"Boogie Chillen": uncovering Detroit's African-American cultural history.

From: Michigan Historical Review | Date: March 22, 2001| Author: Smith, Suzanne E. | Copyright information

In 1948 John Lee Hooker recorded his first and arguably greatest song, "Boogie Chillen." The single, pressed on Detroit's Modern label, stands as a watershed in blues history. The recording was a phenomenal success in the urban blues market, selling approximately one million copies. As a point of comparison, Muddy Waters had a hit only one year earlier with his song, "I Can't Be Satisfied," which sold approximately seventy thousand to eighty thousand copies. Hooker's million seller...

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