Howlin' Wolf

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blues musician guitarist harmonica player human singer songwriter

Howlin' Wolf was a towering American blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player whose powerful voice and influential recordings helped shape Chicago blues and rock music.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Howlin' Wolf canonical 29
Howlin’ Wolf 4
Howlin' Wolf's band 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
harmonica player ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
associatedAct Hubert Sumlin ⓘ
Muddy Waters ⓘ
Willie Dixon ⓘ
birthName Chester Arthur Burnett ⓘ
causeOfDeath kidney failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-06-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-01-10 ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
genre Chicago blues ⓘ
blues ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
height approximately 6 ft 3 in ⓘ
influenced Eric Clapton ⓘ
Jimi Hendrix ⓘ
Led Zeppelin ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
influencedGenre rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
movement Chicago blues ⓘ
notableAlbum Howlin' Wolf (1962 album) ⓘ
Moanin' in the Moonlight ⓘ
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions ⓘ
notableFor influencing rock music ⓘ
shaping Chicago blues sound ⓘ
notableWork Killing Floor ⓘ
Little Red Rooster ⓘ
Smokestack Lightnin' ⓘ
Spoonful ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth White Station, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hines, Illinois, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Chess Records ⓘ
spouse Lillie Handley ⓘ
stageName Howlin' Wolf self-link ⓘ
vocalStyle powerful, raspy voice ⓘ

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Sun Studio → recordedArtist → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Chicago blues → notableArtist → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Blues Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howlin’ Wolf
Buddy Guy → associatedAct → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Keith Richards → influencedBy → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
RPM Records → notableArtist → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Sam Phillips → discovered → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Sam Phillips → recorded → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Memphis Recording Service → notableArtistRecorded → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
706 Union Avenue → associatedWithPerson → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf → stageName → Howlin' Wolf self-link ⓘ
Sun Records → notableArtist → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Muddy Waters → associatedAct → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Blues → notableArtist → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Chess Records → notableArtist → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Checkerboard Lounge → notablePerformer → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Regal Theater, Chicago → hostedPerformer → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howlin’ Wolf
Willie Dixon → associatedAct → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Little Walter → associatedAct → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Son House → influenced → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howlin’ Wolf
Robert Johnson → influenced → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Charley Patton → influenced → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
George Guy → associatedAct → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
subject surface form: George "Buddy" Guy
Leonard Chess → associatedWith → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Matt "Guitar" Murphy → associatedAct → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Kings of Rhythm → performedWith → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howlin’ Wolf
White Station, Mississippi, United States → hasNotablePersonBornHere → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Smokestack Lightnin' → artist → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Smokestack Lightnin' → performer → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Smokestack Lightnin' → vocalist → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Smokestack Lightnin' → composer → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Smokestack Lightnin' → songwriter → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Spoonful → firstPerformer → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Hubert Sumlin → notableFor → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
this entity surface form: work with Howlin' Wolf
Hubert Sumlin → memberOf → Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howlin' Wolf's band