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Charley Patton
(1891-1934)
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Charley Patton was born on 1 May 1891 in Bolton, Mississippi, USA. He was married to Bertha Lee. He died on 28 April 1934 in Indianola, Mississippi, USA.
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Known for
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6.9
Soundtrack
("Baby Let Me Have It All")
2020
American Epic
7.3
Soundtrack
("Missisippi Bo Weevil Blues", "Shake It And Break It", "High Water Everywhere", "Down The Dirt Road Blues", "Gonna Move To Alabama")
2017
I Am Joe
4.6
Soundtrack
("Poor Me")
2016
Passage to Mars
4.5
Soundtrack
("High Water Everywhere")
2016
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Robots
5.5
writer: "Boll Weevil"
2023
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6.9
lyrics: "Baby Let Me Have It All"
2020
American Epic
7.3
performer: "Missisippi Bo Weevil Blues", "Shake It And Break It", "High Water Everywhere", "Down The Dirt Road Blues", "Gonna Move To Alabama"
writer: "Missisippi Bo Weevil Blues", "Shake It And Break It", "High Water Everywhere", "Down The Dirt Road Blues", "Gonna Move To Alabama"
2017
Arena
7.7
TV Series
writer: "High Water Everywhere, Part 2"
2017
1 episode
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World
7.8
performer: "Pony Blues", "Down the Dirt Road Blues", "High Water Everywhere"
writer: "Pony Blues", "Down the Dirt Road Blues", "High Water Everywhere"
2017
Jellyfish
Short
writer: "Devil Sent the Rain Blues"
2016
Passage to Mars
4.5
performer: "High Water Everywhere"
writer: "High Water Everywhere"
2016
I Am Joe
4.6
Soundtrack
("Poor Me")
2016
Two Trains Runnin'
7.6
performer: "Pony Blues"
writer: "Pony Blues", "Hammer Blues"
2016
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
7.4
writer: "Spoonful Blues"
2012
The Blues
8.0
TV Mini Series
performer: "Hang It On the Wall", "Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues"
writer: "Hang It On the Wall", "Mississippi Boll Weevil Blues"
performer: "High Water Everywhere Part 1"
...
2003
2 episodes
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
7.6
performer: "A Spoonful Blues", "Screamin' and Hollerin the Blues"
writer: "A Spoonful Blues", "Screamin' and Hollerin the Blues"
1993
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Height
5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Born
May 1
,
1891
Bolton, Mississippi, USA
Died
April 28
,
1934
Indianola, Mississippi, USA
(chronic heart condition)
Spouse
Bertha Lee
? - April 28, 1934 (his death, 1 child)
Other works
CD: "Pony Blues" (ZPRO)
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Legendary blues musician.
Trademark
Using his guitar for a drum
Nickname
The Masked Marvel
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