VIRGIL CHILDERS

Virgil Childers (1901 – December 10, 1939) was an American blues musician, who hailed from South Carolina, United States. Little is known of his life.

Childers was born in Blacksburg, South Carolina, and resided there for the duration of his life.Childers recorded six songs for Bluebird Records in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1938. The recordings are a variety of blues songs, pop music of the time, and Tin Pan Alley tunes. Childers played in a ragtime style that is reminiscent of a swing band.

On December 1, 1939, Childers was shot and killed while trying to escape from a police officer in Shelby, North Carolina.