Biography: Pearl Dickson, Pebbles, Pee Wee Crayton, Pee Wee Ellis, Peech Boys, Peetie Wheatstraw, Peg Leg Howell, Peg Leg Sam, Peggy de Azevedo, Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson,

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Pearl Dickson Biography, Photos, Pictures

All that is definitively known about Pearl Dickson is that she recorded four songs (“High Yellow Blues,” “Twelve Pound Daddy,” “Little Rock Blues,” “Guitar Rag”) in Memphis, TN, on December 12, 1927, for Columbia Records

Although dance-pop singer Pebbles scored several hit singles on her own during the ’80s, she has become best-known as the manager (and creator) of one of the genre’s biggest hit machines the following decade

Pee Wee Crayton Biography, Photos, Pictures

Although he was certainly inexorably influenced by the pioneering electric guitar conception of T-Bone Walker (what axe-handler wasn’t during the immediate postwar era?), Pee Wee Crayton brought enough daring innovation to his playing to avoid being labeled as a mere T-Bone imitator

Pee Wee Ellis Biography, Photos, Pictures

Saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis was the architect of James Brown’s era-defining soul classics of the late ’60s, introducing the dynamic arrangements and punishing rhythms that would define the emerging language of funk

Alternately known as the New York Citi Peech Boys or NYC Peech Boys, this underground funk rock unit recorded one of the early hits in the New York house/garage scene with 1981’s “Don’t Make Me Wait

Peetie Wheatstraw Biography, Photos, Pictures

Peetie Wheatstraw was the name adopted by singer William Bunch, taking it from Black American folklore According to author Ralph Ellison, who made use of the Wheatstraw legend to model characters in his novels Invisible Man and Juneteenth, “Peetie Wheatstraw” was the evil half of a twin personality whose challenge was invoked at the start of a pool game

Peg Leg Howell Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the first recorded products of the Atlanta blues community of the pre-war era, Peg Leg Howell bridged the gap between the early country-blues sound and the 12-bar stylings to follow, with his guitar work evolving over time to include finger-picking and slide techniques

Peg Leg Sam was a performer to be treasured, a member of what may have been the last authentic traveling medicine show, a harmonica virtuoso, and an extraordinary entertainer

Peggy de Azevedo Biography, Photos, Pictures

Not just the wife of a famous musician, Peggy de Azevedo is a musically gifted woman in her own right Her talents include lyricist, musical supervisor, producer and musical director

Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson Biography, Photos, Pictures

In the late ’60s, the female-male duo of Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson made the pop Top 40 three times (charting much higher in the R&B section) with a clutch of good-natured Southern pop/soul tunes