Little Red Rooster

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"Little Red Rooster" is a classic Chicago blues song, famously recorded by Howlin' Wolf and later popularized in rock music by artists such as The Rolling Stones.

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Little Red Rooster canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicago blues song
song
associatedAct Chess Records
associatedCity Chicago
basedOn earlier Delta blues traditions
composer Willie Dixon NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coveredIn live performances by Eric Clapton
live performances by The Grateful Dead
live performances by The Rolling Stones
firstRecordedBy Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED
genre Chicago blues
blues
hasForm 12-bar blues
hasInfluenceOn British blues boom
surface form: British blues movement

rock bands of the 1960s
hasNotableLyric "Dogs begin to bark and hounds begin to howl"
"The little red rooster's too lazy to crow for day"
hasTheme barnyard imagery
rural life
sexual innuendo
influencedGenre rock music
language English
notableVersionBy Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED
The Rolling Stones
originalPerformer Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED
partOf Chicago blues
surface form: Chicago blues repertoire
recordedBy Big Mama Thornton
Eric Clapton
Howlin' Wolf NERFINISHED
Luther Allison
Sam Cooke
The Doors
Grateful Dead
surface form: The Grateful Dead

The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
surface form: The Rolling Stones with Eric Clapton

The Rolling Stones
surface form: The Rolling Stones with Howlin' Wolf

The Yardbirds
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
recordLabel Chess Records
usesInstrument bass
drums
electric guitar
harmonica
piano
writer Willie Dixon NERFINISHED

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Howlin' Wolf notableWork Little Red Rooster
Willie Dixon notableWork Little Red Rooster
Chester Arthur Burnett notableWork Little Red Rooster