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Born | Bolton, Mississippi, U.S. | February 2, 1901
Died | April 22, 1975 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 74)
Genres | Memphis blues |
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Years active | 1920s–1970 |
Formerly of | The Mississippi Sheiks |
Walter Vinson (February 2, 1901 – April 22, 1975) was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.[1] He was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks, worked with Bo Chatmon and his brothers, and co-wrote the blues standard "Sitting on Top of the World".[1] He is erroneously known as Walter Vincson or Walter Vincent. He sometimes recorded as Walter Jacobs, using his mother's maiden name.