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K. C. Douglas
Sign in to saveAmerican rural blues singer and guitarist
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Paris
- Active from
- 1913
- Active to
- 1975
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,224
- Total plays
- 18,051
Tags
bluessoulacoustic bluesAllcountry blues
K. C. Douglas (November 21, 1913 — October 18, 1975) was an American blues singer and guitarist. Born in Sharon, Mississippi, Douglas was a rural blues stylist in the San Francisco/Oakland area of California. Douglas was influenced by Tommy Johnson, whose "Canned Heat Blues" he adapted on his album, Big Road Blues. Douglas produced a blues classic when he recorded "Mercury Boogie" in 1949. The tune, which paid homage to the American automobile, was later renamed "Mercury Blues" and covered by S
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Douglas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sharon
- Place of death
- Berkeley
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1913-11-21
- date of death
- 1975-10-18
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- end of work period
- 1975-00-00
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