Little Red Rooster

[postman44]

Who first recorded little red rooster in the charts

[rayzorless]

rolling stones 1964/5 but it was "stolen" from a blues singer who's name eludes me

[barry1010]

Howlin Wolf

[barry1010]

Written by Willie Dixon, first released in 1961 by Howlin' Wolf

[THECORBYLOON]

Which charts do you mean, US or UK?

[rayzorless]

I actually bought this record twice. I lent it to a mate after id scratched my initials on the label and never got it back until 1990 something when i found it on a flea market stall

[rayzorless]

thanks barry saves me looking it up

[barry1010]

He hasn't asked about the charts, just who first recorded it

[barry1010]

Sam Cooke also released it in 1963, still before the Stones

[barry1010]

Wiki can be so useful :D

[andy-hughes]

It's a fabulous version by The Stones, Jagger is all sleazy innuendo, Jones's slide is sublime, and Watt's solid beat anchors everything.

On a wall in Shugborough is a black and white picture of Jagger holding a rooster, taken by his friend Lord Lichfield.

[rayzorless]

didn't know about Sam Cooke but have just dug out Howlin' Wolf " London Sessions" CD, Part of "The Blues Collection" and its track one

[rayzorless]

not track 1 but track 10

[rayzorless]

if i remember rightly "Off the Hook" was the B side

[THECORBYLOON]

"Who first recorded little red rooster in the charts" could be about the first version in the US charts or the first version in the UK charts (if they are not the same).

[postman44]

Think it was the rolling stones. As kindly answered