Cripple Clarence Lofton
American boogie-woogie pianist and singer, born 28 March 1887, Kingsport, Tennessee, died 9 January 1957 Chicago, Illinois. Extraordinary blues man in Chicago, where he came in early 1900. Started recording in the late 1920s. Influenced Meade Lux Lewis and John Mayall with his highly unacademic style.
Boogie Woogie Kings
Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis*, "Cripple" Clarence Lofton*, Pete Johnson, Speckled Red
2009
Delmark Records
CD, Comp, Mono
King Of The Blues 13
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1994
P-Vine Records
2xCD, Comp
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (1939-1943)
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1991
Rst Records, Document Records (2)
CD, Comp, RM
Clarence's Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1979
Oldie Blues
LP, Comp, Mono
Boogie Woogie Kings Volume 8
Meade "Lux" Lewis / Cripple Clarence Lofton
1974
Euphonic Sound Recordings
LP, Comp
The Yancey-Lofton Sessions Vol. 1
Alonzo Yancey, Jimmy Yancey, Cripple Clarence Lofton
1973
Cripple Clarence Lofton & Walter Davis
Cripple Clarence Lofton & Walter Davis
1970
Low Down Piano
Montana Taylor / Cripple Clarence Lofton
1961
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1959
Pioneers Of Boogie Woogie
Jimmy Yancey / Cripple Clarence Lofton
1956
Boogie Woogie Classic Blues Accompaniments
Meade "Lux" Lewis, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Leroy Garnett*, Dobby Bragg
1955
Jazz immortals No.1
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1955
A Lost Recording Date
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1954
Policy Blues / I Don't Know
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1946
Session (2)
Shellac, 10"
The Fives / South End Boogie
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1944
Session (2)
Shellac, 10"
Pine Top's Boogie Woogie / I Don't Know
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1939
Solo Art
Shellac, 10"
Streamline Train / Had A Dream
Lofton*
1939
Brown Skin Girls / You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1936
Strut That Thing / Monkey Man Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
1935
Pitchin' Boogie
Jimmy Yancey / Cripple Clarence Lofton
Swaggie Records
LP, Comp, Mono
In De Mornin' / Early Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Session (2)
Shellac, 10"
No Title
Cripple Clarence Lofton, Jimmy Yancey
Gannet
LP, Comp
Volume 2
Jimmy Yancey, Mama Yancey, Cripple Clarence Lofton
Gannet
LP, Comp
Leadbelly - On The Air, The Rarest Of All Broadcasts 1940-49, Also Included Cripple Clarence Lofton - Rare Unissued Sessions 1938
Leadbelly Also Included Cripple Clarence Lofton
Mauros II
LP, Comp
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 (1935-1939)
Cripple Clarence Lofton
The Yancey - Lofton Sessions Vol 2
Jimmy Yancey, Cripple Clarence Lofton
Wow! I Feel So Good (The Complete 1952-1963 Chess, Formal & USA Sides)
Willie Mabon
2021
Soul Jam Records
CD, Comp, RM
The Low-Down Piano
Ethan Leinwand
2015
Not On Label (Ethan Leinwand Self-released)
CD
Chicago Blues
Various
2012
Big3
3xCD, Comp
Black, Brown And Beige - Skin Colors And The Blues
Various
2007
Saga
CD, Comp, RM
Boogie Woogie And Blues Piano
Various
2007
Mosaic Records (2)
Box, Comp, Ltd + 3xCD, Comp
The History Of Jazz - 100 Ragtime, Dixieland & Boogie Woogie Greats
Various
2007
Recording Arts (2)
5xCD, Comp + Box
Back In The Alley (Rags, Blues, Barrelhouse And Boogie Woogie)
Carl Sonny Leyland
2007
PianoMania Music
CD, Album
Picking The Blues - Boogie Woogie Pioneers
Various
2006
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp, RM
Early Rock 'N' Roll And Rockabilly
Various
2005
Documents, Documents
4xCD, Comp, Mono + Box
Cherokee Boogie Indians & The Blues
Various
2004
Saga
CD, Comp, RM
Piano Jazz (The History/L'Histoire)
Various
2003
Le Chant Du Monde
10xCD, Comp + Box
Piano Blues
Various
2003
Acrobat
CD, Comp
Live In London
Jimmy Witherspoon
2003
The Essential
Big Bill Broonzy
2001
Classic Blues
2xCD, Comp
I'm Wise
Carl Sonny Leyland
1999
Thirties' Blues
Various
1996
Boogie Woogie Piano (The History Of Boogie Woogie Piano Introduced By Jools Holland)
Various
1995
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1927-1936
Al Miller (2)
1994
Document Records (2)
CD, Comp, RM
Boogie Woogie Beat
Various
1994
Castle Communications (Australasia) Limited
CD, Comp
The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers)
Various
1993
Country Blues Collector's Items (1924-1928)
Various
1993
Live At Electric Lady
The James Cotton Band Featuring Matt Guitar Murphy*
1992
Sequel Records
CD
Busy Bootin'
John Pearson (10) - Roger Hubbard
1992
Uncle Jessie White & The 29th Street Band
Uncle Jessie White & The 29th Street Band
1991
Atlantic Blues
Various
1991
Hokum Blues (1924-1936)
Various
1990
RST Records
LP, Comp, Mono, RM
Piano Blues (1927-1930)
Various
1989
HK Records
LP, Comp, Mono, RM
Piano Blues Rarities Vol. 2 (1933-1937)
Various
1989
Atlantic Blues: Piano
Various
1987
Boogie Woogie (Original Masterpieces)
Various
1985
Joker (2), International Joker Production
6xLP, Comp
Boogie Woogie Piano
Moustache (2), Garvanoff*
1984
Caravage
LP, Album
The Pioneers Of Boogie Woogie (Vol. 1)
Various
1984
Boogie Woogie
Various
1982
Musica Jazz, Musica Jazz
LP, Comp
The Story Of The Blues
Various
1981
Jazz Panorama Of The Twenties - Vol.3
Various
1980
White & Blue
Alexis Korner With Colin Hodgkinson
1980
Jazz Legends
Various
1979
Poljazz
11xLP, Comp, Club, Ltd + Box
'What's The Use Of Gettin' Sober' - Lofton/Noble 1935-1936
Various
1979
Boogie Woogie Blues
Jean Peron Garvanoff
1977
Palm
LP, Album
AC-DC Blues: Gay Jazz Reissues Volume One
Various
1977
Juke Joint Blues Piano 1929-1940
Various
1976
Heavy Timbre Chicago Boogie Piano
Various
1976
Hard Times
Various
1975
Rounder Records
LP, Comp
Blues Box 1
Various
1975
La Historia Del Blues, Vol. 2
Various / Paul Oliver
1975
Il Blues: Rurale - Jazzistico - Urbano
Various
1974
Albatros (2), Albatros (2), Albatros (2), Albatros (2)
3xLP, Comp + Box
Uptown Blues (A Decade Of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937)
Various
1974
Legendary Sessions Delta Style (The Famous 1930 Paramount Recordings In Chronological Order)
Son House, Willie Brown (2), Louise Johnson
1973
The Story Of The Blues, Vol. 2
Various
1970
CBS
2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat
Favorite Country Blues Guitar-Piano Duets (1929-1937)
Various
1969
Country Blues Classics Volume 1
Various
1965
The Sound Of Chicago (1923-1940)
Various
1964
Out Came The Blues
Various
1964
Piano, Brass & Blues: A Collection Of Classic Blues Accompaniments
Various
1961
Bad Luck Blues (A Blues Anthology)
Various
1959
Jazz Volume 10: Boogie Woogie
Various
1958
History Of Classic Jazz
Various
1956
Climbin' And Screamin' - Solo Art Piano Jazz Vol. 1
Various
1946
Circle, Circle, Circle, Circle
3xShellac, 10"
Rugged Piano Classics: 1927-39
Various
Origin Jazz Library
LP, Comp
Piano Boogie
Precious Clarence Turner*
Line Records Ltd., Line Records Ltd.
LP, Album
The Best Of Boogie Woogie - Volume 24
Various
Monkey Records (4)
2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat
Boogie Woogie (Rockin' Roots Tracks)
Various
Saga
CD, Comp
Boogie Woogie Piano (Chicago - New York 1924-1945)
Various
Boogie Woogie / South Side Chicago
Various
A Portrait Of Boogie Woogie Piano
Various
The Rough Guide to Hoodoo Blues
Various
2024
World Music Network, Music Rough Guides
LP, RSD, Comp, Ltd, 180
Scott Joplin & The Early Pioneers Of Jazz Piano
Various
2018
Big3
3xCD, Comp
A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 6 - 1938-39
Various
2018
Rhythm & Blues Records
4xCD, Comp
The Rough Guide To Barrelhouse Blues (Reborn And Remastered)
Various
2018
Head Rag Hop (Piano Blues 1925-1960)
Various
2015
JSP Records
4xCD, Comp
A Short Cut To The Grave (Gin, Justice, Jail & Judgement 1924-1942)
Various
2014
JSP Records
4xCD, Comp, RM + Box
Disc Jockey Boogie - Boogie Woogie For Dancing - Original Recordings By Original Artists
Various
2013
CJRO Records
CD, Comp
Midnight Steppers
Various
2013
Fantastic Voyage
3xCD, Comp
Strut That Thing
Cripple Clarence Lofton
I Don't Know
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Brown Skin Girls
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Monkey Man Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Streamline Train
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Pitchin' Boogie
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Had a Dream
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Policy Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Blue Boogie
Cripple Clarence Lofton
You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down
Cripple Clarence Lofton
I Dont't Know Cripple
Cripple Clarence Lofton
In the Mornin'
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Sixes and Sevens
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Traveling Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Mercy Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Mistaken Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Crying Mother Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Deep End Boogie
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Sweet Tooth
Cripple Clarence Lofton
