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    Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chicago blues, and over a four-decade career, recorded blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and psychedelic rock.

  2. "Killing Floor" is a 1964 song by American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Howlin' Wolf. Called "one of the defining classics of Chicago electric blues", "Killing Floor" became a blues standard with recordings by various artists.

  3. Jun 21, 2024 · Howlin’ Wolf was an American blues singer and composer who was one of the principal exponents of the urban blues style of Chicago. He accompanied himself on guitar and harmonica, but his main instrument was his guttural and emotionally suggestive voice, which gave his songs power and authenticity.

  4. Feb 21, 2013 · This is the only known filmed version of "Smokestack Lightning" by Howlin' Wolf. This was shot in England during the famed American Folk Blues Festival tours and features the legendary Hubert...

  5. Read “Moanin’ at Midnight” —the first and only biography of the great Howlin’ Wolf —a Blues Hall of Fame inductee as “a classic of blues literature”! Answers almost every who, what, and why about the blues giant.”

  6. Jun 10, 2024 · One of the finest artists on the illustrious Chess label, HowlinWolf shaped the blues, as this playlist of 20 of his best songs shows.

  7. Howlin’ Wolf was larger life in every respect. As an entertainer, as an individual, and as a bluesman, he was outsized, unpredictable, and always his own man. He was a great blues singer who possessed that quality of egocentric self-absorption that is the mark of the true showman.

  8. HowlinWolf biography, part 1 (Chester Arthur Burnett) Born June 10, 1910, West Point, Mississippi Died January 10, 1976, Hines, Illinois

  9. Howlin’ Wolf (1910 – 1976) A towering, larger than life performer with a distinctive, raspy growl, Howlin’ Wolf was among the most influential Blues musicians of the postwar years.

  10. Howlin’ Wolf cut one of the most awe-inspiring figures in blues history on several levels — in his fearsome physical presence, his roaring howl, his onstage persona and offstage legend, and of course in the lasting legacy of his powerful songs and style.

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