Dimples (song)

"Dimples"
Single by John Lee Hooker
B-side"Baby Lee"
ReleasedAugust 1956 (1956-08)
RecordedChicago, March 1956
GenreBlues
Length2:09[1][2]
LabelVee-Jay
Songwriter(s)John Lee Hooker, James Bracken
John Lee Hooker singles chronology
"Every Night"
(1956)
"Dimples"
(1956)
"I'm So Worried Baby"
(1957)

"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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Murray was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.