How Many More Years formed his own band in West Memphis, Arkansas, in 1948, billing himself as "The Howlin' Wolf". He began broadcasting on radio station KWEM in West Memphis, and was heard by Sam Phillips who signed him for Memphis Recording Service. He recorded "How Many More Years" at the MRS studio at 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, in or about July 1951, singing and playing harmonica with a band comprising (probably) Ike Turner (piano), Willie Johnson (guitar), and Willie Steele (drums). The repetitious bass-string boogie line resembles the one played in the traditional blues standard "Forty-Four". The record's original A-side, "Moanin' at
Hello, How Are You of view. We were a rock 'n' roll band and what was a rock band doing with this cornball, schmaltz shit? We shouldn't have done it". The single reached #20 in the U.K. and #26 in their home country of Australia. Australian and UK releases US release Hello, How Are You "Hello, How Are You" is a 1968 song and single by Australian rock group The Easybeats, which was written by band members George Young and Harry Vanda. The choice to release "Hello, How Are You" was that of the band's manager Mike Vaughan. The melodramatic ballad was different to