Bright Lights, Big City (song)

"Bright Lights, Big City"
"Bright Lights, Big City"
Single by Jimmy Reed
from the album Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall
B-side	"I'm Mr. Luck"
Released	August 1961
Recorded	Chicago, 1961
Genre	Blues
Length	2:39
Label	Vee-Jay
Songwriter(s)	Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed singles chronology

"Bright Lights, Big City" is a classic blues song^[1] which was written and first recorded by American bluesman Jimmy Reed in 1961. Besides being "an integral part of the standard blues repertoire",^[2] "Bright Lights, Big City" has appealed to a variety of artists, including country and rock musicians, who have recorded their interpretations of the song.

^ Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "Bright Lights, Big City". Encyclopedia of the Blues. University of Arkansas Press. p. 290. ISBN 1-55728-252-8.
^ Koda, Cub (1996). Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues. Miller Freeman Books. p. 221. ISBN 0-87930-424-3.

[1] Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "Bright Lights, Big City". Encyclopedia of the Blues. University of Arkansas Press. p. 290. ISBN 1-55728-252-8.

[2] Koda, Cub (1996). Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues. Miller Freeman Books. p. 221. ISBN 0-87930-424-3.

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