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((Short description|American musician and songwriter (1921–1958)))
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'''John Willie "Shifty" Henry''' (4 October 1921 – 30 November 1958)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1248348/bio IMDb.com]</ref> was an American [[musician]], [[double bass]] and [[bass guitar]] player, and [[blues]] [[songwriter]]. He also played [[flute]], [[violin]], [[viola]], [[saxophone]], and [[oboe]] and was in demand as a [[session musician]] and [[arrangement|arranger]] in Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s. He was also active in Los Angeles' live [[jazz]] scene on [[Central Avenue (Los Angeles)|Central Avenue]].

==Career==
Born in [[Edna, Texas]], Henry received a degree in music from the [[Prairie View A&M University]] near [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. He played center on the football team, and the football coach gave him his [[nickname]] for his speed and agility. He generally performed and recorded as ''Shifty Henry'', but he used a number of transparent [[pseudonyms]] for [[songwriter|songwriting]] and [[record producer|producing]], including '''Baron Von Shifte, Esq.''', '''Shifte Henri''', '''Shifte' Henre''', '''S. Henry''', and '''Shifti Henri'''.

His best known [[song]] is "[[Let Me Go Home, Whiskey]]", which was a [[hit record|hit]] in the early 1950s for [[Amos Milburn]], was later revived by [[Asleep at the Wheel]], and later performed by Jerre Maynard and his Greazy Gravy Blues Band. Another Henry song, "Hypin' Women Blues", recorded in 1945 for the Enterprise label, later [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] by [[T-Bone Walker]] in 1947 for the [[Black & White Records|Black & White]] label was sampled by [[Disc jockey|DJ]] [[Mr. Scruff]] for his [[song]] "[[Get a Move On]]", which was used in several [[Television|TV]] [[advertising|commercials]]. This led to a revival of interest in Henry's compositions.

Henry recorded with and arranged for the elite of [[jazz]] and [[rhythm and blues]], including [[Dinah Washington]], [[Billy Eckstine]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Charles Mingus]], [[Treniers|The Treniers]], [[Illinois Jacquet]], and [[Miles Davis]]. Henry maintained strong social as well as professional relations throughout the city and the [[music industry]]. The '''Shifty Henry All-Stars''' played regularly at New Year's Eve balls thrown by socialite [[Dorothy Chandler]] and her husband [[Otis Chandler|Otis]], publisher of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]].''

He is mentioned by name in a verse of "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]" by [[Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller]]: "Shifty Henry said to Bugs, for heaven's sake, no one's looking, now's a chance to make a break."<ref>[http://www.gettherhythm.com/m/michael_bolton/jailhouse_rock_feat_carl_perkins.html Gettherhythm.com] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010000724/http://www.gettherhythm.com/m/michael_bolton/jailhouse_rock_feat_carl_perkins.html |date=October 10, 2008 ))</ref>

[[Leo Fender]] selected Henry to receive an early electric [[Fender Precision Bass]], and Henry ("Shifte Henri") appears in a 1954 Fender advertisement.<ref>"Fender Fine Instruments are the Choice of These Outstanding Artists." International Musician, October 1954. (back cover)</ref> Henry appeared in the [[film noir]] [[film|movie]], ''[[D.O.A. (1950 film)|D.O.A.]]'' in 1950 as a [[string bass]] player in a jazz club. He also played in the [[house band]] for the [[Martin and Lewis]] television show.

He died in [[Los Angeles]] at the age of 37.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.batesmeyer.com/shiftyhenry/index.html Biography and lengthy sample of "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey".  Site maintained by the firm that manages Henry's song rights]
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1248348/bio IMDB biography]

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