| LC control no. | n 81033547 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hooker, John Lee |
| Variant(s) | Birmingham Sam Boogie Man, 1917-2001 Booker, John Lee Delta John John, Delta Little Pork Chops Sam, Birmingham Slim, Texas Texas Slim Williams, Johnny, 1917-2001 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Memphis (Tenn.) Cincinnati (Ohio) Detroit (Mich.) |
| Birth date | 1917-08-22? |
| Death date | 2001-06-21 |
| Place of birth | Clarksdale (Miss.) Vance (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Los Altos (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Composers Guitarists |
| Found in | The Folk-blues of John Lee Hooker. [Phonodisc] 1959? Herzhaft, G. John Lee Hooker, c1991: cover, p. 4 (John Lee Hooker; b. 1917) New Grove dic. of Am. music (Hooker, John Lee; b. 8-22-1917, Clarksdale, MS) His John Lee Hooker sings John Lee Hooker [SR] p1982: container (also recorded under pseudonymns Texas Slim; Delta John; Birmingham Sam; Johnny Williams; The Boogie Man; and John Lee Booker) His I'm John Lee Hooker [SR] p2007: insert (also recorded under pseudonymns Texas Slim; Delta John; Birmingham Sam; Little Pork Chops) New York Times, June 22, 2001 (John Lee Hooker, 83, bluesman; d. June 21, 2001, Los Altos, Calif.; b. Aug. 17, 1917, near Clarksdale, Miss.) Information from 678 converted Dec. 19, 2014 (Blues singer; b. 1915, near Clarksdale, Miss.) Oxford music online, May 24, 2017: Encyclopedia of popular music (Hooker, John Lee; born August 22, 1917, Clarksdale, Mississippi (dates vary between 1917 to 1920, but owing to the age of Hooker's mother when he was born, 1917 is the most likely); died June 21, 2001, Los Altos, California; blues singer and guitarist) Wikipedia, May 24, 2017 (John Lee Hooker; born approximately August 22, 1912, Tutwiler, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; died June 21, 2001, Los Altos, California (believed to have been 88 years old); American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist; date of birth is subject of debate; some sources give birthplace as near Clarksdale, in Coahoma County) John Lee Hooker WWW site, May 24, 2017 (John Lee Hooker; born near Clarksdale, Mississippi, August 22, 1917; known to music fans around the world as the "King of the Boogie") <http://www.johnleehooker.com/> Mississippi Blues Trail WWW site, May 24, 2017 (John Lee Hooker; blues singer and guitarist; he often cited August 22, 1917, as his birth date, although census records, showing the family near Tutwiler in 1920 and 1930, indicate he was several years older; he said he born between Clarksdale and Vance, but Social Security files list his birthplace as Glendora; following stays in Memphis and Cincinnati and returns to the Vance/Lambert area, Hooker settled in Detroit, where he made his first recordings in 1948; died in Los Altos, California, June 21, 2001) <http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/john-lee-hooker> |
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