Bernie Besman was not active in the record business for long, but made an important contribution to the development of urban blues music as the producer of John Lee Hooker's early discs. Once a pianist, after World War II Besman got involved in record distribution in Detroit, selling mostly to the African-American audience. In 1948 he formed his own label, Sensation, and was approached by John Lee Hooker, who was looking to record.
Besman felt that Hooker would sound best if he was recorded...
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