‘Juke’: The Rolling Stones’ Harmonica Hero Little Walter Rules The Joint

‘Juke’: The Rolling Stones’ Harmonica Hero Little Walter Rules The Joint

The blues harmonica player who was named by Mick Jagger as his favorite, and was much loved by all of the Rolling Stones, was hot on the charts of early autumn in 1952. Little Walter, a key signing to Chess Records’ Checker label who later became best known for his seminal 1955 recording of Willie Dixon’s “My Babe,” was sitting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythm & Blues charts for October 4 that year with the landmark instrumental “Juke.” Click to l…