James Wiggins

About the artist

If the chorus to “Keep a’ Knocking” gets stuck in your brain, chances are good that you hear Little Richard’s voice on your mental soundtrack. After all, he is the artist who gets writing credit for the song, sometimes as Little Richard, sometimes as Richard Wayne Perriman. But the song’s basic framework was in place long before Little Richard put pen to paper, or for that matter, before he was even born, as James “Boodle It” Wiggins, recorded “Keep Knocking But You Can’t Get In” in 1926 for the Paramount label.

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Weary Heart Blues
Gotta Shave 'Em Dry
Forty-Four Blues
Evil Woman Blues
Gotta Shave Em Dry
Frisco Bound
Frisco Bound (Pm 12860, 15769-A)
My Lovin' Blues (Pm 12878, 15764-A)
Forty-Four Blues (Pm 12860, 15768--)
44 Blues

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Weary Heart Blues (Pm 12878, 15765-A)
Gotta Shave 'Em Dry (Pm 12916, L-104-1)
Corrine Corrina Blues (Pm 12916, L-103-2)
Keep a Knockin'
Corrine Corrina Blues
Chain 'Em Down
My Lovin' Blues
Gotta Shave ‘Em Dry
Forty Four Blues
Corinne Corinna Blues
Keep A Knockin’ An You Can’t Get In
My Lovin’ Blues
Evil Woman Blues - James Wiggins
Forty-Four Blues - James Wiggins
Keep A-Knockin'
Keep A-Knockin' An You Can't Get In
Fourty Four Blues
Weary-Heart Blues
Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In (Pm 12662, 20378-1)
25 - Gotta Shave 'Em Dry - James Wiggins
My Lovin' Blues (Paramount, 1929)
Keep A Knockin' And You Can't Get In
Corrina, Corrina
Corinne Corinna
Corinne Corinna Blues - Original Mix
Keep A-Knockin

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