How Many More Years Midnight", described by Phillips as "the most different record I ever heard", was probably recorded at a different session. Phillips had not yet set up Sun Records and regularly leased his recordings to the Chess label in Chicago. The record was issued as Chess 1479 on 15 September 1951, with "Moanin' at Midnight" as the A-side and "How Many More Years" as the B-side. "Moanin' at Midnight" entered the R&B chart on 10 November 1951, and was followed four weeks later by "How Many More Years", which became the more popular side and rose to no.4 on the chart. The
Too Many People solo after the final bridge is accompanied by a drum stick on the side of a floor tom. Following the release of "Ram", John Lennon pointed out several songs that he claimed were attacks at him, among them being "Too Many People". In response, Lennon wrote "How Do You Sleep?" for his album "Imagine", an attack at McCartney featuring musical contributions from George Harrison. McCartney later wrote "Dear Friend", a truce offering to Lennon, and released it on the album "Wild Life" with his band, Wings. Too Many People "Too Many People" is a song by Paul McCartney from he