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Jimmy Rogers (3 June 1924 – 19 December 1997) was a blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters' band of the 1950s.

Career
Jimmy Rogers was born James A. Lane in Ruleville, Mississippi|Ruleville, Mississippi, and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis. He adapted the professional surname "Rogers" from his stepfather's last name. Rogers learned the harmonica alongside his childhood friend Snooky Pryor, and as a teenager took up the guitar and played professionally in East St. Louis, Illinois|East St. Louis, Illinois (where he played with Robert Lockwood, Jr., among others), before moving to Chicago in the mid 1940s.{{Fact|date=March 2007 By 1946 he had sound recording and reproduction|recorded his first gramophone record|record as a harmonica player and singer for the local Harlem record label (not to be confused with the New York City|New York based label of the same name), although his name was not included on the label — the record was issued under the names "Memphis Slim and his Houserockers".

Rogers joined Muddy Waters the next year, with whom he helped shape the sound of the nascent Chicago Blues style. Although he had several successful releases of his own on Chess Records beginning in 1950 with "That's Alright", he stay... read all