John Lee Hooker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Lee Hooker

American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1917

Place of Birth: Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 21-Jun-2001

Profession: composer, singer, singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

John Lee Hooker (August 22, 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.
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. 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).