'Cripple Clarence Lofton', born 'Albert Clemens' in Kingsport, Tennessee, was a noted boogie-woogie pianist and singer. Though Lofton was born with a limp (from which he derived his stage name), he actually started his career as a tap-dancer. This was not his true calling, and he showed his talent in the blues idiom known as boogie-woogie and moved on to perform in Chicago, Illinois.

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  • 'Cripple Clarence Lofton', born 'Albert Clemens' in Kingsport, Tennessee, was a noted boogie-woogie pianist and singer. Though Lofton was born with a limp (from which he derived his stage name), he actually started his career as a tap-dancer. This was not his true calling, and he showed his talent in the blues idiom known as boogie-woogie and moved on to perform in Chicago, Illinois. The trademark of Lofton's performances was his energetic stage-presence, where he danced and whistled in addition to singing. Perhaps the most comprehensive description of Lofton is this excerpt from Boogie Woogie by William Russell: "No one can complain of Clarence's lack of variety or versatility. When he really gets going he's a three-ring circus. During one number, he plays, sings, whistles a chorus, and snaps his fingers with the technique of a Spanish dancer to give further percussive accompaniment to his blues. At times he turns sideways, almost with his back to the piano as he keeps pounding away at the keyboard and stomping his feet, meanwhile continuing to sing and shout at his audience or his drummer. Suddenly in the middle of a number he jumps up, his hands clasped in front of him, and walks around the piano stool, and then, unexpectedly, out booms a vocal break in a bass voice from somewhere. One second later, he has turned and is back at the keyboard, both hands flying at lightning- like pace. His actions and facial expressions are as intensely dramatic and exciting as his music. " Most of his songs were twelve-bar blues to which Lofton brought a unique excitement by dropping bars and portions of bars to end up with nine-, ten-, or eleven-bar blues songs. With such a unique style, it was not long until Lofton found himself a mainstay in his genre. His first recording was in April with Big Bill Broonzy for Vocalion Records. He later went on to own the Big Apple nightclub in Chicago and continued to record well into the late 1940s, when he retired. Lofton lived in Chicago until he died from a blood clot in his brain.
  • 'Cripple Clarence Lofton' war ein US-amerikanischer Boogie Woogie- und Blues-Pianist sowie Tänzer, Songwriter und Sänger.
  • Cripple Clarence Lofton, född Albert Clemens 28 mars 1887 i Kingsport, Tennessee, död 9 januari 1957 i Chicago, Illinois, var en amerikansk bluespianist och sångare, känd inom boogie woogie-genren. Loftons smeknamn kom av att han sedan födseln var halt. Detta till trots inledde han sin karriär som steppdansare. Som musiker blev han känd för sina energiska scenframträdanden, under vilka han spelade piano, dansade, sjöng och visslade, snarare än för teknisk skicklighet. Han gjorde sin första inspelning 1935 för Vocalion Records och fortsatte göra inspelningar in på 1940-talet, medan han spelade på sin egen nattklubb, Big Apple, i Chicago. I slutet av 1940-talet pensionerade han sig. Han avled 1957 till följd av en blodpropp i hjärnan. Till Loftons mest kända sånger hör "Strut That Thing", "Monkey Man Blues" och "I Don't Know".
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  • 'Cripple Clarence Lofton', born 'Albert Clemens' in Kingsport, Tennessee, was a noted boogie-woogie pianist and singer. Though Lofton was born with a limp (from which he derived his stage name), he actually started his career as a tap-dancer. This was not his true calling, and he showed his talent in the blues idiom known as boogie-woogie and moved on to perform in Chicago, Illinois.
  • 'Cripple Clarence Lofton' war ein US-amerikanischer Boogie Woogie- und Blues-Pianist sowie Tänzer, Songwriter und Sänger.
  • Cripple Clarence Lofton, född Albert Clemens 28 mars 1887 i Kingsport, Tennessee, död 9 januari 1957 i Chicago, Illinois, var en amerikansk bluespianist och sångare, känd inom boogie woogie-genren. Loftons smeknamn kom av att han sedan födseln var halt. Detta till trots inledde han sin karriär som steppdansare. Som musiker blev han känd för sina energiska scenframträdanden, under vilka han spelade piano, dansade, sjöng och visslade, snarare än för teknisk skicklighet.
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