Slim Harpo

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James Moore
guitar, harmonica, vocals
born: January 11, 1924 in Lobdell, Louisiana
died: January 31, 1970 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame: 1985

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Hitsingles:
I'm A King Bee
Got Love If You Want It
Baby, Scratch My Back

Essential Slim Harpo albums:
The Best Of Slim Harpo (Hip-O)
Excello Singles Anthology

Albums:
- * Rainin' In My Heart [Excello 8003, 1961]
- A Long Drink Of The Blues [Stateside 10135, 1965]
- Baby, Scratch My Back [Excello 8005, 1966]
- The Best Of Slim Harpo (Excello 8010, 1969] compilation album
- Slim Harpo Knew The Blues [Excello 8013, 1970]
- Trigger Finger [Blue Horizon 2431013, 1971] with Jimmy Johnson
- Blues Hangover [Flyright 520, 1976]
- Got Love If You Want It [Flyright 558, 1980]
- Shake Your Hips [Flyright 593, 1983]
- Scratch My Back: The Best Of Slim Harpo [Rhino 70169,1989] compilation album
- I'm A King Bee [Flyright 05, 1989]
- Hip Shakin': The Excello Collection[Excello 2001, 1995] 2 CD set compilation album
- Shake Your Hips [ACE 558, 1995] compilation album
- Tip On In [Excello 8008, 1996]
- The Scratch: Rare And Unissued [Excello 3015, February 1996] previously unissued sides and alternate takes
- Sting It Then! [Ace 658, 1997] live at the Sage Armory in Mobile, Alabama (1961)
- The Best Of Slim Harpo [Hip-O 40072, 1997] compilation album
- * Slim Harpo Sings Rainin' In My Heart [Hip-O 40135, 1998] with Lazy Lester; reissue of Rainin' In My Heart with 3 bonus CD tracks
- The Best of Slim Harpo [Universal/MCA, July 1999]
- The Best of Slim Harpo [Ace 410, September 2002]
- I'm A King Bee: The Early Swamp Blues Classics [Ace 510, September 2002] with Lazy Lester
- Excello Singles Anthology [Hip-O 58302, August 2003] with Roger Hawkins, Jimmy Johnson, Lazy Lester, Katie Webster plus Charles, Leroy and Mabon "Teenie" Hodges

He appears on the following albums:
Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues [Excello P-8000, 1960]
Various Artists - Fabulous Flips, Vol. 2 [Ace 560, September 1995]
Various Artists - Blues Masters, Vol. 16: More Harmonica Classics [Rhino 75346, July 1998]
Various Artists - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Soundtrack) [Sony 86534, May 2002]

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