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"Little Red Rooster" was released on Friday, November 13, 1964, [43] and reached number one on the Record Retailer chart on December 5, 1964, where it stayed for one week. [52] It remains to this day the only time a blues song has ever topped the British pop charts. [ 43 ]
Earlier in 1963, Sam Cooke released a single of "Little Red Rooster" making No. 7 on the R&B Singles chart and No. 11 on the Hot 100. [9] In 1964, the Rolling Stones" released "Little Red Rooster" which became the first and only time that a blues record reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart (see Little Red Rooster#Rolling Stones version).
William James Dixon (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. [1] He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time.
Red Rooster Records was a record label founded by the band NRBQ and Don Badgely in 1977. [1] The band released their fifth album All Hopped Up on the label, following two albums each with Columbia Records ( NRBQ and Boppin' the Blues ) and Kama Sutra ( Scraps and Workshop ).
A pioneering Des Moines music staple founded in 2005, Red Rooster records has closed
"The Little Red Rooster" was recorded in June 1961 with guitar work by Howlin' Wolf and Hubert Sumlin, piano work by Johnny Jones, bass work by Dixon, and drum work by Sam Lay. "I Ain't Superstitious" was recorded in December 1961 with Howlin' Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, and Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Henry Gray on piano, Willie Dixon on bass, and Sam ...
Willie Dixon was a Chicago blues artist, perhaps best known for his songwriting. [1] He wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs [2] and his work has been recorded by some of the best-known blues musicians of his era, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter.
[5] [3] The follow-up record, "Little Red Rooster", not directly related to the Willie Dixon song but drawing on the same folk traditions, reached no.5 on the R&B chart in early 1951. Wilson, Reeves and Shields were replaced by Noble "Thin Man" Watts (tenor sax), Wilbur Little (bass), and Belton Evans (drums). [6]