Junior Parker, also known as Little Junior Parker or "Mr Blues"[1] (May 27, 1932[2]?November 18, 1971) was a successful and influential Memphis blues singer and musician.[3] He is best remembered for his unique voice which has been described as "honeyed," and "velvet-smooth".[4] He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001.[5] Junior Parker was born in either Clarksdale, Mississippi[6] or West Memphis, Arkansas[7] as Herman Parker, Jr. He sang in gospel groups as a child[8], and played on the various blues circuits beginning in his teenage years. His biggest influence as a harmonica player was Sonny Boy Williamson,[9], with whom he worked before moving on to work for Howlin' Wolf in 1949. Around 1950 he was a member of Memphis's ad hoc group, the Beale Streeters, with Bobby 'Blue' Bland and B.B. King.