Artist Info: Tiny Kennedy

Tiny Kennedy (Jesse Kennedy, Jr., n Chattanooga, TN, December 20, 1925) was an American 1950s blues shouter and actor who disappeared from the music business in the mid-1950s, only to reappear in a couple of low budget movies later on. His hilarious stage name came from the fact that he was so large.

"Big and fat" was how Trumpet Records boss Lillian McMurry vividly described him, and she should know: Trumpet recorded the shouter in 1951 and again in 1952. [read more...]