John Lee Hooker biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of John Lee Hooker

Author Name:

John Lee Hooker

Born As:

John Lee Hooker

Other Names:

Born:

22 Aug 1917

Died:

21 Jun 2001




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Blues singer, guitarist and songwriter                          
                          
Mother Minnie Ramsey 
Father William Hooker - the youngest of eleven children.                          
Awards:

A Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991
Grammy Awards:
Best Traditional Blues Recording, 1990,  -  "I'm in the Mood" - with Bonnie Raitt.
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, 1998, "Don't Look Back" - with Van Morrison.
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award - 2000

Two of his songs, "Boogie Chillen" - 1948 and "Boom Boom"  - 1962, were named to the list of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. "Boogie Chillen" was included as one of the Songs of the Century.                          
Hooker's life experiences were chronicled by several scholars and often read like a classic case study in the racism of the music industry.