Without question, pianist/vocalist Floyd Dixon is one of the true heroes of early R&B and jump blues. His first hits--most notably Telephone Blues and Call Operator 210 from the early 1950s--placed him at the forefront of West Coast blues musicians. Along with Charles Brown, Amos Milburn, Louis Jordan and Ray Charles (to whom Dixon gave vocal coaching), Floyd Dixon helped create and define and entire genre of music.

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