Dimples (song)

"Dimples"
"Dimples"
Single by John Lee Hooker
B-side	"Baby Lee"
Released	August 1956
Recorded	Chicago, March 1956
Genre	Blues
Length	2:09
Label	Vee-Jay
Songwriter(s)	John Lee Hooker, James Bracken
John Lee Hooker singles chronology

"Dimples" is a song written and recorded by blues singer-songwriter John Lee Hooker in 1956. It is an ensemble piece, with Hooker accompanied by Jimmy Reed's backup band. Eight years after its first release, it became Hooker's first record to appear in the British record charts. Called a "genuine Hooker classic" by music critic Bill Dahl,^[3] it is one of his best-known songs, with interpretations by several artists.

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^ Although the Vee-Jay single label lists the running time as 2:57, most album reissues list 2:11–2:15.
^ Dahl, Bill (1996). "John Lee Hooker". In Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues. Miller Freeman Books. p. 116. ISBN 0-87930-424-3.

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[2] Although the Vee-Jay single label lists the running time as 2:57, most album reissues list 2:11–2:15.

[3] Dahl, Bill (1996). "John Lee Hooker". In Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues. Miller Freeman Books. p. 116. ISBN 0-87930-424-3.

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