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Released as a single in November 1962, "Ten little Indians" charted at number 49 on the Billboard chart. The song was mainly successful in America's Midwest, reaching the top 30 in Chicago, Dallas and Pittsburgh, reaching as high as number nine in Minneapolis (KDWB) in a New Year 1963 chart still dominated by "Surfin' Safari".
Ten Little Indians" is an American children's counting out rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 12976. In 1868, songwriter Septimus Winner adapted it as a song, then called " Ten Little Injuns ", [ 1 ] for a minstrel show .
Their discography from 1961 to 1984 was originally released on the vinyl format, with the 1985 album The Beach Boys being the group's first CD release. The Beach Boys' catalogue has been released on reel-to-reel , 8-track , cassette , CD, MiniDisc , digital downloads , and various streaming services .
Green had modelled his lyrics on an American comic song "Ten Little Indians" [or Injuns] [10] [11] by Septimus Winner that had been published the year before. [12] In later editions of the novel, the characters of the rhyme are replaced by "Ten Little Indians" or "Ten Little Soldiers". This is the rhyme as published in a British 2008 edition: [13]
Bill Haley & His Comets recorded many singles and albums. The following list references only their original release and generally does not include compilation albums (with a few exceptions) or single reissues. This list does not include releases on which the Comets worked as session musicians, and primarily focuses on releases during Haley's ...
The expanded edition of Little Games, titled Little Games Sessions & More, was released by EMI America as a two-disc set featuring the original album, plus the singles "Ha Ha Said the Clown", "Ten Little Indians" and "Goodnight Sweet Josephine". Also included are several outtakes and alternate takes/mixes.
The Yardbirds recorded "Ten Little Indians" for their second-to-last single on September 25, 1967. The song was a further departure from their earlier recorded material, which had begun when Mickie Most became the group's producer. [2]
With "County Fair" as its B-side, "Ten Little Indians" charted at #49 on the Billboard Hot 100. [7] This was the lowest placement of any Beach Boys single until "Bluebirds Over the Mountain" in 1968. [8] The single did not chart in the UK. [2] Cash Box said that the Beach Boys "sock out with coin-catching authority" on "County Fair." [9]