Bernard Besman

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American pianist, songwriter and producer, born 8 October 1912, died 10 January 2003.

ALBUMS

John Lee Hooker

Plays & Sings The Blues

John Lee Hooker

You Gotta Shake It Up And Go

John Lee Hooker

Documenting The Sensation Recordings 1948-52

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker (The Galaxy Album)

John Lee Hooker

2006, 4x CD, Box Set,

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

John Lee Hooker

Specialty Profiles

Opera/Fusion/Texas Blues/Electric Blues/Delta Blues/Memphis Blues/Chicago Blues/Bop/Country Blues/Piano Blues/Swing

Strange Currencies

2003, CD, Comp, Uncut (2),

Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Classic Rock/Punk/Rhythm & Blues/Soul-Jazz

In God's Country

2003, CD, Comp, Uncut (2),

Gospel/Bluegrass/Country Blues/Rock & Roll/Country

The Devil's Music

2002, CD, Comp, Uncut (2),

Blues Rock/Pop Rock/Soul/Zydeco/Boogie/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll/Country

Zero Side Effects Volume Two

2001, CD, La Cienega Music Publishing

John Lee Hooker

Everybody's Blues

John Lee Hooker

Graveyard Blues

John Lee Hooker

Half A Stranger

1991, CD, Comp, Mainstream Records,

John Lee Hooker

40th Anniversary Album

Sylvester Cotton

I Tried 1948-1949 Detroit Blues Volume 1

John Lee Hooker

Johnny Lee Volume One

1973, LP, Album, Comp, Greene Bottle Records, Inc.

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker's Detroit (Vintage Recordings 1948-1952)

This Is How It All Began Vol 1

Country Blues/Gospel/Rhythm & Blues/Ballad/Jump Blues

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker / Coast To Coast Blues Band*

Any Where - Any Time - Any Place

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Goin' Down Highway 51

APPEARANCES +

John Lee Hooker

2024, 7", EP, Mono, Ace

You're Doin' Fine (Blues At The Boarding House June 2 & 3, 1973)

2024, 3xCD, Owsley Stanley Foundation

John Lee Hooker

Sensation (Documenting The Sensation Recordings 1948-52)

Live At The Matrix 1967: The Original Masters

Classic Rock/Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock

L.A. Woman Sessions

2022, 4xLP + Box, RSD, Ltd, Num, RM, Rhino Records (2), Rhino Records (2), Elektra, Elektra,

Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Sur La Route Du Blues

2022, LP, Comp, RM, Saga

When Rivers Meet

The Boathouse Sessions

2022, DVD-V, One Road Records

When Rivers Meet

Rock The Lockdown Special Edition

2022, DVDr, DVD-V, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (When Rivers Meet Self-released)

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Live At The Fillmore - 1997

2022, 3x Vinyl Tri-Gatefold,

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock/Folk Rock/Blues Rock

When Rivers Meet

The Boathouse Sessions

2021, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records,

Jump Blues/Doo Wop/Delta Blues/Texas Blues/Rhythm & Blues

John Lee Hooker

Boom Boom - 60 Essential Recordings

2021, 3xCD, Comp, Big3,

Boogie Woogie/Delta Blues/Hill Country Blues/Chicago Blues

Blu York (Live In NYC)

2021, CD, Album, Modern Icon Recordings,

John Lee Hooker

2020, LP, Comp, RM, S/Edition, Saga

John Lee Hooker

2020, CD, Comp, Ltd, RM, Soul Jam Records,

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues

John Lee Hooker

Don't Turn Me From Your Door (Plus Blues Before Sunrise)

2020, CD, Comp, Ltd, RM, Soul Jam Records,

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Electric Blues

The Best Of Blues

2020, LP, Comp, RM, Jazz Essential, Halidon

John Lee Hooker

Boogie Chillen'

Modern Electric Blues

The Easy Livin' Plan - Southern Bred Vol.3 Mississippi R&B Rockers

2019, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records

Popcorn Blues Party Vol.1

2019, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records

John Lee Hooker

2018, LP, Comp, Gat, Wagram Music

John Lee Hooker

2018, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Not Now Music,

Delta Blues/Country Blues

Damià Olivella

2018, CD, Album, RGB Suports

John Lee Hooker

The King Of Folk Blues

Confessin' The Blues

John Lee Hooker

Whiskey & Wimmen (John Lee Hooker's Finest)

George Thorogood

Blues Rock/Acoustic

The Blues Classic 45s

2016, 10x7", Single, Mono + Box, Comp, RM, Demon Records,

Beat! (The Complete Telefunken Years)

2016, 2xCD, Comp, RM, RPM Records (2)

The Greatest Blues Rock Collection

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Minos-EMI, Universal

2016, CD, Album, Wolf Records (2),

Louisiana Blues/Piano Blues

Down Home Blues - Detroit - Detroit Special

2016, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Dig + Box, Wienerworld Presentation

Acoustic Rainbow Volume 46

2016, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Poetman Records USA

2016, CD, Album, Snap!! Records, Blindspot Records,

Rock & Roll/Country Blues

John Lee Hooker

2015, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Le Chant Du Monde,

Chicago Blues/Country Blues

Live At 100 Men Hall Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

2015, LP, Tra, 100 Men D.B.A. Hall

Matěj Ptaszek A Dobré Ráno Blues Band

2014, CD, Album, Galén,

Harmonica Blues

Bob Dylan And The Band

The Basement Tapes Complete (The Bootleg Series Vol. 11)

2014, 6x CD, Box Set,

Bluegrass/Blues Rock/Country Blues/Folk Rock/Rhythm & Blues

Led Zeppelin II

Tour De Force - Live In London - The Borderline

Blues Rock/Rhythm & Blues

2013, 10xCD, Comp, 201 Hits

Best Of The Blues

2013, 2xCD, Comp, LaserLight Digital,

Tour De Force (Live In London)

Blues Rock/Rhythm & Blues

Tour De Force - Live In London - The Borderline

The Shaw Tapes: Live In Detroit 5/27/88

Please Don't Freeze (Early Black Rock'n Roll III)

Boppin' By The Bayou

2012, CD, Comp, Ace

John Lee Hooker

King Snake At Your Door

2012, CD, Comp, Blues Boulevard

John Lee Hooker

Delta Blues/Country Blues

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Lawless: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Country Rock/Soundtrack

Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Electric Blues The Definitive Collection! Part 1 1939-1954)

John Lee Hooker

2011, CD, Comp, Universal Music Group International,

Chicago Blues/Delta Blues

Wall Street Blues - Down And Out Blues...From The Gutter

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Not Now Music,

John Lee Hooker

House Of The Blues

2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Not Now Music,

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

The Essential John Lee Hooker Collection

2010, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Union Square Music, Metro Tins,

Hexbreaker! / Speed Connection Live In Paris 85

2010, CD, Comp, Raven Records,

Gospel/Garage Rock/Blues Rock

The Essential Etta James

Burning Hell / What Good Am I?

Garage Rock/Gospel

Modern Electric Blues

This Is The Blues - Volume One

This Is The Blues - Volume Three

Greatest Hits Rediscovered

Lounge/Music Hall/Theme/Pop Rock

Juke Joint Jump / Struttin' My Stuff

2009, CD, Comp, Raven Records,

The Roots Of AC/DC

2009, CD, Comp, Complete Roots

Legends Of Soul (Tell It Like It Is!)

2009, 3xCD, Comp, Music Digital,

Essential Delta Blues

John Lee Hooker

I'm Gonna Live The Life I Sing About

The Strange Boys

Woe Is You And Me

2008, 7", In The Red Recordings

Treasures From The Blues

2008, 5xCD, Comp, RM, Weton-Wesgram,

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

2008, CD, Comp, Weton-Wesgram

Rare And Unissued - Collectors Items 1963-2008

2008, CD, Comp, Mono, Pri, Not On Label

The Guitar Heroes

2008, 5xCD, Comp, RM, Weton-Wesgram,

The Blues Roots Of The Rolling Stones

Stooges Jukebox

2007, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine,

Soul-Jazz/Garage Rock/Blues Rock/Funk/Rock & Roll

25 Ans De Musique D'avant Nova

2007, 25xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, Nova Records, Wagram Music,

Folk Rock/Chanson/Tango/P.Funk/Big Band/Ska/Hard Bop/Easy Listening/Country Rock/Pop Rock/Prog Rock/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Cha-Cha/Art Rock/Fusion/Salsa/Dub/Funk/Rock & Roll/Calypso/Bossanova/Jazz-Funk/Garage Rock/Bop/Punk/Soul/Mento/Disco/New Wave/Rhythm & Blues/Swing/Post Bop/Hard Rock/MPB/Blues Rock/Rocksteady/Free Jazz/Roots Reggae/Doo Wop/Psychedelic Rock/Mambo/Samba/Bayou Funk/Modern Electric Blues/Reggae/Bollywood/Chicago Blues/Soundtrack/Vocal/Skiffle/Krautrock/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Son/Jump Blues/Country/Modal/Avantgarde/African/Post-Punk/No Wave

2007, CD, Album, In The House Records,

Van Morrison's Jukebox - The Songs That Inspired The Man

2007, CD, Comp, Chrome Dreams

Debbie Davies' Blues Blast

Modern Electric Blues/Electric Blues

Hear My Back Door Slam

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, Bakhåll,

Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Country Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Texas Blues/Gospel

John Lee Hooker

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Ground Floor (2),

Blues Rock/Harmonica Blues/Jump Blues/Chicago Blues/Louisiana Blues/Delta Blues

John Lee Hooker

2006, CD, Comp, The Red Box,

Backline Volume 12

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Backline Records,

Rock & Roll/Ballad/Swing/Boogie Woogie/Country

2006, CD, Album, Not On Label (Col Ray Price Self-released)

2006, 5xCD, Comp, RE, Recording Arts (2),

Chicago Blues/Country Blues/Delta Blues

Can't Quit The Blues

John Lee Hooker

The Definitive Collection

2005, CD, Comp, Universal,

The Very Best Of Blues Brother Soul Sister

2005, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom,

Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Soul

2005, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Simply, Union Square Music,

Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Harmonica Blues/Louisiana Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Boogie Woogie

John Lee Hooker

2005, 2xCD, Comp, Rajon Music Group

John Lee Hooker

2005, CD, Comp, Pegasus, Pegasus

John Lee Hooker

Masters Of Music

2005, 6xCD, Comp, Weton-Wesgram, Flex Media Entertainment

The Rough Guide To Zydeco

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Legend: The Best Of John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Blues Is The Healer

John Lee Hooker

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Dig, Documents

John Lee Hooker

The Complete John Lee Hooker Vol. 5 - Detroit 1951-53

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Body & Soul (2),

Chicago Blues/Country Blues

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

2004, CD, Comp, Weton-Wesgram, Flex Media Entertainment

Live At Blues Alley

2004, CD, Album, Not On Label,

Blues To The Bone

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

The Blues: From Memphis to the Mississippi Delta

2003, CD, Comp, St. Clair

House Of Blues Presents: Essential Blues

2003, CD, Comp, Rhino Special Products

Diamanda Galás

La Serpenta Canta

How The West Was Won

Hard Rock/Classic Rock/Blues Rock

John Lee Hooker

Blues Rock/Electric Blues

Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White (4), Larry The Cable Guy

Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Piedmont Blues

John Lee Hooker

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (A Musical Journey)

2003, 5x CD, Box Set,

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Blues&soul Masters

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom,

Soul/Rhythm & Blues/Electric Blues/Memphis Blues/Chicago Blues

John Lee Hooker

Boom Boom- 20 Blues Classics

2002, CD, Comp, A Play Collection

John Lee Hooker

The Best Of John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

From Clarksdale To Heaven - Remembering John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Live At Newport

John Lee Hooker

Live At Sugar Hill, Vol. 2

Say It Loud! (A Celebration Of Black Music In America)

2001, 6xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Rhino Records (2),

Soul-Jazz/Rock & Roll/Calypso/Bop/Country/Field Recording/Political/Dixieland/Electric Blues/Country Blues/Chicago Blues/Big Band/Speech/Hip Hop/Doo Wop/Interview/Gospel/Delta Blues/Funk/Cool Jazz

Well... Well... Well

2001, CD, M.C. Records (2)

The Natural Blues Album

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Universal Music TV,

Chicago Blues/Blues Rock/Modern Electric Blues

The Modern Records Story

2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Ace,

Rhythm & Blues/Doo Wop/Electric Blues

John Lee Hooker

The Complete John Lee Hooker Vol. 3 - Detroit 1949-50

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Body & Soul (2)

John Lee Hooker

Kings Of The Blues

2001, CD, Comp, M/Print, Landmark

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Alone (The First Concert)

Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey

Blues Breakers CD 3

2000, CD, Comp, Weton-Wesgram

The Chambers Brothers

2000, CD, Album, Universe Gold, Falcon Neue Medien,

Beau Jocque And The Zydeco Hi-Rollers*

Give Him Cornbread, Live!

2000, CD, Album, Rounder Records

2000, CD, Single, Evidence (5), Evidence (5)

John Lee Hooker

2000, CD, Comp, TKO Magnum Music

John Lee Hooker

The Definitive Collection

Electric Blues/Delta Blues

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Van Morrison, Linda Gail Lewis

John Lee Hooker

1999, 2xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, LaserLight Digital,

John Lee Hooker

Classic John Lee Hooker

Play Me The Blues ... The Legendary Blues Singers

Juke Joint Jump

John Lee Hooker

Digitally Remastered Star Power

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Bell Records (5)

John Lee Hooker

1998, CD, Single, Promo, Virgin, Virgin

John Lee Hooker

12 Grandes Éxitos En Versión Original

1998, CD, Comp, Star Records (10)

Heavy Love (Limited Edition CD)

1998, CD, Ltd, Silvertone Records

CDPRO Vol #27 (November 1998)

1998, CD, Comp, Promo, EMI Music Canada

John Lee Hooker

Big Blues Extravaganza! (The Best Of Austin City Limits)

Texas Blues/Electric Blues/Modern Electric Blues

John Lee Hooker

The Best Of Friends

Everyday I Get The Blues

1997, CD, Comp, Crimson,

Rhythm & Blues/Chicago Blues

Acoustic Stories

John Lee Hooker

Most Famous Hits

Junior Kimbrough And The Soul Blues Boys

Sad Days Lonely Nights

John Lee Hooker

Alone - The Second Concert

Blues Rock/Hard Rock

John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat

Feel Like Doin' Something Wrong

John Lee Hooker

The Best Of John Lee Hooker

Ellen McIlwaine

The Real / Everybody Needs It

1995, CD, Comp, RE, Stony Plain Records,

The Best Of The Blues

1995, CD, Comp, Wise Buy

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

The Blues Collection

Delta Blues/Electric Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Chicago Blues

John Lee Hooker

Funny Bones - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

John Lee Hooker

The Very Best Of

John Lee Hooker / Big Joe Williams

Meet Me Around The Corner

1994, 2xCD, Comp, RM, History

Blues Breakers! CD 3

1994, CD, Comp, K-Box Records

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

1994, CD, Album, Orleans Records,

Delta Blues/Country Blues

Rhythm & Blues Legends CD 3

1994, CD, Comp, Disky Communications Europe B.V.,

Acoustic Blues Trio

Bird Nest On The Ground

John Lee Hooker

Wandering Blues

Still Got The Blues Volume 1

RCD Blues Collection 16

1993, CD, Comp, Promo, RCD Magazine,

Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Delta Blues

The Boogie Kings

Louisiana Country Soul

1993, CD, Album, Jin Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Louisiana Blues/Swamp Pop

John Lee Hooker

The Legendary Modern Recordings

Rhythm & Blues/Electric Blues

The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers)

1993, Box Set, 4x CD,

Delta Blues/Jump Blues/Texas Blues/Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues/Louisiana Blues/Country Blues

John Lee Hooker

The Best Of John Lee Hooker

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues

John Lee Hooker

I'm In The Mood

John Lee Hooker

Blues Brother (24 Vintage Sensation Recordings 1948-1951)

1992, CD, Comp, Ace,

John Lee Hooker

The Best Of John Lee Hooker (1965 To 1974)

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues

After Midnight - The Blues Guitar Of Alex Bollard

1991, CD, Album, Star Inc. Music,

The Original Blues Hits 1

1991, CD, Comp, Kwest,

John Lee Hooker

The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990

Country Blues/Electric Blues/Chicago Blues/Jump Blues

John Lee Hooker

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells

Alone & Acoustic

Radio Sampler Vol 8

1990, CD, Comp, Promo, A&M Records, Virgin,

Synth-pop/Pop Rock/Alternative Rock/Downtempo/AOR

John Lee Hooker

Vol 2 (16 Great Songs)

Blue Mood - Great Blues Performers

1990, 2x Vinyl,

Pop Rock/Blues Rock/House/Pop Rap/Lambada/Euro House/Hip-House

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker With Bonnie Raitt

I'm In The Mood

Treat Her Right

1988, LP, Comp, Bear Family Records

John Lee Hooker

The Real Folk Blues

Country Blues/Chicago Blues

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

The Jin Story Volume 1: Bayou Boogie

1985, LP, Comp, Mono, Ace,

Country/Cajun/Rhythm & Blues/Zydeco

American Festival Folk Blues

1985, Cass, Joker International,

Country Blues/Blues Rock/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Folk

1983, Vinyl B - Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc. ,

Screamin' Skull

John Lee Hooker

House Of The Blues

The De Luxe Blues Band

A Street Car Named De Luxe

Geoff Muldaur And The Nite Lites*

John Lee Hooker

George Thorogood And The Destroyers*

Better Than The Rest

The Blues Vol. 2

Detroit Ghetto Blues 1948-1954

Jo Ann Kelly* & Peter Emery*

American Festival Folk Blues

Country Blues/Blues Rock/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Folk

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Sings The Blues

Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker

Hooker ’N Heat

1971, 2x Vinyl Terre Haute Press,

All Good Clean Fun

1971, 2x Vinyl,

Blues Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock/Classic Rock

John Lee Hooker

You Gotta Shake It Up And Go

John Lee Hooker

Ballad To Abraham Lincoln

1961, 7", Lauren Records (5)

John Lee Hooker

Rock Me Mama / Cold Chills All Over Me

George Thorogood & The Destroyers

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer / Out The Door I Went / Tell You A Story

7", Jukebox, EMI Records Group North America,

2xCD, Comp, Going For A Song

The Best Of Blues Music Vol. 1

CD, Comp, PMF Records

Blues Selection

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

This Is My Song

John Lee Hooker

No Friend Around

John Lee Hooker

Blues Is My Favourite Colour

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

San Francisco Serenades: The Classic 1997 West Coast Broadcast

2017, 3xCD, Unofficial, Leftfield Media

George Thorogood

Blues Rock/Acoustic

John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat

Debbie Davies' Blues Blast

Modern Electric Blues/Electric Blues

Blues To The Bone

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

How The West Was Won

John Lee Hooker

Electric Blues/Blues Rock

From Clarksdale To Heaven - Remembering John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Kings Of World Music

Van Morrison, Linda Gail Lewis

John Lee Hooker

The Best Of Friends

John Lee Hooker

The Montreux Album

The Rolling Stones

Satisfaction (Vol.4)

1993, CD, Comp, Unofficial, Banana (4)

John Lee Hooker

Mill Valley ʼ92

1993, CD, Unofficial, The Swingin' Pig

Love Me Tender (Doors: Studio Sessions 1969)

Psychedelic Rock

Somewhere In America

Psychedelic Rock

The Rolling Stones

Atlantic City '89

Blues Rock/Rock & Roll

George Thorogood And The Destroyers*

Better Than The Rest

1979, Cass, Album, Unofficial, Dol, Specialist Recording

Diamanda Galás

La Serpenta Canta

Canned Heat And John Lee Hooker

Blues Rock/Electric Blues