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    Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was at the forefront...
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  • Howlin' Wolf is the second album from the Chicago blues singer/guitarist/harmonicist, Howlin' Wolf. It is a collection of twelve singles previously released...
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  • Floor" is a 1964 song by American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Howlin' Wolf. Called "one of the defining classics of Chicago electric blues", "Killing...
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    The Howlin' Wolf Album is the first studio album by Howlin' Wolf, released in 1969. It features members of Rotary Connection as his backing band. The album...
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  • The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions is an album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf released in 1971 on Chess Records, and on Rolling Stones Records in Britain...
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  • "Evil (Is Going On)", is a Chicago blues song written by Willie Dixon. Howlin' Wolf recorded the song in Chicago for Chess Records in 1954. It was included...
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    The Howlin' Wolf is a 1,200 person capacity music venue located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Howlin' Wolf Den, adjoined to The Howlin' Wolf is a 120-person...
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  • Little Red Rooster (category Howlin' Wolf songs)
    Dixon. The song was first recorded in 1961 by American blues musician Howlin' Wolf in the Chicago blues style. His vocal and slide guitar playing are key...
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    Connection) As backing band 1968: Muddy Waters: Electric Mud 1969: Howlin' Wolf: The Howlin' Wolf Album Compilations 2006: Black Gold: The Very Best of Rotary...
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  • is its focus on blues music. There are three Bo Diddley songs and two HowlinWolf songs, with John Lee Hooker and Elmore James rounding it out, and that...
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  • Smokestack Lightning (category Howlin' Wolf songs)
    Stack Lightning" or "Smokestack Lightnin'") is a blues song recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1956. It became one of his most popular and influential songs. It...
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  • Howlin' Wolf, who stayed with the label until his death in 1976. Musical figures created for Chess by Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry, Howlin'...
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  • Howling Wolf Sings the Blues is a compilation album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, which was released by Crown Records in 1962. The original album included...
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  • The Real Folk Blues is a compilation album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, which was released by Chess Records in 1965. The album's songs, which were originally...
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  • The Back Door Wolf is the final studio album by blues musician Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1973. In a retrospective AllMusic review, critic...
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    appeared on bills with The Velvet Underground, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison (who became close with Wolf while residing in nearby Cambridge, Massachusetts)...
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    Spoonful (category Howlin' Wolf songs)
    is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Called "a stark and haunting work", it is one of Dixon's best known...
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    left, appearing on most of the band's classic recordings in the 1950s. Howlin' Wolf moved to Chicago in 1954 with financial support earned through his successful...
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  • Back Door Man (category Howlin' Wolf songs)
    recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. The lyrics draw on a Southern U.S. cultural term for an extramarital affair. The song is one of several Dixon-Wolf songs that...
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    cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howlin' Wolf's band. He was ranked number 43 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists...
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  • Mix" of the song. Described as "a propulsive hip-hop song complete with Howlin' Wolf samples and a swelling gospel choir", the song has been cited as a paradigmatic...
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  • Goin' Down Slow (category Howlin' Wolf songs)
    recorded by many blues and other artists, including a noteworthy version by Howlin' Wolf with narration by Willie Dixon. A rendition by Bobby Bland was a hit...
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  • Forty-Four (category Howlin' Wolf songs)
    Fancourt, Les; Morris, Chris; Shurman, Dick (1991). Howlin' Wolf: The Chess Box (Box set booklet). Howlin' Wolf. Universal City, California: MCA Records/Chess...
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  • The album was preceded by the release of two singles; covers of the Howlin' Wolf song "Killing Floor" and the Fleetwood Mac song "Oh Well" were released...
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    principal guitarist in Howlin' Wolf's band from 1948 to 1953. His raucous, distorted guitar playing is prominent on Howlin' Wolf's Memphis recordings during...
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  • Sitting on Top of the World (category Howlin' Wolf songs)
    Fancourt, Les; Morris, Chris; Shurman, Dick (1991). Howlin' Wolf: The Chess Box (Box set booklet). Howlin' Wolf. Universal City, California: MCA Records/Chess...
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  • Little Walter, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, Eamonn Walker as Howlin' Wolf, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, and Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James. The film...
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  • The Super Super Blues Band (category Howlin' Wolf albums)
    blues musicians Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley released on the Checker label in 1968. AllMusic reviewer Ken Chang stated "Wolf adamantly refuses...
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  • Guy Clark Neil Wilburn 3:55 5. "Smokestack Lightnin’" (performed by HowlinWolf) Chester Burnett Leonard Chess, Phil Chess & Willie Dixon 3:08 6. "Blood...
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    few moves from Elvis and one or two from Sonny Boy Williamson II and Howlin' Wolf and threw them all together. One of the oddest awards he received was...
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