Editing Jimmy Reed (section)

{{Short description|American blues musician (1925–1976)}}
{{distinguish|Jim Reed (coach)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Jimmy Reed 
| image               = JimmyReed.jpg
| caption             = 
| image_size          = 
| background          = solo_singer 
| birth_name          = Mathis James Reed 
| alias               = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1925|9|6}}
| birth_place         = [[Dunleith, Mississippi]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1976|8|29|1925|9|6}}
| death_place         = [[Oakland, California]], U.S.
| origin              = 
| instrument          = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals|harmonica}}
| genre               = Blues, [[electric blues]]
| occupation          = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter }}
| years_active        = 1940s–1976 
| label               = [[Vee-Jay Records|Vee-Jay]]
}}

'''Mathis James Reed''' (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=2062/3}}</ref> was an American [[blues]] musician and songwriter. His particular style of [[electric blues]]<ref name="russell"/> was popular with a wide variety of audiences. Reed's songs such as  "Honest I Do" (1957), "[[Baby What You Want Me to Do]]" (1960), "[[Big Boss Man (song)|Big Boss Man]]" (1961), and "[[Bright Lights, Big City (song)|Bright Lights, Big City]]" (1961) appeared on both [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'' magazine's]] [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] and [[Hot 100]] singles charts.<ref>
{{cite book
| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| author-link = Joel Whitburn
| title = Top R&B Singles 1942–1988
| year = 1988
| location = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
| publisher = [[Record Research]]
| isbn = 0-89820-068-7
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whit/page/345 345–346]
| url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whit/page/345
}}</ref>

Reed influenced many other musicians, including [[Elvis Presley]], [[Hank Williams Jr.]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Neil Young]], and [[the Rolling Stones]], who recorded his songs.<ref name="Koda"/> Music critic [[Cub Koda]] describes him as "perhaps the most influential bluesman of all," due to his easily accessible style.<ref name="Koda"/>