Mickey Champion
Born in Lake Charles, LA, powerhouse blues singer Mickey Champion has worked with the likes of T-Bone Walker, Little Esther Phillips, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, and many others in her long but unfortunately largely unsung five-decade career. Discovered in L.A. (where she continues to make her home in the Crenshaw District) by bandleader and ever-vigilant talent scout Johnny Otis, Champion recorded several impressive R&B sides in the 1950s and early '60s, none of which established her as a household name. The wife of bandleader Roy Milton until his death, Champion began recording again in 2000, releasing I Am Your Living Legend! that year, followed by What You Want in 2003, both on Tondef Records. She was the subject of a video documentary produced by Paul Vic and Oletha Rogers called Champion Blues, and in 2008 Ace U.K. issued her collected singles from the 1950s and 1960s under the title Bam a Lam: The R&B Recordings 1950-1962.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bam-a-Lam: The R&B Recordings 1950-1962
Blues - Released by ACE RECORDS on Feb 28, 1994
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Mickey Champion Bam- A- Lam
Jazz - Released by Giggling Gecko on Feb 25, 2016
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Bam-A-Lam
Mickey Champion, The Robins, The Nic Nacs, Roy Milton, Jimmy Witherspoon
Blues - Released by Kenzo Records on Jan 6, 2023
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Essential R&b Masters
Soul - Released by Classic Music International on Jun 15, 2010
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What You Want
Blues - Released by Tondef Records on Aug 23, 2008
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Mickey Champion
Pop - Released by Crusade Records on Aug 14, 2015
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