The humble chicken has provided inspiration to generations of musicians. These songs are just the tip of the iceberg.
| Chicken Rhythm (Verve, '51) Slim Gaillard & His Southern Fried Orchestra - Chicken Rhythm - Official Record Company |
| Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird (OKeh, '40) Cab Calloway Orchestra - Are You Hep To The Jive? - Columbia Legacy - Sony Music Entertainment |
| The Chicken And The Hawk (Up, Up And Away) (Atlantic, '55) Big Joe Turner - Rocks In My Bed - Membran Music |
| Chicken Shack Boogie (Aladdin, '48) Amos Milburn - Rockin' & Drinkin' - Jasmine Records |
| Chicken Shack Boogie (OKeh, '49) The Five Scamps - The OKeh Rhythm &Blues Story (1949 - 1957) - epicOKeh Legacy - Sony Music Entertainment |
| Little Red Rooster (?, '??) Margie Day - I'm A Bad, Bad Girl - Seven Dozen Dusky Divas Vol. 2 - Indigo Music |
| The Greasy Chicken (Fortune, '55) Andre "Mr. Rhythm" Williams - Mr. Rhythm - Regency Records |
| The Chicken (Flip, Sun, '56) Rosco Gordon - Red Hot - The Best Of Sun Blues - Halllmark Records |
| The Chicken (?,'??) Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones - No Hit Records |
| Muddy Coffee Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones - No Hit Records |
| Chicken Walk (Air, ??) Hasil Adkins - Out To Hunch - Norton Records |
| Chicken Bop (Starday, '56) Truitt Forse - Rockabilly Shakeout - Ace Records |
| My Big Fat Baby (?, '??) Sonny Hall & The Echoes - Rockabilly Shakeout - Ace Record |
| Cluck Old Hen (Brunswick, '27) The Hill Billies - Music From The Lost Provinces - Old Hat Records |
| Cluck Old Hen (Sugar Hill, '97) Bad Livers - Hogs On The Highway - Sugar Hill Records |
| Stay Away From My Chicken House (American Record Corporation, '29) Gene Autry - Blues Singer 1929-31 "Booger Rooger Saturday Nite" - Columbia Legacy - Sony Music Entertainment |
| Shanghai Rooster Yodel (Conqueror, '31) Cliff Carlisle - A Country Legacy 1930-39 - JSP Records |
| The Old Hen She Cackled (Library Of Congress) W.M. Stepp & Mae Puckett - Music From Kentucky: Rural American Classics 1927-37 - Yazoo Records |
| Chicken Reel Stomp (possibly Bluebird) The Tune Wranglers - The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys & Cowboys - Playboy Stomp - Proper Records |
| Chicken Reel 9/, early Fifties) Les Paul - Swing West Vol. 2 - Gutar Slingers - Razor & Tie |
| The Chicken (King, '6?) James Brown - Soul Pride: The Instrumentals 1960-69 - Polygram Records |
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8:03 PM, May 11th, 2016