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Swamp Dogg

Whereas most soul singers of the 1970s were intent on bellowing out their heartfelt sorrows with overwrought intensity, Swamp Dogg delivered funky, raunchy, psychedelic tales of sex, drugs and alcohol that made him a cult hero in the eyes of the era's counter-culture. Described as a cross between Sly Stone and Frank Zappa, Jerry Williams Jr. (born on July 12, 1942) grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia and started performing in clubs as a 10-year-old with his mother Vera Lee (a cabaret singer). Releasing his first single aged 12 under the name Little Jerry, he grew up listening to coun...