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Howlin' Wolf
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Howl·in' Wolf  (houln) Pseudonym of Chester Arthur Burnett. 1910-1976.
American singer and muscian who earned his nickname for the baying cries that characterized his style of blues singing.

Howlin' Wolf [ˈhaʊlɪn]
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(Biographies / Howlin' Wolf (1910-1976) M, US, MUSIC: blues singer, MUSIC: songwriter) real name Chester Burnett. 1910-76, US blues singer and songwriter


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James Pobiega has notho do with the late Chester Burnett, the original Howlin' Wolf.
During the heyday of the electric blues, Williams teamed with such greats as Willie Dixon and Chester Burnett - better known as Howlin' Wolf - for crucial output by the esteemed Chess Records.
On Tuesday Mississippi-born Hubert Sumlin, for 25 years the lead-guitarist, pupil and friend of the blues icon, Chester Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf, stops-off at the Newcastle Opera House with Elliott Sharp's Terraplane Plus.
 
 
 
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