Boom Boom Boom

amplify Boom is a blue song written by John Lee Hooker and recorded in 1961. The song was a hit in the US in 1962 and in the UK 1992. Boom Boom has been recorded by numerous blues and other artists, including a 1965 Pop hit by The Animals. John Lee Hookers Boom Boom has been acknowledged by the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Boom Boom is an uptempo stop-time blues song that does not follow a typical twelve-bar blues pattern. Hookers sense of timing was his and his alone, demanding big-eared sidemen. 2 Backing John Lee Hooker (vocal and guitar) are members of the Funk Brothers (Joe Hunter (piano), James Jamerson (bass), and Benny Benjamin (drums)) plus Larry Veeder (guitar), Hank Cosby (tenor saxophone), and Andrew Mike terry (baritone saxophone).The song became a hit, reaching 16 in the Billboard R&B chart where it spent eight weeks in 1962. 3 Boom Boom alike made an appearance in the US pop chart (1962 at 60), one of only two Hooker singles to do so. 3 Thirty years later, after being featured in a Lee Jeans commercial in 1992, the song reached 16 in the UK Singles Chart. 4 In 1995, the song was include in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fames list of The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. 5 Boom Boom was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 2009 in the Classics of Blues Recording category. 6