John Lee Hooker Musical artist

John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Mississippi, the son of a sharecropper, and 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. He developed his own driving-rhythm boogie style, distinct from the 1930s–1940s piano-derived boogie-woogie style. 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) – the first being the most popular race record of 1949.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 22, 1917
Birth place	Coahoma County Mississippi
Date of death	June 21, 2001
Place of death	Los Altos California

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Musical artist

Career started	1943
Career ended	2001
associated musical artist	B.B. King Canned Heat Carlos Santana Bonnie Raitt Van Morrison Bob Dylan
Background	Solo singer
genre	Blues Country blues Talking blues
instrument	Epiphone Sheraton
record label	Savoy Records Vee-Jay Records Atco Records Bluesway Records Impulse! Records Atlantic Records Chess Records Polydor Records Crown Records Specialty Records Verve Records Modern Records Point Blank Records King Records (United States) Ace Records (United States)