Moanin' in the Moonlight

Moanin' in the Moonlight
Compilation album by
Howlin' Wolf
Released1959
RecordedMay 14 or August 1951 – March 1959[1][2]
StudioMemphis Recording Service (Memphis), Chess (Chicago)
GenreChicago blues, electric blues
Length33:53
LabelChess
ProducerLeonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon, Sam Phillips
Howlin' Wolf chronology
Moanin' in the Moonlight
(1959) 		Howlin' Wolf
(1962)
Singles from Moanin' in the Moonlight
  1. "All Night Boogie"
    Released: December 1953
  2. "No Place to Go"
    Released: May 1954
  3. "Baby How Long / Evil"
    Released: July 26, 1954
  4. "Smokestack Lightning"
    Released: March 1956
  5. "I Asked for Water"
    Released: August 1956
  6. "Somebody in My Home"
    Released: August 1957
  7. "I'm Leaving You"
    Released: November 1958
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AllMusic (Original release) [3] (Howlin' Wolf/Moanin' In The Moonlight) Link

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 recorded between 1951 and 1959 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".

  1. ^ Howlin' Wolf / Moanin' in the Moonlight (CD liner). Howlin' Wolf. United States: MCA Records. 1986. CHD-5908.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Humphrey, Mark (2007). The Definitive Collection (CD liner). Howlin' Wolf. United States: Geffen Records/Chess Records. B0008784-02/CHD-9375 BK02.
  3. ^ "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-12.