Songs Written by John Lee HookerTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 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 that he developed in Detroit. 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. Hooker was ranked 35 in Rolling Stone's 2015 list of... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, John Lee Hooker first charted in 1949 with Boogie Chillen'.The artist placed 2 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.The artist scored 5 UK Top‑75 entries.On US RnB the artist achieved 5 Top‑10s, 2 of which hit number‑one.