little red rooster or the red rooster as it was first titled is a song that is a blues standard american blues musician howlin' wolf recorded it in the chicago blues style in and the song is credited to arranger and songwriter willie dixon i've read this several times now and i think it can be improved try something like '' little red rooster also known as the red rooster is a twentieth century american blues standard credited to arranger and songwriter willie dixon it was first recorded by american blues musician howlin' wolf in the chicago blues style in or some variation on getting to the point