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Born: Mar 31, 1921 in Tulsa, OK Born in Oklahoma, Fulson replaced one Chester Burnett -- better known as Howlin' Wolf -- in the band of a regional bluesman named Texas Alexander around 1939. After the war, Fulson moved out to California and achieved enough success to put together a band of his own, one which included a certain "Ray Charles" for a period of time. He recorded for the first time around 1946, but a hot 1948 take of "3 O'Clock Blues" was his first taste of long-term success. Recording for the long-gone Swingtime label, he waxed a record I still like, a take of the moody and ambivalent "Lonely Christmas," a song that still slows people down at Christmas parties, fifty years later.  He was picked up by Chess' "Checker" label in 1954, and soon afterward had a giant hit in "Reconsider Baby," still covered by bands today. A followup, "I'm Glad You Reconsidered," is actually a little hotter record but failed to score...