Charley Patton
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American Delta blues musician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charlie Patton , more often spelled Charley Patton, was an American Delta blues musician and songwriter. Considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", he created an enduring body of American music and inspired most Delta blues musicians. The musicologist Robert Palmer considered him one of the most important American musicians of the twentieth century.
