Hooker, John Lee
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- Information from 678 converted Dec. 19, 2014(Blues singer; b. 1915, near Clarksdale, Miss.)
- John Lee Hooker; born near Clarksdale, Mississippi, August 22, 1917; known to music fans around the world as the "King of the Boogie" ( (John Lee Hooker WWW site, May 24, 2017) )
- John Lee Hooker; blues singer and guitarist; he often cited August 22, 1917, as his birth date, although census records, showing the family near Tutwiler in 1920 and 1930, indicate he was several years older; he said he born between Clarksdale and Vance, but Social Security files list his birthplace as Glendora; following stays in Memphis and Cincinnati and returns to the Vance/Lambert area, Hooker settled in Detroit, where he made his first recordings in 1948; died in Los Altos, California, June 21, 2001 ( (Mississippi Blues Trail WWW site, May 24, 2017) )
- Oxford music online, May 24, 2017:Encyclopedia of popular music (Hooker, John Lee; born August 22, 1917, Clarksdale, Mississippi (dates vary between 1917 to 1920, but owing to the age of Hooker's mother when he was born, 1917 is the most likely); died June 21, 2001, Los Altos, California; blues singer and guitarist)
- Wikipedia, May 24, 2017(John Lee Hooker; born approximately August 22, 1912, Tutwiler, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; died June 21, 2001, Los Altos, California (believed to have been 88 years old); American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist; date of birth is subject of debate; some sources give birthplace as near Clarksdale, in Coahoma County)
- The Folk-blues of John Lee Hooker. [Phonodisc] 1959?
- Herzhaft, G. John Lee Hooker, c1991:cover, p. 4 (John Lee Hooker; b. 1917)
- New Grove dic. of Am. music(Hooker, John Lee; b. 8-22-1917, Clarksdale, MS)
- His John Lee Hooker sings John Lee Hooker [SR] p1982:container (also recorded under pseudonymns Texas Slim; Delta John; Birmingham Sam; Johnny Williams; The Boogie Man; and John Lee Booker)
- His I'm John Lee Hooker [SR] p2007:insert (also recorded under pseudonymns Texas Slim; Delta John; Birmingham Sam; Little Pork Chops)
- New York Times, June 22, 2001(John Lee Hooker, 83, bluesman; d. June 21, 2001, Los Altos, Calif.; b. Aug. 17, 1917, near Clarksdale, Miss.)
Wikipedia description:
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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