Junior Parker

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1920-08-29

Active to

1955-03-12

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

82,095

Total plays

353,905

(March 27, 1932–November 18, 1971) was a Memphis blues singer and musician. Junior Parker was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi as Herman Parker, Jr. He played on the various blues circuits beginning in his teenage years, playing with artists like Sonny Boy Williamson (his mentor) and Howlin' Wolf. Parker was discovered by Ike Turner in 1952, who signed him to Modern Records. He put out one single on this record label, "You're My Angel." He and his band <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Junior+

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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   · 2016 · cited 11,699x

3. Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century

   · 2003 · cited 9,102x

4. Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer

   · 2002 · cited 8,635x

5. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

   · 2017 · cited 8,256x

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