Moanin' in the Moonlight | ||||
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Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | May 14 or August 1951 – March 1959[1][2] | |||
Studio | Memphis Recording Service (Memphis), Chess (Chicago) | |||
Genre | Chicago blues, electric blues | |||
Length | 33:53 | |||
Label | Chess | |||
Producer | Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon, Sam Phillips | |||
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Moanin' in the Moonlight is a compilation album and the first album by American blues artist Howlin' Wolf, released by Chess Records in 1959. It contains songs previously issued as singles, including one of his best-known, "Smokestack Lightning". Rolling Stone ranked it number 477 on its 2020 list of "the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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