- Rollin' Stone
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Name = Rollin' Stone
Artist = Muddy Waters
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Released = 1948
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Genre =Blues
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Label =Chess Records
Writer = McKinley Morganfield
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Next single = "Rollin' Stone" is the name of a 1948Muddy Waters blues song, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in2000 ."Rollin' Stone" was written by Muddy Waters and credited under his real name, McKinley Morganfield. Waters based the song on
Mississippi blues singer/guitarist Robert Petway's song "Catfish Blues", but added a beat and some changes to make it his own. "Rollin' Stone" was the first single ever released onChess Records .Influence
The song provided
The Rolling Stones with their name, influenced Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone ", [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/muddywaters/articles/story/6596304/rollin_stone] and influenced Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile " and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return) ".The magazine "
Rolling Stone ", which also partly took its name from the song, placed the song "Rollin' Stone" at number 459 on its list of the500 Greatest Songs of All Time in2004 . [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/5]ee also
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Muddy Waters
*Muddy Waters discography
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