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John Lee Hooker

US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist

Clarksdale, United States · 1917-08-22 – 2001-06-21

John Lee Hooker is credited on 5,492 releases across 1,259 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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5,492

Credits

1,259

Albums

8

Decades active

805

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American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Born: August 22, 1912 in Tutwiler, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA.
Died: June 21, 2001 in Los Altos, California, USA.
Some of his best known songs include "Boogie Chillen'" (1948), "Crawling King Snake" (1949), "Dimples" (1956), "Boom Boom" (1962), and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (1966). Several of his later albums, including The Healer (1989), Mr. Lucky (1991), Chill Out (1995), and Don't Look Back (1997), were album chart successes in the U.S. and UK.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 (Performer).
Father of John Lee Hooker, Jr. (b. 1952 in Detroit, Michigan). Cousin of Earl Hooker.

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5,492 releases · 1,259 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 14,004
  • Other credits · 332
  • Production · 28
  • Engineering · 3

Studios: The Doors Workshop · Dimension Sound Studios, Boston · Wally Heider Studios · Cincinnati Gardens

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