Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightnin' | Song-Factsheet

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Song «Smokestack Lightnin'» von Howlin' Wolf.

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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1956 02 (Single)
Label: Chess 1618
Songwriter Chester Burnett
Produktion: Leonard Chess & Wilie Dixon
Genre: Blues - Urbanblues - Chicago-Blues

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Von Howlin' Wolf erstmals 1952 unter dem Titel "Crying At Daybreak" aufgenommen.

Personen und Querverweise

Howlin' Wolf
Chester Burnett
Leonard Chess
Wilie Dixon

Lyrics

Ah-oh, smokestack lightnin' Shinin', just like gold Why don't ya hear me cryin'? A-whoo-hooo, oooo Whooo Whoa-oh, tell me, baby, What's the, matter with you? Why don't ya hear me cryin'? Whoo-hooo, whoo-hooo Whooo Whoa-oh, tell me, baby, Where did ya, stay last night? A-why don't ya hear me cryin'? Whoo-hooo, whoo-hooo Whooo Whoa-oh, stop your train, Let her, go for a ride Why don't ya hear me cryin'? Whoo-hooo, whoo-hooo Whooo Whoa-oh, fare ya well Never see, a you no more A-why don't ya hear me cryin'? Oooo, whoo-hooo, whoo-hooo Whooo Whoa-oh, who been here baby since, I-I been gone, a little, bitty boy? Girl, be on A-whoo-hooo, whoo-hooo Whooo