Charlie Patton
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Charley Patton, Charley also spelled Charlie, (born 1891, Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S.—died April 28, 1934, Indianola, Mississippi), American blues singer-guitarist who was among the earliest and most influential Mississippi blues performers.
Patton spent most of his life in the Delta region of northwestern Mississippi, and from about 1900 he was often based at Dockery’s plantation in Sunflower County. There he and other early blues performers, such as Tommy Johnson and Willie Brown, shared songs and ideas. Patton spent most of his career playing blues and ragtime-based popular songs for dancers at rural parties and barrelhouses, where his singing and clowning made him a popular entertainer.[1]
