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Long John Baldry

A deep, rasping, crooning voice of the British 1960s R&B boom, Long John Baldry helped inspire the likes of Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Roger Daltrey and introduced the UK to America's blues scene. Starting out as a jazz and folk singer in the late 1950s, he was given his name "Long John" when touring with Ramblin' Jack Elliot because of his 6ft 7in frame, before joining Alexis Korner's seminal band Blues Incorporated and featuring on the first ever British blues album R&B At The Marquee (1961). The band were central to the 1960s British blues boom and gave starts to Jimmy Page...