Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (born Edward L. Vinson Jr.; December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter.

[1] He was nicknamed "Cleanhead" after an incident in which his hair was accidentally removed by lye contained in a hair-straightening product, necessitating shaving it off; enamoured of the look, Vinson maintained a shaved head thereafter.

[2][3] Music critic Robert Christgau has called Vinson "one of the cleanest, and nastiest, blues voices you'll ever hear.

[5] At various times, he was with Tom Archia, while other members of the band included Cedric Haywood and Wild Bill Davis.

[7] He died aged 70 in 1988, from a heart attack while undergoing chemotherapy,[8] in Los Angeles, California.