Howlin’ Wolf

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Howlin’ Wolf · This 1962 album is really a compilation. Chess collected twelve singles that the Chicago bluesman had released between June 1957 and December 1961, almost all written by Willie Dixon. The producer was Ralph Bass. Because of the drawing of a rocking chair on the cover, the record is also known as The Rockin' Chair Album.

The record features tracks such as The Red Rooster, Spoonful and Back Door Man, with the singer's raw voice, guitar and harmonica, and accompaniment from, among others, Hubert Sumlin and Otis Spann. Rolling Stone described the collection as an outrageous set of songs about sex. Its influence reached far. Sam Cooke and the Rolling Stones made their own versions of Little Red Rooster, Cream recorded Spoonful, the Doors played Back Door Man and Led Zeppelin used lines from Back Door Man in Whole Lotta Love. In 1985 the record won a Blues Music Award as a classic.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Shake For Me2:20Apple Music ↗
2. 2Little Red Rooster2:29Apple Music ↗
3. 3You'll Be Mine2:31Apple Music ↗
4. 4Who's Been Talking?2:26Apple Music ↗
5. 5Wang Dang Doodle2:27Apple Music ↗
6. 6Little Baby2:48Apple Music ↗
7. 7Spoonful2:50Apple Music ↗
8. 8Goin' Down Slow3:27Apple Music ↗
9. 9Down In the Bottom2:14Apple Music ↗
10. 10Back Door Man2:54Apple Music ↗
11. 11Howlin' For My Darlin'2:37Apple Music ↗
12. 12Tell Me2:58Apple Music ↗

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See also

• Howlin' Wolf