Big Bill Broonzy

Lee Conley "Big Bill" Broonzy ( Bolivar County , Mississippi , June 26 1898 - Chicago , August 15 1958 ) was an African American blues singer , songwriter and guitarist.

Career
Broonzy's career began in the 1920s, when he played the country-blues for a predominantly black audience. Through the 30s and 40s he successfully developed a transition in style to the more urban blues sound, also popular with white audiences.

In the 50s he experienced a return to its traditional folk-blues and roots that made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. His long and varied career marks him as one of the key figures in the development of the blues in the 20th century.

Broonzy wrote during his lifetime more than 300 songs, including both adaptations of traditional folk songs and original blues songs. As a blues composer he was unique in his compositions.

Big Bill Broonzy died in 1958 at age 60 of throat cancer . He was buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois.

Discography
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 * "Big Bill's Blues" b / w "House Rent Stomp" (Paramount 12656) 1927
 * "Down in the Basement Blues" b / w "The Starvation Blues" (Paramount 12707) 1928
 * "Station Blues" b / w "How You Want It Done" (Paramount 13084) 1930
 * "Big Bill Blues" (Champion 16400) 1931
 * "Take Your Hands Off Her" b / w "The Sun's Gonna Shine In My Backdoor Someday" (Bluebird 6188) 1935
 * "His Story" ( Folkways Records ) 1957 [1]
 * "Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee" ( Folkways Records ) 1959
 * "Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs" ( Smithsonian Folkways ) 1989
 * "Trouble In Mind" ( Smithsonian Folkways ) 2000