Performance · Production
Bernard Besman
Bernard Besman is credited on 448 releases across 157 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
448
Pressings credited
157
Albums
7
Decades active
250
In collections
Biography
Bernard Besman (October 8, 1912 – January 10, 2003) was an American record producer and distributor who established Sensation Records, an early independent record label in Detroit, Michigan. He was the first to record John Lee Hooker, and is officially credited with co-writing some of Hooker's songs.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
448 releases · 157 albums · active 1961–2026
- Performance · 771
- Production · 26
- Engineering · 8
- Other credits · 2
Studios: Liberty Studios · De Lane Lea Studios · Russian Hill Recording · Long Beach Arena
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Delta Kream
2021
How The West Was Won
2003
BBC Sessions
1997
Hooker ’N Heat
1971
Live At The Fillmore - 1997
2022
Live
1986
The Healer
1989
The Basement Tapes Complete (The Bootleg Series Vol. 11)
2014
The Real Folk Blues
1966
Sad Days Lonely Nights
1994
Blues Deluxe
2003
Better Than The Rest
1979
House Of The Blues
1960
Ain't Done With The Blues
2025
Live At The Matrix 1967: The Original Masters
2023
The Best Of Friends
1998
Party Of One
2017
Lawless: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2012
Praise & Blame
2010
The Best Of HookerNHeat
1996
Boogie Chillun
1974
The Blues
Steel Wheels Live Atlantic City New Jersey
2020
Strange Brew
2004
Frequent collaborators
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