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Howlin' Wolf

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Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. With a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among the leading performers in electric blues; musician and critic Cub Koda declared, "no one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits. " A number of songs written or popularized by Burnett—such as "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Back Door Man", "Killing Floor" and "Spoonful"—have become blues and blues rock standards. At 6 feet, 6 inches (198 cm) and close to 300 pounds (136 kg), he was an imposing presence with one of the loudest and most memorable voices of all the "classic" 1950s Chicago blues singers. This rough-edged, slightly fearsome musical style is often contrasted with the less crude but still powerful presentation of his contemporary and professional rival, Muddy Waters. Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), Little Walter Jacobs, and Muddy Waters are usually regarded in retrospect as the greatest blues artists who recorded for Chess in Chicago. Sam Phillips once remarked, "When I heard Howlin' Wolf, I said, 'This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies. '" In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #51 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".

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Discography

  • Howlin' Wolf / Moanin' in the Moonlight, 1986
  • Demon Drivin' Blues Man, 2005
  • Howlin' for My Baby
  • The Real Folk Blues / More Real Folk Blues
  • The Very Best of Howlin' Wolf, 1995
  • His Best, 1997
  • Goin' Back Home / My Life, 1957
  • Just Like I Treat You / I Ain't Superstitious, 1962
  • Come Back Home
  • Change My Way, 2004
  • The Howlin' Wolf Anthology, 2007
  • Louis, Dust My Broom on the Killing Floor, 2007
  • Tail Dragger
  • Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog, 1997
  • Spoonful
  • Howling Wolf Sings the Blues, 2004
  • In Concert
  • The Power of the Voice, 1994
  • Killing Floor, 1992
  • Smokestack Lightning: Live in Germany 1964, 2001
  • The Howlin' Wolf Album, 2007
  • Moanin' in the Moonlight, 1986
  • 28 Great Blues Ballads, 1993
  • 16 Greatest Hits
  • Volume 3, The Wolf Is at Your Door, 1993
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • Three Hundred Pounds of Joy / Built for Comfort, 1963
  • Bluesmaster, 1996
  • The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions: Rarities Edition, 2010
  • Portrait in Blues, 1989
  • The Chess Box, 1991
  • Smoke Stack Lightning
  • Who Will Be Next?, 1992
  • Sitting on Top of the World / Poor Boy, 1958
  • Moanin' at Midnight, 2004
  • Killing Floor / Louise, 1965
  • My Mind Is Ramblin'
  • Highway 49 and Other Classics, 1996
  • The Real Folk Blues
  • Moanin' at Midnight: 20 Blues Classics
  • Little Baby / Down in the Bottom, 1961
  • Evil: Live at Joe's Place
  • More Real Folk Blues, 1988
  • Cadillac Daddy - Memphis Recordings 1952, 1989
  • The Gold Collection, 1997
  • The Memphis Sessions, 2007
  • Howlin' at the Sun
  • The Revue Collection, 1996
  • The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions, 1989
  • Back Door Man
  • Big City Blues
  • Midnite Jazz & Blues: Dorothy Mae, 2000
  • Smokestack Lightning / You Can't Be Beat, 1956
  • The Masters
  • Charly R&B Masters: Spoonful, 1994
  • The London Sessions
  • The Blues Collection 7: London Sessions, 1994
  • The Sun Years
  • Howlin' For My Baby / Spoonful, 1960
  • London Re-Visited
  • Blues From Hell, 2011
  • The Genuine Article, 1995
  • I Am the Wolf
  • The Super Super Blues Band, 1992
  • Moanin' & Howlin', 1988
  • Volume 4, Going Down Slow, 1993
  • I'm the Wolf, 1991
  • The Collection
  • Volume 2, Moanin' for My Baby, 1992
  • The Wolf Is at Your Door
  • My Baby Walked Off
  • The Howlin' Wolf Collection
  • Chicago Blue, 1995
  • 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Howlin' Wolf
  • Castle Masters Collection Howlin' Wolf
  • Smokestack Lightening
  • The Back Door Wolf, 1995
  • 25 Blues Classics of Howlin' Wolf, 1988
  • Live and Cookin' at Alices Revisited, 1992
  • The Greatest Hits
  • Sings the Blues, 1962
  • Rockin' Chair Album
  • The London Sessions with Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts
  • Rhythm and Blues With Howlin' Wolf, 1956
  • His Best, Volume 2, 1999
  • Message to the Young, 1971
  • Volume 1, Smokestack Lightnin', 1992
  • The Howlin' Wolf Gold Collection
  • The Complete Recordings 1951-1969, 1993
  • Memphis Days: The Definitive Edition, Volume 1, 1996
  • Oh, Red!! / My Last Affair, 1952
  • The Blues Anthology, 2005
  • A Proper Introduction to Howlin' Wolf: Memphis Days, 2004
  • Memphis Days: The Definitive Edition, Volume 2, 1996
  • Wang Dang Doodle / Back Door Man, 1961
  • Rides Again, 1991
  • Red Rooster, 1993
  • The Definitive Collection, 2007
  • The Very Best of Howlin' Wolf: The Millenium Edition
  • No Place to Go / Rockin' Daddy, 1954
  • Mama's Baby / Do the Do, 1962

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SongKilling Floor
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AlbumHis Best
LabelChess
Year1964
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