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Jimmy Reed

Bright Lights, Big City

1961 · via Jimmy Reed

Jimmy Reed wrote “Bright Lights, Big City” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1961. Also recorded by The Rolling Stones (released 1973), Rod Stewart (released 1972) and Jimi Hendrix (released 1970), among 127 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Jimmy Reed – Bright Lights, Big City
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Reed wrote this one and cut it first, and the people who followed him into it run from Hendrix to the Stones to Rod Stewart. Play Reed's, then flip to Rod's and hear how far one song can travel.

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Credited writer: Jimmy Reed.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1961.

Other recordings on file · first release year

127 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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