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Fenton Robinson (Fenton Lee Robinson) was born on 23 September, 1935 in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States, is an American blues singer and guitarist. Discover Fenton Robinson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

Popular As Fenton Lee Robinson
Occupation Singer, guitarist
Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 23 September, 1935
Birthday 23 September
Birthplace Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
Date of death 25 November, 1997
Died Place Rockford, Illinois, United States
Nationality United States

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1935

Fenton Lee Robinson (September 23, 1935 – November 25, 1997) was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar.

In 2023, he was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame.

Robinson was born near Greenwood, Mississippi.

1957

He left home at the age of 18 and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he recorded his first single "Tennessee Woman" in 1957.

1959

In 1959, he made his first recording of "As the Years Go Passing By", later recorded by several other blues artists.

1962

He settled in Chicago in 1962.

1967

He recorded his signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", in 1967 for the Palos label, the nationwide distribution of which was aborted by a freak snowstorm that hit Chicago.

1969

A cover version was recorded by Boz Scaggs in 1969, but the song was misattributed, and legal battles ensued.

1970

In the 1970s Robinson was arrested and imprisoned for involuntary manslaughter in connection with a car accident.

Paroled after nine months, he continued playing in Chicago clubs and later taught guitar.

Robinson died of complications from brain cancer, in Rockford, Illinois.

His signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", was used in the film The Blues Brothers; the song is playing on the radio when Jake (John Belushi) is being transported and paroled.

1974

Robinson re-recorded the song for the critically acclaimed album Somebody Loan Me a Dime in 1974, the first of three he recorded for Alligator Records.

1977

Robinson was nominated for a Grammy Award for the second, 1977's I Hear Some Blues Downstairs, which contained a rerecording of "As the Years Go Passing By".

1984

Robinson's third album for Alligator, Nightflight, was released in 1984.

Robinson played guitar on Larry Davis's original recording of "Texas Flood".

Davis later became a guitar player, but for "Texas Flood" Robinson provided the distinctive guitar parts, with Davis on vocals and bass, flamboyant keyboardist James Booker on piano, David Dean on tenor saxophone, Booker Crutchfield on baritone saxophone and an unknown drummer.

1997

It has since become a blues standard, being "part of the repertoire of one out of every two blues artists", according to the Encyclopedia of Blues (1997).