John Lee Hooker discography

John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer and guitarist who recorded from 1948 to 2001. His discography includes recordings issued by various record companies in different formats.

Charting singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US R&B
[1]		 UK
[2]		 NED
[3]		 BEL
(FLA)
[4]		 FRA
[5]		 NZ
[6]
1948 "Boogie Chillen'" 1————— The Blues
1949 "Hobo Blues" 5—————
"Hoogie Boogie" 9—————
"Crawlin' King Snake" 6—————
1950 "Huckle Up, Baby" 15————— Alone (1967)
1951 "I'm in the Mood" 1————— The Blues
1958 "I Love You Honey" 29————— I'm John Lee Hooker
1960 "No Shoes" 21————— Travelin'
1962 "Boom Boom" 16————— Burnin'
1964 "Dimples" —23——— I'm John Lee Hooker
1990 "The Healer" (with Carlos Santana) ——912—23 The Healer
"I'm in the Mood" (with Bonnie Raitt) ——1422——
1992 "Boom Boom" —16——4524 Boom Boom
1993 "Boogie at Russian Hill" —53————
1995 "Chill Out (Things Gonna Change)" —45———— Chill Out
1996 "Baby Lee" (with Robert Cray) (from Lee TV commercial) —65———— The Healer
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

Albums

The Detroit Years (recordings 1948–1955)

  • 1959 – House of the Blues (Chess)
  • 1960 – The Blues (Crown) – early Modern tracks
  • 1961 – Sings the Blues (Crown) – Modern tracks
  • 1961 – John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues (Chess) – 1950–52 recordings
  • 1961 – John Lee Hooker Sings Blues (King) – reissued as Moanin' and Stompin' and Don't You Remember Me, Texas Slim 1948–50 tracks
  • 1962 – Folk Blues (Crown) – 1951-54 recordings
  • 1963 – The Great John Lee Hooker (Crown) – Modern tracks
  • 1963 – Don't Turn Me from Your Door (Atco) 1953/61 recordings
  • 1963 – John Lee Hooker & Big Maceo Merriweather (Fortune)
  • 1964 – Original Folk Blues (Kent)
  • 1966 – John Lee Hooker & His Guitar (Advent)
  • 1969 – No Friend Around (Advent/Red Lightnin')
  • 1970 – Alone (Specialty) - 1948-51 recordings
  • 1971 – Goin' Down Highway 51 (Specialty) - 1948-51 recordings
  • 1971 – Coast to Coast Blues Band – Any Where – Any Time – Any Place (United Artists)
  • 1972 – Johnny Lee (GreeneBottle) – 2LP
  • 1973 – John Lee Hooker's Detroit (United Artists) – 3LP
  • 1973 – Mad Man Blues (Chess) – 2LP compilation
  • 1973 – Hooker, Hopkins, Hogg (Specialty-Sonet)
  • 1973 – Slim's Stomp (Polydor) – King tracks
  • 1979 – Southern Blues (Savoy)
  • 1981 – Blues for Big Town (Chess) – various artists compilation featuring unissued early 1950s recordings
  • 1987 – Gotham Golden Classics – Rare Recordings (Collectables)
  • 1987 – Detroit Blues (Krazy Kat)
  • 1989 – 40th Anniversary Album (DCC) – reissued on Demon as Detroit Lion
  • 1990 – Boogie Awhile (Krazy Kat) – 2LP
  • 1999 – Savoy Blues Legends, 1948–1949 (SavoyJazz/Atlantic) – reissued on Savoy
  • 2000 – The Unknown John Lee Hooker (Krazy Kat) – 1951 tracks, reissued 2004 on Eagle as Jack O'Diamonds

The Chicago Years (recordings 1955–1964)

  • 1959 – I'm John Lee Hooker (Vee-Jay)
  • 1960 – Travelin' (Vee-Jay)
  • 1961 – The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (Vee-Jay)
  • 1962 – Burnin' (Vee-Jay)
  • 1962 – The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker (Vee-Jay)
  • 1962 – The Best of John Lee Hooker (Vee-Jay) – compilation
  • 1963 – John Lee Hooker on Campus (Vee-Jay) – I Want To Shout The Blues on European Stateside, reissued as Big Band Blues on Buddah
  • 1965 – ...And Seven Nights (Verve-Folkways) – 1964 British recordings, reissued with brass overdubs as On the Waterfront on Wand and several later versions
  • 1965 – Is He the World's Greatest Blues Singer? (Vee-Jay) – compilation, reissued on Exodus
  • 1974 – Gold (Vee-Jay) – compilation, contains I'm John Lee Hooker and The Big Soul of
  • 1974 – The Best of John Lee Hooker (GNP Crescendo) – 20 classic Vee-Jay tracks
  • 1974 – In Person (Vee-Jay/Dynasty) – late Vee-Jay tracks
  • 1989 – The Hook – 20 Years of Hits & Hot Boogie (Chameleon) – compilation of Vee-Jay licensed recorings
  • 1993 – John Lee Hooker on Vee-Jay 1955–1958 (Vee-Jay) – compilation
  • 2014 – I'm Going Home (Devils Tunes) – June 10, 1958, Vee-Jay rehearsal session with rare recordings

The Folk Years (recordings 1959–1963)

  • 1959 – The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (Riverside) – reissued 1963 on Battle as How Long Blues
  • 1960 – That's My Story (Riverside) – reissued 1963 on Battle as The Blues Man
  • 1962 – John Lee Hooker (Galaxy) – reissued as The King of Folk Blues (America)
  • 1963 – Live at Sugar Hill (Galaxy)
  • 1964 – Burning Hell (Riverside) – recorded 1959
  • 1964 – Concert at Newport (Vee-Jay) – reissued on Fantasy with bonus tracks as Live at Newport
  • 1966 – Teachin' the Blues (Guest Star) – 1961 recordings
  • 1969 – That's Where It's At! (Stax) – 1961 recordings
  • 1971 – Detroit Special (Atlantic) – compilation, Don't Turn Me From Your Door plus bonus tracks
  • 1972 – Boogie Chillun (Fantasy) – Live at Sugar Hill plus bonus tracks, reissued on Ace as Live at Sugar Hill Vol. 1 & 2
  • 1972 – Black Snake (Fantasy 2-set) – reissue of Riverside "The Country Blues and That's My Story
  • 1979 – Sittin' Here Thinkin' (Muse) – 1961 Savoy recordings, reissued as Sad and Lonesome
  • 2002 – Live at Sugar Hill, Vol. 2 (Fantasy) – unissued 1961 recordings featuring a third session

The ABC Years (recordings 1965–1974)

The Rosebud Years (recordings 1975–2001)

  • 1976 – Alone Vol 1 (Labor) – live recordings, reissued on Tomato
  • 1976 – Alone – Live in New York Vol 2 (MMG) – reissued on Tomato
  • 1977 - Black Night Is Falling: Live At Rising Sun
  • 1978 – Live + Well (Ornament)
  • 1978 – The Cream (Tomato) – live recordings, reissued with bonus tracks on Charly
  • 1979 – Live in 1978 (Lunar)
  • 1981 – Hooker 'n' Heat Recorded Live at the Fox Venice Theatre (Rhino, various artists)
  • 1986 – Jealous (Pulsa) – reissued on Point Blank 1996 and Shout! Factory with bonus tracks
  • 1989 – The Healer (Chameleon)
  • 1990 – The Hot Spot – featuring Miles Davis
  • 1991 – Mr. Lucky (Pointblank)
  • 1992 – Boom Boom (Pointblank) – reissued on Shout!Factory with bonus tracks
  • 1995 – Chill Out (Pointblank) – reissued on Shout!Factory with bonus tracks
  • 1997 – Don't Look Back (Pointblank/Virgin) – reissued on Shout!Factory with bonus tracks
  • 1998 – The Best of Friends (Pointblank) compilation 1986–1998 incl one new track – reissued on Shout!Factory download with bonus track
  • 2003 – Face to Face (Eagle) new recordings
  • 2016 – Boom Boom - Live On Air 1976 (Laser media) 14 classics, live (bootleg on air) recordings with guitars, bass, and drums

Compilation CDs
  • 1990 – That's My Story/The Folk Blues of (Ace) – the two original Riverside LPs on one CD
  • 1990 – That's Where It's At (Stax) reissue of Florida recordings from 1961
  • 1991 – The Ultimate Collection 1948–1990 (Rhino 2CDbox)
  • 1991 – The Complete Chess Folk Blues Sessions (Chess/MCA) the Ralph Bass 1966 Chicago session, reissued in 2002- see below
  • 1991 – Half a Stranger (Mainstream) Modern tracks 1948–1955 incl unedited masters
  • 1991 – Free Beer and Chicken (BeatGoesOn/MCA) recorded 1974
  • 1991 – Don't Turn Me from Your Door (Atlantic/Atco) – 1953 and 1961 recordings with bonus tracks
  • 1991 – The Best of John Lee Hooker 1965 to 1974 (Universal) – Impulse, Chess and ABC/Bluesway recordings
  • 1991 – Blues Brother - 24 Vintage Sensation Recordings 1948-1951 (Ace) - Only issued in UK (tracks also issued on Graveyard Blues and Everybody’s Blues, except for Boogie Chillen)
  • 1992 – Graveyard Blues (Specialty/Ace) 1948–1950 – Besman/Sensation tracks
  • 1992 – The Boogie Man (Charly DIG 5) – "book"-box 1948–1966 recordings, except for Modern
  • 1993 – Everybody's Blues (Specialty/Ace) – Besman tracks of 1950–51 plus two 1954 sessions direct for Specialty
  • 1993 – The Legendary Modern Recordings 1948–1954 (Flair/Ace) – the original singles
  • 1993 – Urban Blues (MCA) - the original BluesWay album of the two 1967 sessions plus three prev. unissued bonus tracks from the 1969 session
  • 1993 – John Lee Hooker on Vee-Jay 1955-1958 (Vee-Jay) – 22 chrono tracks
  • 1993 – The Early Years (Tomato & Rhino) – 2-set with 30 Vee-Jay classics
  • 1994 – Original Folk Blues...Plus (Ace) – the original Kent LP plus 6 extra tracks
  • 1995 – Alternative Boogie – Early Studio Recordings, 1948–1952 (Capitol) – 3CD with Besman alternate takes
  • 1995 – The Very Best of John Lee Hooker (Rhino)
  • 1996 – Live at the Café Au Go-Go (and Soledad Prison) (Universal) – 1966 with Muddy Waters' band and 1972
  • 1996 – Rare Hooker (Charly) – 22 very rare recordings from 1948-1961
  • 1998 – Gotham Golden Classics – The Rare Recordings (Collectables) – 1951-52 ”pirate” recordings
  • 1998 – The Best of Friends (Virgin/Pointblank) – 13 recordings 1987-1998 (with one extra bonus on Shout!Factory issued 2007)
  • 1998 – I'm John Lee Hooker (Charly -with bonus tracks) – his very first LP, 1955–1959 recordings – reissued on SNAP in 2003 and without bonus tracks on Shout!Factory in 2007
  • 1998 – The Complete 50's Chess Recordings (Chess 2CD) – anthology featuring the tracks from House of the Blues and Plays and Sings the Blues (1951–52) plus several bonus tracks from Fortune 1954 incl Blues For Big Town
  • 1999 – Travelin' (Charly) - 1960 session with bonus tracks, reissued on SNAP in 2003
  • 2000 – The Complete 1964 Recordings (RPM) – last Vee-Jay session 1964 plus British London recordings, the British tracks reissued with brass overdubs as The London 1965 Sessions on Sequel
  • 2000 – Burnin' (Charly) – the fourth VJ LP 1962 with bonus tracks, reissued on SNAP in 2003
  • 2000 – The Complete – Vol. 1 1948–49 (Body & Soul) – 2CD
  • 2000 – The Complete – Vol. 2 1949 (Body & Soul) – 2CD
  • 2000 – The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (Charly) – his third VJ LP with bonus tracks, reissued on SNAP in 2003
  • 2001 – The Complete – Vol. 3 1949–50 (Body & Soul) – 2CD
  • 2001 – House Rent Boogie (Ace) – rare early 1950s Modern recordings
  • 2001 – Testament (Charly/Snapper) – 3CD box Vee-Jay recordings
  • 2002 – The Complete – Vol. 4 1950–51 (Body & Soul) – 2CD
  • 2002 – The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues (Chess) – 1966 recordings, reissue of 1991 CD The Complete Chess Folk Blues Sessions
  • 2002 – Giant of Blues (FruitTree 2CD) – Charly license featuring 20 of the Testament tracks
  • 2003 – Boogie Chillen' (Audio Fidelity) – 1949–1952 compilation by Besman and Siracuse (engineer)
  • 2003 – Blues Immortal (Blues Kingpins) (Virgin) – 1948–1955 Modern anthology
  • 2004 – Early Years – The Classic Savoy Sessions (Metro Doubles 2CD) – recorded 1948 and 1961 from Savoy Blues Legends (Savoy in 2000 and 2002) and the 1961 Savoy recordings from Sittin' Here Thinkin' (32Blues in 2004 with the bonus track)
  • 2004 – I'm a Boogie Man (Varèse Sarabande) – Vintage 1948–1953 Texas Slim and John Lee Booker (King/De Luxe tracks featuring all the King singles)
  • 2004 – The Cream (Charly) – The Tomato LP recorded in 1977, reissued with five extra bonus tracks (a total of 20 live tracks)
  • 2004 – The Complete – Vol. 5 1951–53 (Body & Soul) – 2CD
  • 2005 – The Complete – Vol. 6 1953–54 (Body & Soul) – 2CD
  • 2006 – Hooker (Shout!Factory) – 4 CD chronological anthology covering 84 tracks of his entire career
  • 2006 – The Boogie Man 1948–1955 (Charly) – 4-CD box set with pseudonym and Modern recordings
  • 2007 – Gold (Hip-O Select) – 2CD 1948–2001 chronological anthology
  • 2008 – The Intro Collection - The Very Best of the King of Blues Guitar (Union Square 3CD) - 9 Savoy and 36 Vee-Jay classics
  • 2009 – John Lee Hooker Anthology: 50 Years (Shout! Factory) – 2CD 1948–1998 chronological anthology
  • 2009 – From Detroit to Chicago 1954–1958 (SagaBlues46) – Modern, Battle, and early Vee-Jay singles
  • 2010 – At His Very Best (MetroUnionSquare 2CD) – Vee-Jay compilation with some live recordings
  • 2010 – Blues in Transition (Jasmine 2CD) – Vee-Jay recordings 1956–1959 plus the two Riverside sessions 1959 (50 tracks)
  • 2010 – The Essential Collection (Union Square TIN 3CD) - Vee-Jay from above Metro 2CD plus several extras
  • 2016 – Simply John Lee Hooker (Union Square TIN 3CD) - Mostly early rare pirate and Modern recordings and some Vee-Jay
  • 2016 – The Great John Lee Hooker (Southern Routes) – a 26 track CD featuring famous (and other classic) Modern and Sensation recordings 1948-1953
  • 2016 – The Modern, Chess & VeeJay Singles Collection 1949-62 (Acrobat Music 4CD) – all his singles for the three labels, A- and B-sides (101 tracks)
  • 2017 – Whiskey & Wimmen - John Lee Hooker's Finest (Concord/Vee-Jay) – a CD including songs from Vee-Jay, Stax, and Riverside
  • 2017 – King of the Boogie (Concord/Craft) – 5 CD chronological anthology covering 100 tracks of his entire career (only 38 tracks also on "Hooker")
  • 2017 – Gotta Boogie Gotta Sing (Jasmine) – 2 CD-set covering 52 Modern and pirate recordings 1948-1954
  • 2018 – Boogie Chillen' - 50 All-Time Classics (SoulJam) – 2-set CD compilation 1948-1961

Films
  • The Blues Brothers (1980)
  • John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis DVD (1995)
  • John Lee Hooker Rare Performances 1960–1984 DVD (2002)
  • Come See About Me DVD (2004)
  • John Lee Hooker – Bits and Pieces About … DVD + CD (2006)

Notes
  1. Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 194. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "John Lee Hooker: UK Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  3. "John Lee Hooker: Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  4. "John Lee Hooker: UltraTop 50 Singles (Flemish chart)". ultratop.be. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  5. "John Lee Hooker: LesCharts.com". lescharts.com. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  6. "John Lee Hooker: charts.nz". charts.nz. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
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