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Aug 03, 1918 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 09 May 1979 (aged 60)
American singer
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About Eddie Jefferson
- Eddie Jefferson (August 3, 1918 – May 9, 1979) was a jazz vocalist and lyricist.
- He is credited as an innovator of vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo.
- Jefferson himself claims that his main influence was Leo Watson.
- Perhaps his best-known song is "Moody's Mood for Love", though it was first recorded by King Pleasure, who cited Jefferson as an influence.
- Jefferson's songs "Parker's Mood" and "Filthy McNasty" were also hits.
