John Lee Hooker

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blues musician guitarist human singer-songwriter

John Lee Hooker was an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive boogie rhythm and raw, emotive vocal style.

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Label Occurrences
John Lee Hooker canonical 15
John Lee Hooker – Urban Blues 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
awardReceived Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: Blues Hall of Fame induction

Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Recording

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-08-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-06-21 ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
familyName Hooker ⓘ
fullName John Lee Hooker self-link ⓘ
genre Blues ⓘ
surface form: Delta blues

blues ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1980 ⓘ
influenced Bonnie Raitt ⓘ
Eric Clapton ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
Van Morrison ⓘ
influencedGenre modern electric blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
movement postwar electric blues ⓘ
notableAlbum Don't Look Back ⓘ
Mr. Lucky ⓘ
The Healer ⓘ
notableCollaboration Bonnie Raitt ⓘ
Carlos Santana ⓘ
Van Morrison ⓘ
notableWork Boogie Chillen' ⓘ
Boom Boom ⓘ
Crawling King Snake ⓘ
I'm in the Mood ⓘ
It Serves You Right to Suffer ⓘ
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Coahoma County, Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States
placeOfDeath Los Altos, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Chess Records ⓘ
Modern Records ⓘ
Pointblank Records ⓘ
Riverside Records ⓘ
Specialty Records ⓘ
Vee-Jay Records ⓘ
rockAndRollHallOfFameInductionYear 1991 ⓘ
style boogie rhythm guitar ⓘ
vocalStyle raw emotive vocals ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blues Hall of Fame → notableInductee → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Every Day I Have the Blues → notableVersionBy → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Van Morrison → associatedAct → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Blues → notableArtist → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Chess Records → notableArtist → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
BluesWay Records → releasedMusicBy → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
BluesWay Records → notableRelease → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Lee Hooker – Urban Blues
John Lee Hooker → fullName → John Lee Hooker self-link ⓘ
Key to the Highway → hasNotableCover → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Vee-Jay Records → signedArtist → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Modern Records → notableArtist → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Charley Patton → influenced → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Money (That's What I Want) → hasCoverVersion → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States → associatedWith → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
subject surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi
Steve Berlin → associatedAct → John Lee Hooker ⓘ
Hooker → hasNotableBearer → John Lee Hooker ⓘ