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Howlin’ Wolf

Back Door Man

1961 · via The Doors

Howlin’ Wolf’s 1961 recording of “Back Door Man” is the earliest release on file. Howlin’ Wolf shares the writing credit with Willie Dixon. Also recorded by The Doors (released 1967), Quicksilver Messenger Service (released 1968) and The Blues Project (released 1966), among 235 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Howlin’ Wolf – Back Door Man
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Play Wolf's original first, then follow Dixon: his name is also on "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" and "The Red Rooster," which means The Doors kept coming back to the same writer.

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Credited writers: Willie Dixon and Howlin’ Wolf.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1961.

Other recordings on file · first release year

235 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Howlin' Wolf cut "Back Door Man" first, years before The Doors took it on. Who shares the writing credit with him?Willie Dixon
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