Bernard Besman
Biography
Bernard Besman (October 8, 1912 – January 10, 2003) was an American record producer and distributor who established Sensation Records, an early independent record label in Detroit, Michigan. He was the first to record John Lee Hooker, and is officially credited with co-writing some of Hooker's songs.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Delta Kream
2021
How The West Was Won
2003
BBC Sessions
1997
The Healer
1989
Hooker ’N Heat
1971
Live At The Fillmore - 1997
2022
The Basement Tapes Complete (The Bootleg Series Vol. 11)
2014
The Real Folk Blues
1966
Sad Days Lonely Nights
1994
Better Than The Rest
1979
House Of The Blues
1960
The Blues
Steel Wheels Live Atlantic City New Jersey
2020
Lawless: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2012
Plays & Sings The Blues
1961
Whiskey & Wimmen (John Lee Hooker's Finest)
2017
Please Don't Freeze - Early Black Rock'n Roll III
2013
The Shaw Tapes: Live In Detroit 5/27/88
2013
Praise & Blame
2010
Strange Currencies
2003
You Win Again
2000
Acoustic Stories
1997
20 Reflective Recordings
1993
Atlantic City '89
1991
Credited work
778 releases · 155 albums · active 1961–2026
- Performance · 1,199
- Production · 63
- Other credits · 10
- Engineering · 9
Studios: Russian Hill Recording · Liberty Studios · The Plant Studios · De Lane Lea Studios