Howlin' Wolf

Chester Burnett, known as Howlin' Wolf, stood 6 foot 3 and weighed 275 pounds, and his bone-shaking growl and ferocious stage presence gave Chicago blues its most powerful voice from 1948 until his death in 1976. Willie Dixon wrote many of his biggest songs including Spoonful and Back Door Man, and the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and the Doors all recorded his compositions.