- The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook · 1995
- Willie Mabon · 1979
- The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook · 1954
- Shake That Thing · 1975
- Willie Mabon · 1979
- Presenting Willie Mabon · 1954
- Heavy Timbre: Chicago Boogie Piano · 2003
- Blues Anytime! · 1979
- Blues Anytime! · 1979
- Chess Blues · 1992
- Presenting Willie Mabon · 1954
- Willie Mabon · 1979
- Presenting Willie Mabon · 1954
Singles & EPs
Compilations
About Willie Mabon
Accompanying himself on piano and secondly on harmonica, Willie Mabon sang in an urbane blues style similar to Charles Brown. He moved from Memphis to Chicago in 1942 and was first recorded in 1949 as a member of the Blues Rockers group. After military service he became a popular entertainer in Chicago’s Black Belt, and signed as a solo artist to Chess Records in 1951. Mabon had an immediate R&B chart-topper with the novelty blues ‘I Don’t Know’ in 1952. It was followed by the hits with ‘I’m Mad’ (1953), ‘Poison Ivy’ (1954) and ‘Seventh Son’ (1955). After leaving Chess in 1956, Mabon recorded for several small labels, and spent much of the 70s and 80s in Europe, making occasional albums for German and French labels.
- HOMETOWN
- Hollywood, TN, United States
- BORN
- October 24, 1925
- GENRE
- Blues