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John Lee Hooker
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John Lee Hooker was an American blues musician who had a long career spanning much of the 20th century, from the early 1900s until his death in 2001. He is an important figure in blues history, helping to shape and popularize the genre during a time when it became a major influence on modern music.
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John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi Hill country blues.
Known for
- Newport and the Great Folk Dream — Self (archive footage)2025
- John Lee Hooker - Live At Montreux 1990 — Himself2020
- John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man — Self2019
- Monochrome: Black, White & Blue — Self (Archival)2017
- Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall — Self2014
- The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts — Self (archive footage)2009
- Blues at the BBC — Self2009
- Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges — Self2008
- Rolling With the Blues — Self (archive footage)2007
- Bits and Pieces About... John Lee Hooker — Himself2006
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1917
- Active to
- 2001
Discography
- Sally Mae / Boogie Chillen’1948
- Black Man Blues / Stomp Boogie1949
- Canal Street Blues / Huckle Up Baby1949
- Crawlin’ King Snake / Driftin’ From Door to Door1949
- Hobo Blues / Hoogie Boogie1949
- No Friend Around / Wednesday Evening1950
- Playin' the Races / Howlin' Wolf1950
- Wandering Blues / House Rent Boogie1950
- Ground Hog Blues / Louise1951
- I’m in the Mood / How Can You Do It1951
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- Listeners
- 1,087,415
- Total plays
- 15,136,607
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John Lee Hooker (Coahoma County, Mississippi, August 22, 1917 – Los Altos, California, June 21, 2001) was a highly influential American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his masterful and idiosyncratic blues guitar and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen" (1948) and "Boom Boom" (1962). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/J
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clarksdale
- Place of death
- Los Altos
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- Afro-Cuban jazz
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Modern Records
- Official website
- www.johnleehooker.com
- Image
- John Lee Hooker two.jpg
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- John Lee Hooker
- date of birth
- 1917-08-22
- date of death
- 2001-06-21
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- birth name
- John Lee Hooker
- influenced by
- Blind Lemon Jefferson
- cause of death
- disease
- start of work period
- 1942-00-00
- social media followers
- 180000
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- medical condition
- stuttering
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Article · Italiano
John Lee Hooker (Clarksdale, 22 agosto 1917 – Los Altos, 21 giugno 2001) è stato un cantante, chitarrista e compositore statunitense di musica blues. Nato in una famiglia di musicisti del Mississippi, John Lee Hooker è il cugino di Earl Hooker. Sono famose le sue esibizioni in stile parlato (Talking blues) e il suo stile ostinato, divenuti le sue prerogative caratteristiche. La sua musica, da un punto di vista della ritmica, è libera, come da tradizione comune ai primi blues acustici dei musicisti provenienti dall'area del cosiddetto delta del Mississippi. John Lee Hooker ha inciso oltre 100 album. Tra i vari riconoscimenti: una stella nella Hollywood Walk of Fame e, nel 1991, l'inclusione nell'elenco della Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; due sue canzoni, Boom Boom e Boogie Chillen, figurano rispettivamente nelle classifiche The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll e Songs of the Century. Usava per lo più una chitarra elettrica Epiphone Sheraton.
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