The Ultimate Collection (John Lee Hooker album)

The Ultimate Collection (1948-1990)

Greatest hits album by John Lee Hooker

Released

1991

Recorded

1948–1990

Genre

Blues

Length

104:27

Label

Rhino

John Lee Hooker chronology

The Best of John Lee Hooker
(1991)

The Ultimate Collection (1948–1990)
(1991)

Mr. Lucky
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Village Voice	A–^[2]

The Ultimate Collection (1948–1990) is a 1991 compilation album by John Lee Hooker. The album was rated 375 on the Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".^[3]

Track listing

Disc 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Release Year	Length
1.	"Teachin' the Blues"	John Lee Hooker	1961	3:27
2.	"Boogie Chillen'"	Bernard Besman, Hooker	1948	3:10
3.	"Sally Mae"	Besman, Hooker	1948	3:09
4.	"Let Your Daddy Ride"	Hooker	1951	2:40
5.	"Crawlin' King Snake"	Tony Hollins	1949	3:02
6.	"Weeping Willow Boogie"	Hooker	1949	2:49
7.	"Hobo Blues"	Joe Josea, Besman, Hooker	1949	3:03
8.	"Huckle up Baby"	Besman, Hooker	1950	2:50
9.	"I'm in the Mood"	Besman, Hooker	1951	3:07
10.	"John L's House Rent Boogie"	Hooker	1951	3:02
11.	"No More Doggin'"	Rosco Gordon, Jules Taub	1960	2:48
12.	"I Need Some Money"	Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson	1960	2:28
13.	"Frisco Blues"	Hooker	1963	2:45
14.	"Dimples"	James Bracken, Hooker	1956	2:14
15.	"It Serves Me Right To Suffer"	Hooker	1965	3:38
16.	"Bottle Up and Go"	Hooker	1966	2:26

Disc 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Release Year	Length
1.	"Boom Boom"	Hooker	1962	2:34
2.	"Big Legs, Tight Skirt"	Hooker	1965	2:20
3.	"You Know, I Know"	Hooker	1966	4:05
4.	"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer"	Rudy Toombs	1966	3:06
5.	"Let's Go Out Tonight"	Hooker	1966	7:12
6.	"I Cover the Waterfront"	Johnny Green, Edward Heyman	1967	4:04
7.	"She's Mine (Keep Your Hands to Yourself)"	Hooker	1962	2:24
8.	"Back Biters and Syndicators"	Al Smith, Hooker	1968	2:52
9.	"Think Twice Before You Go"	Smith	1968	2:06
10.	"Shake It Baby"	Hooker	1963	4:08
11.	"I'm Bad Like Jesse James"	Hooker	1967	5:20
12.	"Peavine" (with Canned Heat)	Hooker	1971	5:08
13.	"Burning Hell" (with Canned Heat)	Besman, Hooker	1971	3:58
14.	"Terraplane Blues" (with Roy Rogers)	Robert Johnson	1987	2:56
15.	"I'm in the Mood" (with Roy Rogers & Bonnie Raitt)	Besman, Hooker	1990	5:36

References

John Lee Hooker

Studio albums	1960 That's My Story 1966 It Serves You Right to Suffer 1971 Hooker 'n Heat 1971 Endless Boogie 1972 Never Get Out of These Blues Alive 1989 The Healer 1991 Mr. Lucky 1997 Don't Look Back

Compilations	1964 Original Folk Blues 1991 The Ultimate Collection 2005 Blues Is the Healer

Soundtracks	1990 The Hot Spot

Films	2004 Come See About Me

Singles	1948 "Boogie Chillen'" "Crawling King Snake" 1949 "Jack o' Diamonds" "Trouble in Mind" 1951 "Catfish" 1952 "Sugar Mama" "Worried Life Blues" "Baby, Please Don't Go" "Key to the Highway" 1956 "I'm Ready" "Dimples" 1960 "I Need Some Money" 1961 "Boom Boom" "Drifting Blues" 1964 "Don't Look Back"

Songs	1960 "How Long Blues" "Good Mornin', Lil' School Girl" "Smokestack Lightnin'" 1966 "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" "Bottle Up & Go" "I Can't Quit You Baby" 1971 "Meet Me in the Bottom" "Roll and Tumble" 1974 "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" 1987 "Terraplane Blues" 1991 "I Cover the Waterfront" 1997 "The Healing Game" "Red House"

Related articles	Talking blues Boogie Detroit blues Eddie Kirkland Eddie "Guitar" Burns Canned Heat The Blues Brothers

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