Biography: Willie Clayton, Willie Cobbs, Willie Collins, Willie Dixon, Willie Edwards, Willie Foster, Wallace Coleman, Willie Headen, Willie Henderson, Willie Hightower,

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Willie Clayton Biography, Photos, Pictures

As long as he’s been recording (from 1969 through the 2000s), one might think that Willie Clayton is an old geezer No way — he was just past the age of 40 when he hit his commercial stride with a couple of blues-soul albums for Ace that sold well to the Southern market (where the two interrelated idioms have never been deemed mutually exclusive)

Willie Cobbs Biography, Photos, Pictures

If for nothing else, the name of Willie Cobbs will always ring immortal for the prominence of his composition “You Don’t Love Me,” covered by everyone from Junior Wells to the Allman Brothers

Willie Collins Biography, Photos, Pictures

Singer Willie Collins sang smooth, soulful Southern flavored R&B/New York-recorded ballads with one, “Let’s Get Started,” charting number 43 R&B in Billboard during spring 1986

Willie Dixon Biography, Photos, Pictures

Willie Dixon’s life and work was virtually an embodiment of the progress of the blues, from an accidental creation of the descendants of freed slaves to a recognized and vital part of America’s musical heritage

Willie Edwards Biography, Photos, Pictures

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Willie Edwards was one of the many white kids who first discovered blues and folk music in the 1960s He began playing guitar in tenth grade and became a fan of 1960s soul, as well as blues and folk music, buying albums by artists like Solomon Burke and Otis Redding

Willie Foster Biography, Photos, Pictures

Although Willie Foster was a noted bluesman and accomplished harmonica player in his own right, he’s best-known for playing alongside other blues greats, especially Muddy Waters

Wallace Coleman Biography, Photos, Pictures

If the name doesn’t ring a bell, don’t go searching for a copy of Blues for Dummies Wallace Coleman entered the blues fray after retiring from the Cleveland, OH, bakery where he unloaded trucks

Willie Headen Biography, Photos, Pictures

Though he never had a substantial national hit, Willie Headen made a series of respectable R&B records in the mid- to late ’50s in a small combo piano-based style, though that approach was getting slightly out of fashion with the onset of rock & roll

Willie Henderson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Producer/arranger Willie Henderson’s versatile talents can be heard throughout the Brunswick Records catalog as well as a myriad of sides recorded during the ’60s-’70s heydays of Chicago soul

Willie Hightower Biography, Photos, Pictures

Teaming with veteran producer Bobby Robinson, Hightower cut some fine soul during the ’60s The Gadsden, AL, native traveled the gospel circuit before going secular, waxing his first singles for Robinson’s Enjoy logo