william james "willie" dixon (july 1, 1915 – january 29, 1992) was an american blues musician, singer, songwriter and bass player. he was one of the founders of chicago blues. he wrote a lot of songs which are still standards of chicago blues. (i.e. "little red rooster", "hoochie coochie man", "evil", "spoonful", "back door man", "i just want to make love to you", "i ain't superstitious", "my babe", "wang dang doodle", and "bring it on home") the songs are from the 1950s when dixon worked as producer for chess records. he also played upright bass on many of the label's records.