ''Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon at the Village Gate'' || [[Folkways Records|Folkways]] || FA-2386 || Live, with [[Pete Seeger]]
|-
| 1963 || ''In Paris: Baby Please Come Home!'' || Battle || BM-6122 || With Memphis Slim, 1962
|-
| 1970 || ''[[I Am the Blues]]'' || [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] || PC-9987 || With the Chicago All Stars; also released on DVD, 2003
|-
| 1971 || ''Willie Dixon's Peace?'' || [[Yambo Records|Yambo]] || 777-15 || With the Chicago All Stars
|-
| 1973 || ''Catalyst'' || Ovation || OVQD-1433 || [[Quadraphonic]] pressing
|-
| 1976 || ''What Happened to My Blues'' || Ovation || OV-1705 ||
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane]]'' || [[Pausa Records|Pausa]] || PR-7157 ||
|-
| 1985 || ''Willie Dixon: Live (Backstage Access)'' || [[Pausa Records|Pausa]] || PR-7183 || With [[Sugar Blue]], Clifton James, Montreux, Switzerland, 1985
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Hidden Charms (Willie Dixon album)|Hidden Charms]]'' || Bug/Capitol || C1-90593 || [[Grammy Awards of 1989#Blues|Grammy-winning]] album
|-
| 1988 || ''The Chess Box–Willie Dixon'' || Chess/[[MCA Records|MCA]] || CHD2-16500 || Mix of Dixon's own with well-known Chess artists' recordings
|-
| 1989 || ''Ginger Ale Afternoon'' || [[Varèse Sarabande]] || VSD-5234 || Soundtrack for [[Ginger Ale Afternoon|movie of the same name]]
|-
| 1990 || ''The Big Three Trio'' || Columbia/[[Legacy Recordings|Legacy]] || C-46216 || Recorded 1947–1952
|-
| 1993 || ''Willie Dixon's Blues Dixonary'' || Roots || RTS 33046 || EAN: 8712177013760
|-
| 1995 || ''The Original Wang Dang Doodle: The Chess Recordings'' || Chess/MCA || CHD-9353 || Recorded 1954–1990 (some previously unreleased recordings)
|-
| 1996 || ''Crying the Blues: Live in Concert'' || Thunderbolt || CDTB-166 || Live, with [[Johnny Winter]] and the Chicago All Stars, Houston, TX, 1971
|-
| 1998 || ''Good Advice'' || Wolf || 120,700 || Live, with the Chicago All Stars, Long Beach, CA, 1991
|-
| 1998 || ''I Think I Got the Blues'' || Prevue || 17 ||
|-
| 2001 || ''Big Boss Men: Blues Legends of the Sixties'' || Indigo (UK) || IGOXCD543 || Live, Houston, TX, 1971–72 (six tracks)
|-
| 2008 || ''Giant of the Blues'' || Blues Boulevard || 250196 || [[International Article Number (EAN)|EAN]]: 5413992501960
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book
| last1 = Dixon
| first1 = Willie
| author-link1 = Willie Dixon
| last2 = Snowden
| first2 = Don
| title = I Am the Blues
| publisher = [[Da Capo Press]]
| year = 1990
| isbn = 0-306-80415-8
| url = https://archive.org/details/iamblueswilliedi00dixo}}
*{{cite encyclopedia
| last = Herzhaft
| first = Gerard
| encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of the Blues
| section = Willie Dixon
| year = 1992
| location = Fayetteville, Arkansas
| publisher = [[University of Arkansas Press]]
| isbn = 1-55728-252-8}}
*{{cite book
| author = Mitsutoshi Inaba
| title = Willie Dixon: Preacher of the Blues 
| year = 2011
| publisher = Scarecrow Press
| isbn = 978-0-8108-6993-6
| ref= {{harvid|Mitsutoshi|2011}}
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Palmer
| first = Robert
| author-link = Robert Palmer (American writer)
| title = Deep Blues
| year = 1982
| location = New York City
| publisher = [[Penguin Books]]
| isbn = 0-14006-223-8
| url = https://archive.org/details/deepblues00palm}}
* Dixon, Willie (1992). ''Willie Dixon: Master Blues Composer, with Notes and Tablature''. Hal Leonard. {{ISBN|0-7935-0305-1}}.
*{{cite AV media notes
| title = Willie Dixon: Chess Box
| others = Willie Dixon
| year = 1997
| last = Snowden
| first = Don
| type = Box set booklet
| location = Universal City, California
| publisher = [[Chess Records]]/[[MCA Records]]
}}
*{{cite book
| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| author-link = Joel Whitburn
| year = 1988
| section = Song titles
| title = Top R&B Singles 1942–1988
| location = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
| publisher = [[Record Research]]
| isbn = 0-89820-068-7}}

==External links==
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* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p332}}
* {{IMDb name|0229006}}
* {{Rockhall}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080211091958/http://www.shs.starkville.k12.ms.us/mswm/MSWritersAndMusicians/musicians/Dixon.html Willie Dixon, Mississippi blues musician]. Mississippi Writers and Musicians Project of [[Starkville High School]]
* [http://bluesheaven.com/ Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation]
* [http://www.willie-dixon.com/ Willie Dixon's Official Website]

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