House of the Blues

House of the Blues
House of the Blues
Compilation album by John Lee Hooker
Released	1959
Recorded	Chicago, Illinois, & Detroit, Michigan, 1951–1952
Genre	Blues
Length	35:52
Label	Chess
Producer	Joe Von Battle; Leonard Chess; Bernie Besman;

Released1959

RecordedChicago, Illinois, & Detroit, Michigan, 1951–1952

GenreBlues

Length35:52

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

House of the Blues is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, compiling tracks originally released as singles between 1951 and 1952. Chess Records issued the album in 1959.^[1]

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Studio albums	The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker (1959) Travelin' (1960) That's My Story (1960) The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (1961) Burnin' (1962) The Big Soul of John Lee Hooker (1963) John Lee Hooker on Campus (1964) Burning Hell (1964) ...And Seven Nights (1965) It Serve You Right to Suffer (1966) The Real Folk Blues (1966) Urban Blues (1967) Simply the Truth (1969) If You Miss 'Im...I Got 'Im (1969) Get Back Home (1969) I Feel Good! (1971) Hooker 'n Heat (1971) Endless Boogie (1971) Never Get Out of These Blues Alive (1972) Born in Mississippi, Raised Up in Tennessee (1973) Free Beer and Chicken (1974) Sittin' Here Thinkin' (1980) Jealous (1987) The Healer (1989) More Real Folk Blues: The Missing Album (1991) Mr. Lucky (1991) Chill Out (1995) Don't Look Back (1997)
Live albums	Concert at Newport (1963) Live at Sugar Hill (1963) Live at Cafe Au Go Go (1967) Live at Soledad Prison (1972) Kabuki Wuki (1973) The Cream (1978)
Compilations	House of the Blues (1959) I'm John Lee Hooker (1959) John Lee Hooker Plays & Sings the Blues (1961) Folk Blues (1962) Don't Turn Me from Your Door (1963) Original Folk Blues (1964) That's Where It's At! (1969) Goin' Down Highway 51 (1971) The Ultimate Collection (1991)
Soundtracks	The Hot Spot: Original Soundtrack (1990)
Films	Come See About Me (2004)
Singles	"Boogie Chillen'" (1948) "Crawling King Snake" (1948) "Jack o' Diamonds" (1949) "Trouble in Mind" (1949) "Catfish" (1951) "I'm in the Mood" (1951) "Sugar Mama" (1952) "Worried Life Blues" (1952) "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1952) "Key to the Highway" (1952) "I'm Ready" (1956) "Dimples" (1956) "I Need Some Money" (1960) "Boom Boom" (1961) "Drifting Blues" (1961) "Don't Look Back" (1961)
Songs	"How Long Blues" (1960) "Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl" (1960) "Smokestack Lightnin'" (1960) "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (1966) "Bottle Up & Go" (1966) "I Can't Quit You Baby" (1966) "Meet Me in the Bottom" (1971) "Roll and Tumble" (1971) "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (1974) "Terraplane Blues" (1987) "I Cover the Waterfront" (1991) "The Healing Game" (1997) "Red House" (1997)
Related articles	Discography Detroit blues Eddie Kirkland Eddie "Guitar" Burns Canned Heat The Blues Brothers The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend John Lee Hooker Jr.

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House of the Blues

Compilation album by John Lee Hooker
Released	1959 (1959)
Recorded	Chicago, Illinois, & Detroit, Michigan, 1951–1952
Genre	Blues
Length	35:52
Label	Chess
Producer	Joe Von Battle Leonard Chess Bernie Besman