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
How Are Things in Glocca Morra? in the Family", Archie Bunker refers to New York City as a "regular Sodom and Glocca Morra." The song was referenced by Daffy Duck in the 1948 cartoon "Daffy Dilly". The title was parodied on comedians Abbott and Costello's radio show as "How are things in Glocca, moron?" In "Mad Men": "For Immediate Release", Roger Sterling asks his airline ticket attendant girlfriend, Daisy, "How are things in Gloccamora?" Indie rock band Glocca Morra named their group after the phrase. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" is a popular song about a fictional village in