# Sam Frazier Jr.

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**Sam Frazier, Jr.** (August 12, 1943 – March 23, 2021) was an American [blues](/source/Blues) singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player.

## Early life

Frazier was born in the small mining town of [Edgewater, Alabama](/source/Edgewater,_Alabama), near [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham,_Alabama). His parents were Teretta and coal miner Sam Frazier, Sr. Sam had four sisters and one brother.[citation needed] As a young man, he knew [Sonny Boy Williamson](/source/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II) through his mother's bar, and Williamson gave him his first harmonica and lesson.[citation needed] At the age of 17, Frazier moved to his uncle's plantation in [Linden, Alabama](/source/Linden,_Alabama), where he completed high school.[citation needed]

## Career

While playing at a club in Birmingham, he was spotted by local DJ Maurice King. King arranged an audition with a talent agent, who took Sam and his sister to New York City, where he recorded his first record entitled *You Got Me Uptight*. The track was recorded at a studio on Broadway, and released on a 45-rpm single.[citation needed]

In 2017, [Music Maker](/source/Music_Maker_(label)) released his album, *Take Me Back*,[1] containing 16 tracks.[2]

Sam Frazier died of heart failure on March 23, 2021, after a period of hospital treatment for [diabetes](/source/Diabetes) and a lung infection.[3]

## References

- Mosley, Don (July 25, 2011) "[Sam Frazier, Jr.](http://alabamamusicoffice.com/artists-a-z/f/2672-frazier-sam-jr). Transmedia Music

1. ["Take Me Back – Sam Frazier, Jr. - Releases"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-me-back-mw0003027383/releases). *[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)*. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

1. ["Take Me Back – Sam Frazier, Jr. - Songs, Reviews, Credits"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-me-back-mw0003027383). *[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)*. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

1. Mike Stephenson, "Obituary: Sam Frazier", *Blues & Rhythm*, No.360, June 2021, p.13

## External links

- [Sam Frazier – There You Go Running Down My Cheek Again](https://www.youtube.com/VVnaGVwfFJo) on YouTube (1987, The Country Boy Eddie Show)
- [Sam Frazier – Mr. Wrong](https://www.youtube.com/sagZNCjKE7Q) on YouTube (1987, The Country Boy Eddie Show)
- [Sam Frazier, Jr.](http://www.wbhm.org/Tapestry/2012.html) Extraction Interview at WBHM 90.3 F.M.

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