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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, guitarist and harmonica player. 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.
Howlin' Wolf recorded a session for Phillips at his Memphis Recording Service in July 1951. The band consisted of Howlin' Wolf singing and playing harmonica with Ike Turner on piano, Willie Johnson on guitar, and Willie Steele on drums. [4] [5] Phillips described "Moanin' at Midnight" as "the most different record I ever heard."
After military service, Chester Burnett performed as a blues singer and formed his own band in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1948, billing himself as "The Howlin' Wolf".He began broadcasting on radio station KWEM in West Memphis, and was brought by Ike Turner to record for Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Howlin' Wolf recorded "Killing Floor" in Chicago in August 1964, which Chess Records released as a single. [2] According to blues guitarist and longtime Wolf associate Hubert Sumlin, the song uses the killing floor – the area of a slaughterhouse where animals are killed – as a metaphor or allegory for male-female relationships: "Down on the killing floor – that means a woman has you down ...
Wolf Blitzer has worked at CNN for over 30 years, but he’s been married to his wife, Lynn Blitzer, for even longer.. The couple married in 1973 when the veteran journalist was working as a ...
The Howlin' Wolf Story – The Secret History of Rock & Roll is a 2003 documentary featured by Mufaro Berejena [1] about the life of blues legend Howlin' Wolf.It features much new and rare material, including Howlin' Wolf performing "How Many More Years?" on the TV musical show Shindig!, introduced by the Rolling Stones, drummer Sam Lay's home movies of stars of the Chicago Blues from the ...
"The Situation Room" anchor Wolf Blitzer is one of the network's longest-married staffers. The 71-year-old wed Lynn Greenfield in 1973, so the couple is just a few years shy of their 50th anniversary.