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John Lee Hooker

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2003 - Boogie Chillen'

1995 - Chill Out

1991 - The Ultimate Collection: 1948–1990

1989 - John Lee Hooker's 40th Anniversary Album

1989 - The Healer

1974 - Free Beer and Chicken

1974 - In Person

1972 - Never Get Out of These Blues Alive

1971 - Coast to Coast Blues Band

1971 - Hooker 'n Heat

1970 - If You Miss 'Im...I Got 'Im

1969 - Tupelo Blues

1968 - Urban Blues

1966 - The Real Folk Blues

1964 - Burning Hell

1963 - The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker

1962 - Burnin'

1961 - The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker

1960 - That's My Story (Sings the Blues)

1960 - Travelin'

1959 - Sticks McGhee & John Lee Hooker: Highway of Blues

1959 - The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

1959 - I'm John Lee Hooker

1959 - House of the Blues

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Mississippi, USA

Genre
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Blues

Style
Blues

Mood
Passionate

Born

1917

Active
1948 to 2001

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John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was a highly influential American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally a unique brand of country blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was metrically free. 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 blues guitar playing and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen'" (1948), "I'm in the Mood" (1951) and "Boom Boom" (1962), the first two reaching R&B #1 in the Billboard charts.