Don't Look Back (John Lee Hooker song)

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"Don't Look Back"
Single by John Lee Hooker
A-side"Send Me Your Pillow"
B-side"Don't Look Back"
Released1964
GenreR&B, Blues
LabelVee Jay Records
Songwriter(s)John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker singles chronology
"I'm Leaving"
(1963) 		"Don't Look Back"
(1964) 		"Big Legs, Tight Skirt"
(1965)

"Don't Look Back" is a song written by blues singer-songwriter John Lee Hooker, and released as a single in 1964.[1] As a duet, Hooker later performed the song with the Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was a Grammy Award winner in Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 1998 from the album, Don't Look Back.[2][3][4]

Song history[]

This song had a long history with Hooker and Morrison over the years. It was covered by Van Morrison's band Them on their debut album, The Angry Young Them in 1965.[5] The album's sleeve had a comment on the song which read: "John Lee Hooker hailed as one of the greatest R&B singers in the world wrote 'Don't Look Back'....Perhaps it isn't so extraordinary that this soulful ballad sounds uncannily like a Morrison original as the two men have a lot in common." Them's version was also included in songs hand-picked by Morrison on his second greatest hit album, The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two.[6] A live performance in 1979 was also one of the songs featured on Van Morrison's video Van Morrison in Ireland in 1981.[7]

Cover versions[]

The Australian group The Black Sorrows covered the song for their debut studio album, Sonola (1984).[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "John Lee Hooker - Send Me Your Pillow". 45cat.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ "John Lee Hooker: The Modern Recordings". Rubbercityreview.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. ^ "JOHN LEE HOOKER – DON'T LOOK BACK". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ^ Marshall, Matt. "John Lee Hooker "Cook With The Hook: Live 1974″ on DVD June 19". Americanbluesscene.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ^ "The Angry Young Them - Them | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ^ "The Best of Van Morrison, Vol. 2 - Van Morrison | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  7. ^ John Lee Hooker – The World´s Greatest Blues Singer Hooker discography, Rhythm-and-blues.info, retrieved November 22, 2016
  8. ^ "Sonola - The Black Sorrows | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2021.


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