| "How Many More Years" | ||||
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| Single by Howlin' Wolf | ||||
| A-side | "Moanin' at Midnight" | |||
| Released | August 1951 | |||
| 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 | |||
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"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.
- ^ Alastair Mackay (August 2, 2012). "Cosmic Ceiling Tiles, Elvis Presley, and the Abiding Genius of Sam Phillips: What Made Sun the Crucible of Rock'n'Roll?". Alternatives to Valium. Archived from the original on 2014-03-08. Retrieved February 20, 2014