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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Little Red Rooster canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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