About Jimmy McCracklin
James David Walker Jr., better known by his stage name Jimmy McCracklin, was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter. His style contained West Coast blues, Jump blues, and R&B. Over a career that spanned seven decades, he said he had written almost a thousand songs and had recorded hundreds of them. McCracklin recorded over 30 albums, and earned four gold records. Tom Mazzolini of the San Francisco Blues Festival said of him, "He was probably the most important musician to come out of the Bay Area in the post-World War II years." Heavily influenced by legendary bluesman Walter Davis, McCracklin recorded a debut single for Globe Records, "Miss Mattie Left Me", in early 1945, and "Street Loafin' Woman" in 1946. Later in 1963 he would write and record a song "Club Savoy" on his I Just Gotta Know album.
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