John Lee Hooker
| First Name | John |
| Middle Name | Lee |
| Last Name | Hooker |
| Age | 81 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | August 17, 1919 |
| Birthplace | Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA |
| Date of Death | June 21, 2001 |
| Location of Death | Los Altos, California, USA |
| Cause of Death | (natural causes) |
| Build | Large |
| Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| Ethnicity | Black |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation Category | Singer |
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, born near Clarksdale, Mississippi. Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was metrically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his masterful and idiosyncratic blues guitar and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen'" (1948), "I'm in the Mood" (1951) and "Boom Boom" (1962), the first two reaching R&B #1 in the Billboard charts.
Filmography
Selected John Lee Hooker film and TV show credits:
