Little Red Rooster

"The Red Rooster"
Single by Howlin' Wolf
B-side"Shake for Me"
ReleasedOctober 1961 (1961-10)
RecordedChicago, June 1961
GenreChicago blues
Length2:25
LabelChess
Songwriter(s)Willie Dixon
Producer(s)

"Little Red Rooster" or "The Red Rooster" is a 1961 song by Howlin' Wolf and was written by Willie Dixon. It was covered by The Rolling Stones in 1964 and topped the single charts in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. It was not released in the United States.

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