How Many More Years
1951 single by Howlin' Wolf / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"How Many More Years" is a blues song written and originally recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1951. Recorded at the Memphis Recording Service – which later became the Sun Studio – it was released by Chess Records and reached No. 4 on the Billboard R&B chart. Musician and record producer T Bone Burnett has described "How Many More Years" as "in some ways ... the first rock’n’roll song".[1] It was a double-sided hit with "Moanin' at Midnight", which reached No. 10 on the R&B chart.
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"How Many More Years" | ||||
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Single by Howlin' Wolf | ||||
A-side | "Moanin' at Midnight" | |||
Released | August 1951 (1951-08) | |||
Recorded | July 1951 | |||
Studio | Memphis Recording Service, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 2:43 | |||
Label | Chess | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf (Originally credited to Carl Germany) | |||
Producer(s) | Sam Phillips | |||
Howlin' Wolf singles chronology | ||||
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