Birthdays today : Mighty Joe Young (September 23, 1927 – March 24, 1999) was an American Chicago blues guitarist.
Joseph Young was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, but was raised in Milwaukee. He was an amateur boxer in the 1940s, but he later recalled that "It was nothing to write home about. I decided that music was the best thing to do." He began his music career in the early 1950s, singing on the Milwaukee nightclub circuit. In 1955, he returned to Louisiana to make his recording debut, for Jiffy Records.
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