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The recording career of Muddy Waters, an American blues artist, lasted from 1941 to 1981. Muddy Waters, widely considered to be one of the most important figures in post–World War II Chicago blues, popularized several early Delta blues songs, such as "Rollin' and Tumblin'", Walkin' Blues", and "Baby, Please Don't Go", and recorded songs that went on to become blues standards. He recorded primarily for two record companies, Aristocrat/Chess and Blue Sky; they issued 62 singles and 13 studio albums. While he was living in Mississippi, Waters was recorded by Alan Lomax in 1941 for a U.S. Library of Congress folk music project. After moving to Chicago, he recorded for Leonard Chess and Aristocrat issued Waters's first single in 1947. In 1950, Chess bought out his label partners and formed Chess Records. From 1950 to 1958, Chess issued 15 singles that reached the top ten of Billboard's R&B chart. After Chess went out of business in 1975, Waters recorded several successful albums for Blue Sky. (Full list...)