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A '''blues shouter''' is a [[blues]] singer, capable of singing unamplified with a band. Notable blues shouters include: *[[Big Maybelle]] *[[Big Mama Thornton]] *[[Piney Brown]] *[[Walter Brown (singer)|Walter Brown]], of the [[Jay McShann]] orchestra<ref name="All"/> *[[Beulah Bryant]] *[[H-Bomb Ferguson]]<ref name="AMG"/> *[[Wynonie Harris]]<ref name="AMG"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPespGZaZv0C&dq=%22blues+shouter%22.+%22Duke++Henderson%22&pg=PA139 |title=Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds : Celebrating the Rise of Soul ... - Jerry Zolten Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and American Studies Penn State University |page=139 |date=2002-12-13 |isbn=9780195348453 |accessdate=2015-10-26|last1=Zolten |first1=Jerry }}</ref> *[[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]] *[[Duke Henderson]], who operated mainly in the late 1940s and early 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bill Dahl |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/get-your-kicks-mw0000120784 |title=Get Your Kicks - Duke Henderson | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.delmark.com/delmark.668.htm |title=Duke Henderson - Get Your Kicks |publisher=Delmark.com |date= |accessdate=2015-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014654/http://www.delmark.com/delmark.668.htm |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJes-jdk5kEC&dq=%22blues+shouter%22.+%22Duke++Henderson%22&pg=PA118 |title=Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll |author=Larry Birnbaum |year=2013 |page=118 |isbn=9780810886384 |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NSAEAAAAMBAJ |quote=blues shouter. Duke Henderson. |title=Billboard |via=[[Internet Archive]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NSAEAAAAMBAJ/page/n35 42] |date=1952-10-11 |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref> *[[Jimmy Rushing]], blues shouter with [[Count Basie]].<ref name="All">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/blues-shouters/ |title=Blues Shouters |publisher=Allaboutbluesmusic.com |date=2015-06-02 |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref><ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-greatest-blues-shouters-1944-1955-mw0000474337 |title=The Greatest Blues Shouters 1944-1955 - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref> *[[Big Joe Turner]] β his style hardly changed at all between 1938's "[[Roll 'Em Pete]]", and 1954's "[[Shake, Rattle and Roll]]". [[AllMusic]] called Turner "the premier blues shouter of the postwar era".<ref>{{cite web|author=Bill Dahl |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-joe-turner-mn0000060726/biography |title=Big Joe Turner | Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-10-26}}</ref> *[[Eddie Vinson|Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson]], an unusual combination of blues shouter and [[bebop]] [[saxophone|alto saxophone]] player.<ref name="All"/><ref name="AMG"/> *[[Big Joe Williams]]<ref name="All"/> *[[Jimmy Witherspoon]], who also appeared with Jay McShann.<ref name="All"/><ref name="AMG"/> *[[Billy Wright (musician)|Billy Wright]]<ref name="All"/> *[[Howlin' Wolf]] (Chester Burnett)
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