Timeline Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightnin'

Six foot six with a voice like gravel — Howlin' Wolf from Charley Patton's Mississippi to Chess Records and the Rolling Stones.

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Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightnin' 12

1910 Howlin' Wolf born in White Station, Mississippi Chester Arthur Burnett Born near West Point, Mississippi.
1930 Howlin' Wolf learns from Charley Patton Delta blues Learns guitar and showmanship from the Delta blues pioneer.
1951 Howlin' Wolf records for Sam Phillips Memphis Moanin' at Midnight, recorded in Memphis by Sam Phillips.
1953 Howlin' Wolf moves to Chicago Chess Records Drives north with his own car and money in his pocket.
1956 Howlin' Wolf records Smokestack Lightnin' Signature song His best-known record.
1959 Howlin' Wolf releases Moanin' in the Moonlight First album His first LP, a collection of Chess singles.
1961 Howlin' Wolf records Spoonful and The Red Rooster Willie Dixon songs Songs later covered by Cream and the Rolling Stones.
1964 Howlin' Wolf records Killing Floor Hubert Sumlin With guitarist Hubert Sumlin's stinging riff.
1965 Howlin' Wolf on Shindig! with the Rolling Stones US television The Stones insist he appears on the show with them.
1971 Howlin' Wolf records The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions With Clapton and the Stones Recorded with Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts.
1976 Howlin' Wolf dies Hines, Illinois Dies near Chicago, aged 65.
1991 Howlin' Wolf inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Early influence Inducted as an early influence.