Blues musician Howlin’ Wolf, born Chester Arthur Burnett in Mississippi in 1910, got his nickname from a habit of chasing his maternal grandmother’s baby chicks, earning him the nickname “Wolf” at a young age. Later when he began singing and playing the blues, he attempted to imitate the yodel of country singer Jimmie Rodgers, which developed as his signature howling singing style.
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