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  "slug": "muddy-waters",
  "name": "Muddy Waters",
  "description": "Muddy Waters appears once in our Blues list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/muddy-waters/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1954,
    "last": 1954
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 3,
    "list": "Blues"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "blues",
      "name": "Blues",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/blues/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "muddy-waters--im-your-hoochie-coochie-man",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/muddy-waters--im-your-hoochie-coochie-man/",
      "title": "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man",
      "year": 1954,
      "label": "Chess",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Willie Dixon's stop-time riff, and the record that turned a Delta form into a band arrangement. Everything electric downstream of here is standing on this bassline.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Muddy%20Waters%20I'm%20Your%20Hoochie%20Coochie%20Man",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yLlRM27MQag",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 3,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "blues",
        "name": "Blues",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/blues/"
      },
      "artist": "Muddy Waters"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}