# Jimmy Witherspoon | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 05:34 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Jimmy Witherspoon
- Visible lyric pages: 6

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `jimmy-witherspoon`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 05:34 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-56c91399d0c01b92
- Visible lyric pages: 6
- Pages with stored lyric text: 6
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 6131
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Cane River, Cold, Cold Feeling, Don't Let Go, Drinking Beer, Key To The Highway, and Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Jimmy Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas in 1920. He started performing on the streets of Memphis as a teenager, and after a period in prison for marijuana possession, he moved to Los Angeles and joined the Central Avenue Blues Band. In 1949, he recorded "Ain't Nobody's Business," which became his signature song. During the 1950s and 1960s, Witherspoon toured extensively and released albums like "Blues on the Corner" and...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Cane River — https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon/cane-river
2. Cold, Cold Feeling — https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon/cold-cold-feeling
3. Don't Let Go — https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon/don-t-let-go
4. Drinking Beer — https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon/drinking-beer
5. Key To The Highway — https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon/key-to-the-highway
6. Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out — https://lyroverse.com/jimmy-witherspoon/nobody-knows-you-when-youre-down-and-out