Big Mama Thornton American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
Big Mama Thornton is a 57 years old American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter from Montgomery, Alabama. Big Mama Thornton was born on December 11, 1926 (died on July 25, 1984, she was 57 years old) in Montgomery, Alabama as Willie Mae Thornton. Her nickname was Thornton Big Mama.
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Birth name of Big Mama Thornton is Willie Mae Thornton
No, she died on 07/25/1984, 40 years ago. She was 57 years old when she died. Cause of death: myocardial infarction. She died in Los Angeles and buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery .
Family
Husbands
Big Mama Thornton had two marriages.
Works
Big Mama Thornton Albums (40)
There are 40 albums of Big Mama Thornton.
Her last album Ball 'N Chain (Live) released 3 years 5 months ago. When Ball 'N Chain (Live) released, she was 94 years old.
Her first album I Smell a Rat released 70 years ago, she was 27 years old when this album released. There were 24 songs in this album.
View all Big Mama Thornton albums.
Popular Big Mama Thornton Songs
- Hound Dog (Ball n' Chain, released 36 years ago)
- Hound Dog - Single Version (Hound Dog / The Peacock Recordings, released 33 years ago)
- Ball N' Chain (Ball n' Chain, released 36 years ago)
- Let's Go Get Stoned (Stronger Than Dirt, released 56 years ago)
- Sweet Little Angel (Ball n' Chain, released 36 years ago)
- Gonna Leave You (The Complete Vanguard Recordings, released 25 years ago)
- I'm Feeling Alright (Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band - 1966, released 59 years ago)
- Wade In The Water (Ball n' Chain, released 36 years ago)
- Everything Gonna Be Alright (Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band - 1966, released 59 years ago)
- Unlucky Girl (Ball n' Chain, released 36 years ago)
Big Mama Thornton zodiac sign was sagittarius.
Other facts about Big Mama Thornton
Alias | Thornton Big Mama |
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Place of death | Los Angeles |
Genre | Rhythm and blues, Texas blues |
Hometown | Ariton Alabama, United States |
Instrument | Drum kit, Harmonica |
Pseudonym | Big Mama Thornton , object has role: stage name , language of work or name: English |
Place of burial | Inglewood Park Cemetery |
Manner of death | Natural Causes |
Record | Peacock Records |
Nickname | Big Mama |
Date of death | 1984-07-25T00:00:00Z |
Birth name | Willie Mae Thornton |
Instrument | Harmonica |
Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
Work period (start) | 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z |
Cause of death | Myocardial Infarction |
Ethnic group | African Americans |
On focus list of Wikimedia project | Art+Feminism |
Place of birth | Montgomery |
Genre | Blues |
Notable work | Ball 'n' Chain |
Discography | Big Mama Thornton Discography |
Europeana entity | Agent/base/63049 |