Memphis Slim

CTL-E-0471 · Person · unspecified

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Chicago blues pianist and singer (John Len Chatman, 1915–1988) who moved permanently to Paris in 1962.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-161; source research type(s): Person. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Liner notes, Internet Archive (archive.org); BD Music, 'Memphis Slim' (bdmusic.fr) (primary source)
University of Mississippi eGrove, 'The British Blues Explosion and American Folk Blues Festival' exhibit (egrove.olemiss.edu) (primary source)

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