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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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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"Boom Boom" is a song written by American blues singer and guitarist John Lee Hooker and recorded October 26, 1961. Although it became a blues standard...
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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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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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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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government John Lee Hooker (1912–2001), American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker Jr. (born 1952), American blues musician John Daggett...
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Boogie rock (section John Lee Hooker-style)
showmanship and instrumental virtuosity. In 1948, American blues artist John Lee Hooker recorded "Boogie Chillen'", an urban electric blues tune derived from...
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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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John Lee Hooker Jr. (born January 15, 1952) is an American blues musician and Christian minister. He is the son of influential blues singer John Lee Hooker...
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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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by John Lee Hooker featuring Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Charles Brown, and Booker T. Jones. It was produced by Roy Rogers, Santana and Hooker himself...
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is a 1991 album by American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lee Hooker. Produced by Ry Cooder, Roy Rogers and Carlos Santana under the executive...
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Hooker 'n Heat is a double album released by blues musician John Lee Hooker and the band Canned Heat in early 1971. It was the first of Hooker's albums...
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One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (category John Lee Hooker songs)
Other artists released popular recordings of the song, including John Lee Hooker in 1966 and George Thorogood in 1977. "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One...
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Burning Hell (category John Lee Hooker albums)
blues musician John Lee Hooker that was recorded in Detroit in 1959 at the same sessions that produced The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, but not released...
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singer-songwriter John Lee Hooker in 1997 that was co-produced by Van Morrison and Mike Kappus. Van Morrison also performed duets with Hooker on four of the...
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Urban Blues is the fourth recording by John Lee Hooker under the ABC recording years. It was released in 1967 under the ABC-Bluesway record label, and...
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John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker. which was issued by Chess Records in 1961. It compiles songs recorded...
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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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Williamson II, Junior Wells, and John Lee Hooker and fronted his own bands. An early player of the electric guitar, Hooker was influenced by the modern urban...
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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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Johnny Griffin: Change of Pace (Riverside, 1961) John Lee Hooker: The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (Vee-Jay, 1961) Aretha Franklin: Aretha: With The...
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such as John Lee Hooker, had influences not directly related to the Chicago style. John Lee Hooker's blues is more "personal", based on Hooker's deep rough...
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The Real Folk Blues is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker that was recorded in Chicago in 1966 and released by the Chess label. Additional tracks...
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blues performers like B.B. King, Javier Bátiz, Mike Bloomfield, and John Lee Hooker. Gábor Szabó's mid-1960s jazz guitar work also strongly influenced...
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and without harmonica), "Spoonful" by Willie Dixon, and "Louise" by John Lee Hooker in his studio in Los Angeles. Over a summer hiatus in 1966, Stuart...
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Boogie Chillen' (category John Lee Hooker songs)
Chillun" is a blues song first recorded by John Lee Hooker in 1948. It is a solo performance featuring Hooker's vocal, electric guitar, and rhythmic foot...
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song written by blues singer-songwriter John Lee Hooker, and released as a single in 1964. As a duet, Hooker later performed the song with the Northern...
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1973 studio album by American blues musician John Lee Hooker. Writing for The Sunday Times, Stewart Lee reviewed a 2014 re-release of this album and the...
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