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Big Bill Broonzy
Jefferson County, United States
Active from 1893 to 1958
AKA: Big Bill Bronzy, Big Bill Broomsley, Big Bill Brooney, Big Bill Broozy, Big Boy Broonzy, Bill Broonzy, Lee Conley Bradley, Sammy Sampson, William Lee Conley, William Lee Conley Broonzy, William Lee Conley Broonzy Bradley, William Broonzy
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Big Bill Broonzy (June 26, 1893 – August 15, 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played country blues to mostly African-American audiences. Through the ‘30s and ‘40s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound popular with working class African-American audiences. In the 1950s a return to his traditional folk-blues roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. His long and varied career marks him as one of the key figures in the development of blues music in the 20th century.

Broonzy copyrighted more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including both adaptations of traditional folk songs and original blues songs. As a blues composer, he was unique in that his compositions reflected the many vantage points of his rural-to-urban experiences.
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