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Jimmy McCracklin
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<p>James David Walker Jr. (August 13, 1921 – December 20, 2012), better known by his stage name Jimmy McCracklin, was an American <a href="/facts/Pianist/fFmwoxLv">pianist</a>, <a href="/facts/Singer/EWY1s7lw">singer</a>, and <a href="/facts/Songwriter/QGzWL6YL">songwriter</a>. His style contained <a href="/facts/West_Coast_blues/vc1R9dqm">West Coast blues</a>, <a href="/facts/Jump_blues/LF9glW3k">Jump blues</a>, and <a href="/facts/Rhythm_and_blues/UT5v5rXb">R&B</a>. Over a career that spanned seven decades, he said he had written almost a thousand songs and had recorded hundreds of them. McCracklin recorded over 30 <a href="/facts/Album/C3kkyHHT">albums</a>, and earned four <a href="/facts/Music_recording_sales_certification/zGzLFa9l">gold records</a>. Tom Mazzolini of the <a href="/facts/San_Francisco_Blues_Festival/2Mr4npyI">San Francisco Blues Festival</a> said of him, "He was probably the most important musician to come out of the Bay Area in the post-World War II years." </p>