Doctor Ross

Singer, Guitarist

1925 – 1993

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Who was Doctor Ross?

Doctor Ross, aka Doctor Ross, the harmonica boss, was an American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and drummer — a one-man band — who was born Charles Isaiah Ross, in Tunica, Mississippi.

Ross played various forms of the blues that have seen him compared to John Lee Hooker and Sonny Boy Williamson I, and is perhaps best known for the recordings he made for Sun Records in the 1950s, notably "The Boogie Disease" and "Chicago Breakdown".

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Born
Oct 21, 1925
Tunica
Also known as
  • Dr. Ross
  • Charles Isaiah Ross
  • Doctor Issaiah Ross
  • Doctor Ross the harmonica boss
  • Dr. Isaiah Ross
  • Ross, Doctor
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
May 28, 1993
Flint

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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