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The Seventh Son

The exact personnel on the session is not known for sure but is most likely Willie Mabon (vocals, piano), Bill Martin (trumpet), Herbert Robinson (tenor saxophone), Willie Dixon (bass), and Oliver Coleman (drums).



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Ball and Biscuit

The Seventh Son is an American folk legend reporting that the seventh son of a seventh son would be granted supernatural powers, which the character of the song claims to possess in the form of superhuman strength.

George A. Lucas

George A. Lucas, an art collector and agent for American patrons, was born in Baltimore in 1824 as the seventh son of Fielding Lucas, Jr., who owned a publishing and stationary company.

George Julius Brockman

Born in 1850 at Guildford, George was the seventh son of Robert Brockman and brother of Charles Samuel Brockman.

Philip Perceval

A member of this family, Spencer Perceval, the seventh son of the 2nd Earl was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when he was assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, in 1812.

Tunku Annuar

His father, Tunku Badlishah, was the seventh son of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim.