Crawling King Snake

~ Recording by John Lee Hooker

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Crawling King Snake?:??John Lee HookerThe BluesJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
Crown Records (full color high fidelity)CLP 5157
1.3Crawling King Snake2:59John Lee HookerOriginal Folk BluesJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
Kent (Los Angeles soul)KLP 5025
1.5Crawlin’ King Snake3:02John Lee HookerThe Ultimate Collection: 1948–1990John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-11-19
Rhino (reissue label)R2 70572
1.5Crawlin’ King Snake3:02John Lee HookerThe Ultimate Collection: 1948–1990John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R4 70572
1.15Crawling King Snake3:02John Lee HookerHalf a StrangerJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1992-02-27
Mainstream Records (US label founded in 1964)MDCD903
1.7Crawlin’ King Snake3:02John Lee HookerThe Legendary Modern RecordingsJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1993-04-26
Ace (UK, started in 1978, cat# "CH" "CHD" "CDCHD")
1.7Crawling King Snake3:02John Lee HookerThe Legendary Modern Recordings 1948-1954John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1993-04-26
Ace (UK, started in 1978, cat# "CH" "CHD" "CDCHD")CDCHD 315
1.7Crawling King Snake3:02John Lee HookerThe Legendary Modern RecordingsJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 39658 2 3
1.3Crawlin’ King Snake3:02John Lee HookerOriginal Folk Blues (mono)John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-02-28
Ace (UK, started in 1978, cat# "CH" "CHD" "CDCHD")CDCHM 530
1.2Crawlin’ King Snake3:03John Lee HookerThe Very Best of John Lee HookerJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-04-25
Rhino (reissue label)R2 71915
1.2Crawling King Snake Blues3:01John Lee HookerLiving the Blues: Blues GreatsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicMSD 35883, R859-03
1.16Crawlin’ Kingsnake3:01John Lee HookerMean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MCA Special ProductsRD 110
1.2Crawling Kingsnake3:00John Lee HookerKing of BoogieJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
Prism Leisure (budget UK-based compilation label)PLATCD 538
1.4Crawlin' Kingsnake3:00John Lee HookerBoogie Chillen: The Essential Recordings of John Lee HookerJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-07-10
Indigo (UK indie label, associated with Indigo Studios in Manchester)IGOCD 2122
3.1Crawling Kingsnake3:02John Lee HookerPortraitJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
Past Perfect (DE reissue label of questionable legitimacy, run by TIM The International Music Company AG)205565
1.19Crawling King Snake3:01John Lee HookerTriomphes du Blues 1, Du Delta à DetroitVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Haba’na
1.19Crawling King Snake3:01John Lee HookerThe Classic Early Years 1948-1951John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-06-11
JSP Records (UK jazz/blues reissues)JSPCD7703A, JSPCD7703B, JSPCD7703C
1.3Crawlin' King Snake3:02John Lee HookerOriginal Folk BluesJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • -2002
Ace (UK, started in 1978, cat# "CH" "CHD" "CDCHD")
2.20Crawling King Snake2:59John Lee HookerThe Complete John Lee Hooker, Volume 1: Detroit 1948-1949John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2003-04-07
Body & Soul3057012
1.19Crawling King Snake3:01John Lee HookerTriumphs of the Blues (limited edition, cardboard sleeves)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Haba’na113301-113320
1.9Crawling King Snake3:04John Lee HookerA Proper Introduction to John Lee Hooker: I'm in the MoodJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-04-13
Proper RecordsINTRO CD 2038
1.7Crawling King Snake3:02John Lee HookerBlues From the Motor CityJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2004-07-19
Saga (French, has series 'Saga Jazz', 'Saga Blues' and 'Modern Series')sagablues 08
1.6Crawlin’ King Snake3:00John Lee HookerBlues SpiritVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-10-25
  • GB2005-11-07
Weton‐WesgramIECB 10001
28.4Crawling King Snake3:00John Lee HookerUltimate Jazz & BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Centurion JazzIECJ30001
3.1Crawling Kingsnake3:00John Lee HookerBlues Is the HealerJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)222916-321
1.5Crawling King Snake3:02John Lee HookerBD Blues 1948-1951John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2006-02-27
NocturneBDBL182
1.3Crawlin’ King Snake3:01John Lee HookerThe Definitive CollectionJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-05-23
Hip‐O RecordsB0006127-02
1.14Crawlin' Kingsnake3:03John Lee HookerThe CollectionJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-09-18
The Red Box
1.7Crawlin’ King Snake3:01John Lee HookerHookerJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-10-31
Shout! Factory10198
1.4Crawling King Snake3:00John Lee HookerKing of the BoogieJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2006-11-07
Music Avenue (Belgian label), Mausoleum Records (Belgian heavy metal label, active in 1982–1986, 2001–2016; LC 84302)250118, MACD 250118
1.33Crawling Kingsnake3:00John Lee HookerNon Stop MusicJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-01-08
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)231015
1.4Crawlin' King Snake3:00John Lee HookerGoldJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
Chess (US label)B0008590-02
1.11Crawl King Snake3:05John Lee HookerBoom Boom!John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008-07-28
Black Cat (Czech bootleg)
1.4Crawlin' Kingsnake3:01John Lee HookerJohn Lee Hooker Anthology: 50 YearsJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-02-17
Shout! Factory826663-11289
13.9Crawlin’ King Snake3:02John Lee HookerABC of the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2010-09-24
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)233168
5.16Crawling King Snake?:??John Lee HookerL'Intégrale Blues - Tous Les Standards Du BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
LM Music, [PIAS] France (PIASF catalog numbers)[none]
1.9Crawlin’ King Snake3:02John Lee HookerBlues Masters, Volume 2John Lee Hooker / Wynonie Harris / Jimmy Reed / Otis Rush / Johnny “Guitar” Watson / Big Joe WilliamsAlbum + Compilation
4π
3.3Crawlin’ Kingsnake3:01John Lee Hooker16 Original Albums & Bonus TracksJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2015-08-28
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group), The Intense Media600258
1.4Crawlin’ King Snake3:01John Lee Hooker & His GuitarKing of the BoogieJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • -2017-10-06
Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord)CR00015
1.13Crawlin' King Snake3:03John Lee HookerDocumenting the Sensation Recordings 1948-52John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2020-05-29
Ace (UK, started in 1978, cat# "CH" "CHD" "CDCHD")JLHBOX019
1.3Crawling King Snake?:??John Lee HookerOriginal Folk BluesJohn Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
United Superior RecordsUS 7746
Promotion
1.22Crawling King Snake3:00John Lee HookerUncut 2003.10: Music That Inspired the Joshua TreeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Uncut (magazine)UNCUT 2003 10
Bootleg
1.11Crawlin' King Snake3:05John Lee HookerBoom Boom!John Lee HookerAlbum + Compilation
Black Cat (Czech bootleg)BCCD 130

Relationships

recorded in:Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1948-09)
producer:Bernard Besman
guitar:John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1948-09)
vocals:John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1948-09)
recording of:Crawling King Snake (in 1948-09)

Related works

Crawling King Snake

lyricist and composer:John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Doors Music Company
Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc.