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
How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side) only number-one single on the U.S. Hot Soul Singles chart, where it spent two weeks at number one. Buddy Rich recorded a version of the song for his 1976 album "Speak No Evil". The song's chorus was sampled famously by the hip hop trio Salt-N-Pepa a decade later on their 1986 song "Chick on the Side." Queen Latifah also covered the song for her 2007 album "Trav'lin' Light". How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side) "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)" is a funk classic by American family girl group the Pointer Sisters, released as