artistsong
Crate record
Jimmy Reed
Bright Lights, Big City
From the counter
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.
Liner notes
Written by Jimmy Reed.
First recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1961.
Also recorded by The Rolling Stones (1973), Rod Stewart (1972), Jimi Hendrix (1970), Eric Clapton (1995), Them (1965), Charlie Rich (1970).
How you get here
Jimmy Reed wrote and first recorded "Bright Lights, Big City." Which of these singers later put his own version of it on record?Rod Stewart
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