Our agency is named after one of her favourite Rolling Stones songs, Little Red Rooster. The song is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon, first recorded in 1961 by Howlin’ Wolf, and features a distinctive slide guitar accompaniment.
The Rolling Stones recorded their version of “Little Red Rooster” in 1964 at the Chess Studios in Chicago, the same studios where Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter, recorded their blues classics (the Rolling Stones instrumental “2120 South Michigan Avenue” was named after the studio’s address).
The song reached number 1 in the UK singles chart on 3 December 1964, where it stayed for one week and remains to this day the only time a blues song has ever topped the British pop charts.
So for those of you that have never heard our namesake song here is a fantastic clip of The Rolling Stones performing it live in 1965. Enjoy!
