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| Name = Off the Wall
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| recorded = January 1953
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| label = [[Checker Records]]
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| writer = [[Walter Jacobs]]
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'''"Off the Wall"''' is a 1953 song by [[Little Walter]].<ref>Gérard Herzhaft ''Encyclopedia of the Blues'' 1992 p.207 "among which were several commercial hits: "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Off the Wall," "Blues with a Feeling," .."</ref> The song followed "Tell Me Mama" which had reached #10 on the R&B charts reaching #8.
'''"Off the Wall"''' is a 1953 blues instrumental and single by [[Little Walter]].<ref>Gérard Herzhaft ''Encyclopedia of the Blues'' 1992 p.207 "among which were several commercial hits: "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Off the Wall," "Blues with a Feeling," .."</ref> The single followed "Tell Me Mama", which had reached #10 on the R&B charts, reaching #8. Following Little Walter's recording [[Big Walter Horton]] claimed to be the composer, and he recorded the same harmonica-led tune in Memphis on 28 May 1953 for [[Sun Records]]. <ref>Gérard Herzhaft ''Encyclopedia of the Blues'' 1992 p.464 "OFF THE WALL This is Little Walter's famous instrumental recorded in January 1953 on Checker 770. Big Walter Horton always claimed to be the composer, and he recorded it in Memphis on 28 May 1953 for Sun. "</ref>
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Latest revision as of 03:07, 2 May 2021

"Off the Wall"
Single by Little Walter
RecordedJanuary 1953
GenreR&B
LabelChecker Records
Songwriter(s)Walter Jacobs

"Off the Wall" is a 1953 blues instrumental and single by Little Walter.[1] The single followed "Tell Me Mama", which had reached #10 on the R&B charts, reaching #8. Following Little Walter's recording Big Walter Horton claimed to be the composer, and he recorded the same harmonica-led tune in Memphis on 28 May 1953 for Sun Records. [2]

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  1. ^ Gérard Herzhaft Encyclopedia of the Blues 1992 p.207 "among which were several commercial hits: "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Off the Wall," "Blues with a Feeling," .."
  2. ^ Gérard Herzhaft Encyclopedia of the Blues 1992 p.464 "OFF THE WALL This is Little Walter's famous instrumental recorded in January 1953 on Checker 770. Big Walter Horton always claimed to be the composer, and he recorded it in Memphis on 28 May 1953 for Sun. "
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