Clifford Blivens

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Clifford "Cliff" Blivens (also Clfford Bivens ) is a former American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter .

In 1949 and 1950, Blivens recorded a series of 78s under his own name for smaller record labels such as Swing Time , Exclusive and Modern ; He also worked in Los Angeles as a singer on recordings of Big Jay McNeely with ("Midnight Dreams"). His best known songs included "Hobo Boogie" (with Edgar Hayes 'Stardusters), "Achin' Heart Boogie", "Bye and Bye Long Gravy the Honeydripper" (as Clifford Bivens), "Fat Man Blues", "Junie Flip" and "Korea Blues" (1950, with the Johnny Otis Band), in which Blivens anticipated the Korean War and addressed the fear of communism that was ubiquitous in the United States :

" Yes, I've been called to the army, going over to Korea;
So I can stop these Communists before they come over here.
Well, I gotta go, baby, goin 'far, far away:
So I can stop this squabblin ', then I'll come home to stay. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 9, 2015)
  2. ↑ Jim Dawson: Nervous Man Nervous: Big Jay McNeely and the Rise of the Honking Tenor Sax . 1994, page 38
  3. ↑ Bob McGrath: The R & B Indies: E to L . Eyeball Productions, 2007
  4. ^ David Evans, Ramblin 'on My Mind: New Perspectives on the Blues . 2008, page 338.
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SURNAME Blivens, Clifford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blivens, Cliff (nickname); Bivens, Clifford
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century