Composer
John Lee Hooker
American blues musician (1912 or 1917–2001)
1917–2001
62 works in the index
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 2001
- Birthplace
- Clarksdale
- Place of death
- Los Altos
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
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 to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he developed in Detroit. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi hill country blues. He developed his own driving-rhythm boogie style, distinct from the 1930s–1940s piano-derived boogie-woogie. Hooker was ranked 35 in Rolling Stone's 2015 list of 100 greatest guitarists, and has been cited as one of the greatest male blues vocalists of all time.
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. The Healer (for the song "I'm in the Mood") and Chill Out (for the album) both earned him Grammy wins, as well as Don't Look Back, which went on to earn him a double-Grammy win for Best Traditional Blues Recording and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals (with Van Morrison).
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- guitarist; singer; singer-songwriter; composer; recording artist; blues musician
- Instruments played
- guitar; voice; bass instrument; drum kit
- Genres
- blues; rhythm and blues; Afro-Cuban jazz
- Official website
- http://www.johnleehooker.com
- Birth name
- John Lee Hooker
- VIAF ID
- 265639708
- ISNI
- 0000000118100067
- GND ID
- 119501643
- Library of Congress ID
- n81033547
- MusicBrainz ID
- b0122194-c49a-46a1-ade7-84d1d76bd8e9
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, Voice, Piano, Vocal
- Genres represented
- Blues, pop, Jazz, Rock, Pop
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 62
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works page 2 of 2
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter to My Baby | — | — | — | — | Jazz | 1 |
| Mr. Lucky | — | — | — | Guitar | Blues | 1 |
| Same Old Blues | — | — | — | Guitar | Blues | 1 |
| THe Boogie | — | — | — | Guitar | Blues | 1 |
| Canal Street Blues | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Blues | 0 |
| Maudie | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | Blues | 0 |
| It's My Own Fault | — | — | — | Guitar | Blues | 0 |
| I'm Leaving | — | — | — | Guitar | Blues | — |
| I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive | — | — | — | Guitar | Blues | 0 |
| You Looking Good Again Tonight | — | — | — | Guitar | Blues | — |
| So Cold in Chicago | — | — | — | Guitar | Blues | — |
| Crawlin' Kingsnake | — | — | — | Guitar | Blues | 0 |
| Mannish Boy | — | — | — | — | Blues | — |
| This Is It | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 265639708. Portrait: Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.