![]() "I Ain't Superstitious" – Howlin' Wolf, The Yardbirds, Grateful Dead, Megadeth, The Jeff Beck Group, Chris Spedding "Howlin' For My Baby" – Howlin' Wolf, George Thorogood ![]() "Hoochie Coochie Man" – Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Shadows of Knight, Eric Burdon, The Nashville Teens, Dion, The Allman Brothers Band, Alexis Korner, Steppenwolf, Chuck Berry, Motörhead, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Healey, Manfred Mann "Hidden Charms" – Howlin' Wolf, Link Wray "Groanin' the Blues" – Willie Dixon, Eric Clapton "Gone Daddy Gone" - the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano incorporated elements of "I Just Want To Make Love To You" into his track the former was later covered by Gnarls Barkley "Evil" – Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Canned Heat, Captain Beefheart, Monster Magnet, Derek and the Dominos, Gary Moore, Cactus, The Faces, Steve Miller, Koko Taylor "Everybody Needs Something" – Little Walter "Earthquake and Hurricane" – Willie Dixon "Down in the Bottom" – Howlin' Wolf, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings "Don't Tell Me Nothin´" – Willie Dixon – used in the movie The Color of Money "Diddy Wah Diddy" – Bo Diddley, Captain Beefheart, The Blues Band "Dead Presidents" – Little Walter, The J. "Close to You" – Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doors "Crazy For My Baby" – Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Willie Dixon "Built for Comfort" – Howlin' Wolf, Canned Heat, UFO "Bring It on Home" – Sonny Boy Williamson II, Led Zeppelin, Van Morrison, Dread Zeppelin, Johnny Thunders ![]() "Big Boss Man" – Jimmy Reed, Elvis Presley, The Animals, The Grateful Dead "Back Door Man" – Howlin' Wolf, The Doors, Grateful Dead, Shadows of Knight, Bob Weir "300 Pounds Of Joy" – Howlin' Wolf, Tom Jones & Jools Holland "29 Ways" – Marc Cohn, Willie Dixon, The Blues Band His lively compositions, which he sold for as little as $30, included “Little Red Rooster,” “You Shook Me,” and “Back Door Man” many were later recorded by Muddy Waters, Elvis Presley, and the Rolling Stones. He played double bass in several bands before joining Chess Records. In 1936 Dixon moved from his native Mississippi to Chicago, won an Illinois Golden Gloves boxing championship, and began selling his songs. ![]() musician who influenced the emergence of electric blues and rock music. Willie Dixon (born July 1, 1915, Vicksburg, Miss., U.S.-died Jan. ![]()
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