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Howlin' Wolf

American  
[hou-lin] / ˈhaʊ lɪn /

noun

  1. Chester Arthur Burnett, 1910–76, U.S. blues singer.


Howlin' Wolf British  
/ ˈhaʊlɪn /

noun

  1. real name Chester Burnett. 1910–76, US blues singer and songwriter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Howlin’ Wolf was a huge inspiration to me when I was 10, 11, 12 years old.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

The album will be their first since 2016's Blue & Lonesome, which featured covers of the songs by Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf that first inspired them to form a band in the 1960s.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2023

Like Dylan, Robertson was a self-taught musicologist and storyteller who absorbed everything American from the novels of William Faulkner to the scorching blues of Howlin’ Wolf to the gospel harmonies of the Swan Silvertones.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

But let us not forget, Howlin’ Wolf allegedly once said the same thing about his first electric guitar and the Chess brothers put that quote in big letters on one of his album covers.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022

They do Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters and lots of their own songs, mostly hard rock.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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