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Facts

Also Known As Chester Arthur Burnett
Born June 10, 1910 • West Point • Mississippi
Died January 10, 1976 (aged 65) • Illinois
Awards And Honors Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1991)

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Howlin Wolf, Chester Arthur Burnett, singing passionately into a microphone, 1964.
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