John Lee Hooker, a Mississippi native, was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter and was one of the last links to the blues of the deep South. The seeds for his eerily mournful guitar sound were planted by his stepfather, Will Moore.
Hooker moved to Detroit in the early 1940s and by 1948 had scored his first number-one jukebox hit and million-seller, "Boogie Chillen." Other hits soon followed, "I'm In the Mood," "Crawling Kingsnake," and "Boom Boom" among the biggest. Hooker's audience increased considerably in 1989 when he released "The Healer," the first in a string of CDs featuring guest artists.
During the 1950s and '60s, Vee Jay Records released a remarkable string of more than 100 of Hooker's songs. In October of 1998 he was honored with a tribute concert by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in February of 2000 received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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