# Snooky Pryor

> James Edward "Snooky" Pryor was an American Chicago blues harmonica player. He claimed to have pioneered the now-common method of playing amplified harmonica by cupping a small microphone in his hands along with the harmonica, although on his earliest records, in the late 1940s, he did not use this method. In 2023, he was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame.

*Chicago blues harmonica player (1921-2006)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1921-09-15
- **Died:** 2006-10-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 10.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/435932)
- [سنوكى پريور](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [Snooky Pryor](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooky_Pryor)
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- [Snooky Pryor](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooky_Pryor)
- [Snooky Pryor](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooky_Pryor)
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- [Snooky Pryor](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooky_Pryor)
- [Snooky Pryor](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooky_Pryor)
- [Снуки Прайор](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%80)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f1027a6e-4a7b-465b-814d-a93a1941ed1e)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1286510)

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