John Jay Hooker, Jr. (August 24, 1930 – January 24, 2016) was an American attorney, entrepreneur, political gadfly and perennial candidate from Nashville...
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North American hit by the Animals. Prior to recording for Vee-Jay Records, John Lee Hooker was primarily a solo performer or accompanied by a second guitarist...
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abolitionist, and reformer for women's rights John Hooker (novelist) (1932–2008), Australian novelist John Jay Hooker (1930–2016), American attorney, entrepreneur...
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John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose...
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I'm John Lee Hooker is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker. Released by Vee-Jay Records in 1959, it compiles seven songs originally released as...
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John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer and guitarist who recorded from 1948 to 2001. His discography includes recordings issued by various record...
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blues musician John Lee Hooker, recorded in Chicago on October 26, 1961 and released on the Vee-Jay label the following year. Hooker is backed by the...
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reelection campaign, Bredesen brushed off a primary challenge from John Jay Hooker, winning nearly 90% of the vote. In the general election, he defeated...
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Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, released by Vee-Jay Records in August or September 1961. Hooker recorded most...
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governor Don Sundquist won re-election, defeating Democratic candidate John Jay Hooker. Sundquist became the first Republican gubernatorial nominee to get...
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term. Republican nominee Winfield Dunn, defeated Democratic opponent John Jay Hooker with 52.0% of the vote. With this win, Dunn became the first Republican...
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2015. In the following year, a prominent Tennessee political figure, John Jay Hooker, took the cause to the courts by filing a lawsuit asking for physician...
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Independent candidate for governor in 2010 Mark "Coonrippy" Brown John Jay Hooker, political gadfly and Democratic nominee for governor in 1970 and 1998...
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primary. The most prominent was probably 1970 gubernatorial nominee John Jay Hooker; somewhat surprisingly to most observers however, the winner of the...
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John Lee Hooker on Campus is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, released by the Vee-Jay label in 1963. AllMusic reviewer Al Campbell wrote: "John...
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Travelin' is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, recorded in 1960, which Vee-Jay Records released in the same year. The Penguin Guide to Blues...
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The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker is an album by the blues musician John Lee Hooker, recorded in Chicago and released by the Vee-Jay label in 1963. AllMusic...
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Primary for U.S. Senate (TN) Harold Ford Jr., 79% Gary G. Davis, 10% John Jay Hooker, 6% *Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2006, David "None of the...
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defeated, among others, Nashville, Tennessee entrepreneur and attorney John Jay Hooker, then still considered to be a serious candidate due to his strong...
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the Democratic Party nomination for governor in 1966. His opponent, John Jay Hooker, was a friend of former Governor Browning, and had been endorsed by...
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Hunter Hillenmeyer, Chicago Bears linebacker[third-party source needed] John Jay Hooker, attorney, entrepreneur, politician E. Bronson Ingram II, American...
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Clark, a professor at Middle Tennessee State University, edged out John Jay Hooker to win the nomination. White (Largest city: Sparta) Cannon (Largest...
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Moffett with 81.2% of the vote. In the primary, Ellington he defeated John Jay Hooker, who was a friend of former governor Gordon Browning, and had been...
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Dimples (song) (category Songs written by John Lee Hooker)
first songs recorded by John Lee Hooker for Vee-Jay Records. Unlike his previous record labels, Vee-Jay producers saw Hooker as a Jimmy Reed-style performer...
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the general election, he easily defeated his Democratic opponent, John Jay Hooker, 669,973 votes to 287,790. Shortly after winning reelection in November...
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Jarman, by ten thousand votes. His opponent in the general election was John Jay Hooker, the Democratic nominee. Prior to the 1970 election, Democrats had...
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the abortion rights case Doe v. Bolton before the U.S. Supreme Court John Jay Hooker (J.D. 1957), lawyer, entrepreneur, political gadfly, special assistant...
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donated the pipe organ. In the late 1960s, Nashville entrepreneur John Jay Hooker persuaded Cannon and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson to lend their names...
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Van Hilleary (R) Edwin C. Sanders (I) Carl Two Feathers Whitaker (I) John Jay Hooker (I) David Gatchell (I) Gabriel Givens (I) Ray Ledford (I) James E....
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The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (also known as The Folk Blues of John Lee Hooker) is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker recorded in Detroit...
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