Moanin' at Midnight

"Moanin' at Midnight"
Single by Howlin' Wolf
B-side"How Many More Years"
ReleasedAugust 1951
RecordedJuly 1951
StudioMemphis Recording Service (Memphis, Tennessee)
GenreBlues
LabelChess
Songwriter(s)Chester Burnett a.k.a. Howlin' Wolf (Originally credited to Carl Germany)
Producer(s)Sam Phillips
Howlin' Wolf singles chronology
"Moanin' at Midnight"
(1951)
"Riding In The Moonlight"
(1951)

"Moanin' at Midnight" is a blues song written and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1951. The recording was released on Chess Records as his debut single. It charted on Billboard's R&B chart, but the B-side, "How Many More Years," became the popular side of the record.