Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site.

Elmore James

  • Listeners

    377.5K

  • Scrobbles

    2.9M

  • Listeners

    377.5K

  • Scrobbles

    2.9M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
27 January 1918
Born In
Richland, Rankin County, Mississippi, United States
Died
24 May 1963 (aged 45)
Elmore James (Elmore Brooks, Richland, Mississippi, 27th January 1918 – Chicago, Illinois, 24th May 1963) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was known as "The King of the Slide Guitar". James was born fifty miles north of Jackson (not to be confused with another Richland just south of Jackson). He began playing as a teen, under the names "Cleanhead" and "Joe Willie James", alongside musicians such as the first Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, and Robert Johnson. During World War II James joined the United States Navy and was station… read more
Elmore James (Elmore Brooks, Richland, Mississippi, 27th January 1918 – Chicago, Illinois, 24th May 1963) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was known as "The King of the Slide Guitar". James was born fifty miles north of Jackson (not to be confused with another Richlan… read more
Elmore James (Elmore Brooks, Richland, Mississippi, 27th January 1918 – Chicago, Illinois, 24th May 1963) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was known as "The King of the Slide Guitar". James was born fifty miles north of Jackson (not to be confused with another Richland just south of Jackson). He began playing as a teen, under the names &q… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Jimmy Reed

  2. Avatar for Little Walter

  3. Avatar for Howlin' Wolf
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track The Complete Fire and Enjoy Sessions Part 1 Dust My Broom
  • Loading
 371 listeners
2 Play track The Complete Fire and Enjoy Sessions Part 1 The Sky Is Crying
  • Loading
 319 listeners
3 Play track Person To Person It Hurts Me Too
  • Loading
 144 listeners
4 Play track Shake Your Money Maker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions Shake Your Money Maker
  • Loading
 112 listeners
5 Play track Blues Masters: The Very Best of Elmore James Madison Blues
  • Loading
 61 listeners
6 Play track Person To Person Talk to Me Baby
  • Loading
 49 listeners
7 Play track The Sky Is Crying Standing at the Crossroads
  • Loading
 48 listeners
8 Play track Shake Your Money Maker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions Look On Yonder Wall
  • Loading
 38 listeners
9 Play track Blues Nostalgia Dust My Blues
  • Loading
 35 listeners
10 Play track The Complete Fire and Enjoy Sessions Part 1 Done Somebody Wrong
  • Loading
 30 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 126,754 listeners

    15 Feb 1990 · 13 tracks

    The Complete Fire and Enjoy Sessions Part 1
    • Loading

  2. 98,038 listeners

    1965 · 2 tracks

    Dust My Broom
    • Loading

  3. 73,888 listeners

    5 Mar 2001 · 16 tracks

    Shake Your Money Maker: The Best Of The Fire Sessions
    • Loading

  4. 58,592 listeners

    1965 · 12 tracks

    The Sky Is Crying
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
190
157
160
169
172
192
194
145
171
164
170
177
171
183
187
134
143
149
160
156
170
143
161
134
166
174
161
182
160
141
163
158
166
193
197
200
185
203
202
177
215
182
169
164
167
190
178
180
179
184
188
172
167
154
168
174
180
169
153
177
176
188
174
153
133
150
158
172
188
172
175
181
171
161
148
180
193
197
177
187
177
200
195
183
184
153
179
195
203
192
207
211
154
199
187
171
185
196
187
197
181
183
185
213
189
194
194
200
228
209
205
165
160
146
194
191
192
204
232
188
176
197
198
210
198
190
186
199
183
185
198
221
202
194
173
178
197
219
211
218
179
154
195
187
179
193
214
189
189
187
171
169
179
186
189
181
190
162
191
212
184
169
179
195
208
200
204
182
170
203
198
167
185
207
183
147
178
176
178
198
199
188

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 227,848 listeners

    Avatar for Jimmy Reed

  2. 302,489 listeners

    Avatar for Little Walter

  3. 707,567 listeners

    Avatar for Howlin' Wolf

  4. 108,782 listeners

    Avatar for Sonny Boy Williamson II

  5. 263,572 listeners

    Avatar for Otis Rush

  6. 924,943 listeners

    Avatar for Muddy Waters

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

Features

API Calls