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Cripple Clarence Lofton (March 28, 1887 - January 9, 1957), born Albert Clemens in Kingsport, Tennessee, was a noted boogie-woogie pianist and singer. ==Life and career== Though Lofton was born with a limp (from which he derived his stage name), he actually started his career as a tap-dancer. Lofton moved on from tap-dancing into the blues idiom known as boogie-woogie and moved on to perform in Chicago, Illinois. The trademark of Lofton's performances was his energetic stage-presence, where he danced and whistled in addition to singing.〔 A conversant description of Lofton is provided in an excerpt from ''Boogie Woogie'' by William Russell: ''
'' With his distinctive performance style, Lofton found himself a mainstay in his genre: His first recording was in April 1935 for Vocalion Records with guitar accompaniment from Big Bill Broonzy.〔Olderen, Martin van, ''Clarence's Blues'', liner notes Oldie Blues OL 2817, 1979〕 He later went on to own the ''Big Apple'' nightclub in Chicago and continued to record well into the late 1940s, when he retired.〔 Lofton lived in Chicago until he died from a blood clot in his brain〔 in Cook County Hospital in 1957.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cripple Clarence Lofton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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