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John Lee Hooker

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Aliases
John Lee Booker
John Lee Booker and His Guitar
John Lee Cooker
John Lee Hooker and His Guitar
John Lee Hooker & His Guitar
Sir John Lee Hooker
Texas Slim
Born
August 22, 1917
Died
June 21, 2001
Country
United States
IPI
00014365604 11 works
00040694880 48 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
Family
Earl Hooker Cousin
Zakiya Hooker Daughter
John Lee Hooker, Jr. Son
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
September 1956 (3 artists)
October 1954 Colin James [CA]
1970 Mark T. Small
April 1965 (3 artists)
1959 Cuby + Blizzards
listen on Internet Archive November 3, 1948 (30 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1962 (79 artists)
September 1963 The Cruel Sea
listen on Internet Archive November 1949 (5 artists)
1960 Cat Power
listen on Internet Archive September 1956 (36 artists)
February 1964 (3 artists)
February 1963 Savoy Brown
listen on Internet Archive October 1949 (3 artists)
1971 Cowboy Junkies
March 1963 Barbara Lewis
1960 Soul Patrol [US]
1951 Tony [T.S.] McPhee - Joanna Deacon
December 1949 Mietek Blues Band
listen on Internet Archive March 1949 (12 artists)
How Can You Do It? John Lee Hooker 1963 Unverified
January 1950 George Thorogood and The Destroyers
1968 Shockabilly
April 1967 (4 artists)
April 1967 (2 artists)
November 1949 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
listen on Internet Archive 1951 (19 artists)
June 1963 (2 artists)
1961 (5 artists)
September 1963 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive May 1951 (2 artists)
October 1965 (2 artists)
1965 Johnny Winter
listen on Internet Archive March 1962 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1957 (4 artists)
1951 (6 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1959 (7 artists)
1991 Rick Vito
1960 Cuby + Blizzards
March 1963 When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
September 1963 George Thorogood and The Destroyers
1952 Ivan Sand
listen on Internet Archive November 3, 1948 (5 artists)
February 1964 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1962 (3 artists)
1972 Speedball Baby
listen on Internet Archive 1989 (3 artists)
1967 (2 artists)
1968 (6 artists)
1980 (4 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1953 Don Croissant
1959 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1961 (2 artists)
1961 Demolition Doll Rods

Covers by John Lee Hooker

Title Performer Release date Originally by
November 15, 2011 John Lee Hooker
April 2004 Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
Baby, Please Don't Go John Lee Hooker 2000 Unverified
1952 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
March 1962 Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
November 25, 2022 John Lee Hooker & His Guitar
listen on Internet Archive February 1971 Papa Charlie Jackson, Picaninny Jug Band, Tommy McClennan
1959 Papa Charlie Jackson, Picaninny Jug Band, Tommy McClennan
1979 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
listen on Internet Archive 1952 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
listen on Internet Archive October 1949 [Big] Joe Williams
Covered by (25 artists)
1950 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
August 1966 Eddie Burns
February 1950 Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
1992 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
February 1963 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
1961 Eddie Boyd
1993 Them
1973 Moloch
1959 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
December 1951 Rambling Thomas
Covered by (6 artists)
1991 Walter Davis
1961 John Lee Hooker & His Guitar
1959 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
September 10, 1991 Otis Rush
1991 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gracie Barrie
1972 John Lee Hooker
1989 John Lee Hooker
1959 Leroy Carr
June 1960 Barrett Strong
listen on Internet Archive July 1952 Tampa Red
November 1965 Percy Mayfield
1954 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
Covered by (7 artists)
I Want to Get Married John Lee Hooker 1974 Unverified
1952 Charles Segar
1995 Teddy Randazzo with The Sounds
December 1951 Johnnie Temple
1977 J.B. Lenore
1961 John Lee Hooker
2000 (unknown)
1950 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
1953 Roscoe Gordon
listen on Internet Archive December 1966 Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Covered by (4 artists)
1968 Mercy Dee
March 1963 Booker T. and The MG's
listen on Internet Archive February 1971 Charley Patton
1959 Charley Patton
July 1992 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
listen on Internet Archive May 1953 Cats 'n Jammer Three - Vocal by Bill Samuels
Covered by (5 artists)
November 14, 2000 The Doors
1989 John Lee Hooker & His Guitar
February 1971 John Lee Hooker
November 25, 2022 Percy Mayfield
1952 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
March 4, 1997 Van Morrison
listen on Internet Archive 1962 The Honey Dripper, Nappy Brown
1989 John Lee Hooker
2002 Ray Charles
1974 William McEwan, Carter Family
1951 Sonny Boy Williamson [US1]
listen on Internet Archive 1961 Sleepy John Estes, Big Maceo
listen on Internet Archive June 22, 1993 Muddy Waters

Sampled songs

Songs written by John Lee Hooker

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Baby Lee John Lee Hooker, James Bracken John Lee Hooker March 27, 1956 Covered by (3 artists)
Bad Boy John Lee Hooker, Jules Taub John Lee Hooker December 1953 Covered by Colin James [CA]
Bang Bang Bang Bang John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker Featuring Earl Hooker May 29, 1969 Covered by Mark T. Small
Big Legs, Tight Skirt John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1964 Covered by (3 artists)
Black Snake John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker April 1959 Covered by Cuby + Blizzards
Boogie Chillen' John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman John Lee Hooker & His Guitar September 3, 1948 Covered by (30 artists)
Boom Boom John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1961 Covered by (79 artists)
Bottle Up and Go John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1963 Covered by The Cruel Sea
Burnin' Hell John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman John Lee Hooker and His Guitar 1949 Covered by (5 artists)
Crawlin' Black Spider John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker March 1, 1957 Covered by Cat Power
Dimples John Lee Hooker, James Bracken John Lee Hooker March 27, 1956 Covered by (36 artists)
Don't Look Back John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker February 1964 Covered by (3 artists)
Don't Turn Me from Your Door John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker February 1963 Covered by Savoy Brown
Drifting from Door to Door John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman John Lee Hooker and His Guitar September 3, 1948 Covered by (3 artists)
Forgive Me John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman John Lee Hooker July 1949 Covered by Cowboy Junkies
Frisco John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1962 Covered by Barbara Lewis
Gonna Use My Rod John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker February 9, 1960 Covered by Soul Patrol [US]
Graveyard Blues John Lee Hooker John Lee Booker and His Guitar 1949 Covered by Tony [T.S.] McPhee - Joanna Deacon
Heart Trouble Blues John Lee Hooker Texas Slim September 1949 Covered by Mietek Blues Band
Hobo Blues John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman John Lee Hooker & His Guitar September 3, 1948 Covered by (12 artists)
How Can You Do It? John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1963 Unverified
Huckle Up Baby John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman John Lee Hooker and His Guitar December 1949 Covered by George Thorogood and The Destroyers
I Don't Wanna Go to Vietnam John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1968 Covered by Shockabilly
I'll Never Get Out of These Blues Alive John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker August 30, 1966 Covered by (4 artists)
I'm Bad Like Jesse James John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker August 30, 1966 Covered by (2 artists)
I'm Gonna Kill That Woman John Lee Hooker Texas Slim August 1949 Covered by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I'm in the Mood John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman John Lee Hooker August 7, 1951 Covered by (19 artists)
I'm Leaving John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1963 Covered by (2 artists)
I'm Mad Again John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker January 4, 1961 Covered by (5 artists)
I Want to Hug You John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1963 Covered by (2 artists)
John L's House Rent Boogie John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman John Lee Hooker November 16, 1950 Covered by (2 artists)
King of the World John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker October 1965 Covered by (2 artists)
Leave My Wife Alone John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1965 Covered by Johnny Winter
Let's Make It John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker November 1961 Covered by (3 artists)
Little Wheel John Lee Hooker, James Bracken John Lee Hooker 1957 Covered by (4 artists)
Mad Man Blues John Lee Hooker John Lee Booker 1949 Covered by (6 artists)
Maudie John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1959 Covered by (7 artists)
Mr. Lucky John Lee Hooker, Al Smith [US2] John Lee Hooker October 19, 1990 Covered by Rick Vito
No Shoes John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1960 Covered by Cuby + Blizzards
Old Time Shimmy John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1962 Covered by When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
One Way Ticket John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1963 Covered by George Thorogood and The Destroyers
Rock Me Mama John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman John Lee Hooker 1952 Covered by Ivan Sand
Sally May John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker & His Guitar September 3, 1948 Covered by (5 artists)
Send Me Your Pillow John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1962 Covered by (2 artists)
Shake It Baby John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker October 18, 1962 Covered by (3 artists)
T.B. Sheets John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1972 Covered by Speedball Baby
The Healer Carlos Santana, John Lee Hooker, Chester Thompson, Roy Rogers [US2] John Lee Hooker feat. Santana 1989 Covered by (3 artists)
Think Twice Before You Go John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker November 27, 1967 Covered by (6 artists)
This Is Hip John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1963 Covered by (4 artists)
Too Much Boogie John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1953 Covered by Don Croissant
Tupelo Blues John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker April 1959 Covered by (2 artists)
Want Ad Blues John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1961 Covered by (2 artists)
We're All God's Chillun John Lee Hooker, Devora Brown Sir John Lee Hooker 1961 Covered by Demolition Doll Rods

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
... And Seven Nights John Lee Hooker August 1966 Verve Folkways
Born in Mississippi Raised Up in Tennessee John Lee Hooker 1973 ABC Records [US]
Burnin' John Lee Hooker March 1962 Vee-Jay
Chill Out John Lee Hooker 1995 PointBlank
Coast to Coast Blues Band John Lee Hooker 1971 United Artists Records
Dimples John Lee Hooker 1977 DJM Records [GB]
Don't Look Back John Lee Hooker March 4, 1997 PointBlank
Don't Turn Me from Your Door - John Lee Hooker Sings His Blues John Lee Hooker February 1963 Atco Records
Everybody Rockin' John Lee Hooker 1960 Top Rank International
Hooker 'n Heat Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker February 1971 Liberty
If You Miss 'Im ... I Got 'Im John Lee Hooker Featuring Earl Hooker 1970 BluesWay
In Person John Lee Hooker 1974 Vee-Jay
John Lee Hooker on Campus John Lee Hooker September 1963 Vee-Jay
John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues John Lee Hooker 1961 Chess
John Lee Hooker ‎Sings Blues (Everyone a Pearl) John Lee Hooker November 1960 King [US]
Live at Café Au Go Go John Lee Hooker April 1967 BluesWay
Live at Sugar Hill - Vol. 2 John Lee Hooker 2002 Fantasy
More Real Folk Blues - The Missing Album John Lee Hooker September 10, 1991 MCA Records
Mr. Lucky John Lee Hooker 1991 Silvertone Records
Never Get Out of These Blues Alive John Lee Hooker 1972 ABC Records [US]
Simply the Truth John Lee Hooker 1968 BluesWay
Sittin' Here Thinkin' John Lee Hooker 1979 Muse Records
That's My Story - John Lee Hooker Sings the Blues John Lee Hooker 1960 Riverside [US]
The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker March 1963 Vee-Jay
The Folk-Blues of John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1959 Riverside [US]
The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 1961 Vee-Jay
The Healer John Lee Hooker 1989 Chameleon Records
The Real Folk Blues John Lee Hooker December 1966 Chess
The Unknown John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker 2000 Flyright
This Is Hip John Lee Hooker 1980 Charly Records

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Back Biters and Syndicaters John Lee Hooker 1968 BluesWay
Big Legs, Tight Skirt John Lee Hooker April 1965 Vee-Jay
Boom Boom John Lee Hooker 1962 Vee-Jay
Burnin' Hell John Lee Hooker and His Guitar November 1949 Sensation
Canal Street Blues John Lee Hooker and His Guitar January 1950 Sensation
Cool Little Car John Lee Hooker October 1954 Modern Records
Crawlin' King Snake John Lee Hooker and His Guitar October 1949 Modern Records
Crazy About That Walk Sir John Lee Hooker 1961 Fortune
Dimples John Lee Hooker September 1956 Vee-Jay
Don't Go Baby Texas Slim February 1950 King [US]
Frisco Blues John Lee Hooker March 1963 Vee-Jay
Gloria Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker 1993 Polydor
Heart Trouble Blues Texas Slim December 1949 King [US]
Hobo Blues John Lee Hooker & His Guitar March 1949 Modern Records
I Love to Boogie John Lee Booker and His Guitar 1951 Chance Record Co.
I'm Gonna Kill That Woman Texas Slim November 1949 King [US]
I'm in the Mood John Lee Hooker 1951 Modern Records
I'm Leaving John Lee Hooker June 1963 Vee-Jay
I'm Mad Again John Lee Hooker 1961 Vee-Jay
I Need Some Money John Lee Hooker June 1960 Riverside [US]
It Hurts Me So John Lee Hooker and "Little" Eddie Kirkland July 1952 Modern Records
It Serves Me Right John Lee Hooker November 1965 Vee-Jay
It's My Own Fault John Lee Hooker 1954 Chess
John L's House Rent Boogie John Lee Hooker May 1951 Modern Records
Key to the Highway John Lee Hooker 1952 Modern Records
Little Wheel John Lee Hooker 1957 Vee-Jay
Louise John Lee Booker December 1951 Chess
Mad Man Blues John Lee Booker 1951 Gone
Maudie John Lee Hooker 1959 Vee-Jay
My Baby's Got Somethin' John Lee Hooker 1950 Sensation
No Friend Around John Lee Hooker 1950 Modern Records
No More Doggin' John Lee Hooker 1953 J.V.B.
No Shoes John Lee Hooker 1960 Vee-Jay
Ride 'til I Die John Lee Hooker May 1953 Modern Records
Rock Me Mama John Lee Hooker 1952 Modern Records
Sally May John Lee Hooker & His Guitar November 3, 1948 Modern Records
Send Me Your Pillow John Lee Hooker February 1964 Vee-Jay
Sugar Mama John Lee Hooker 1952 Chess
The Motor City Is Burning John Lee Hooker 1967 BluesWay
Too Much Boogie John Lee Hooker 1953 Modern Records
Want Ad Blues John Lee Hooker 1961 Vee-Jay
Women in My Life John Lee Hooker 1951 Modern Records

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