Pop Archives

Ray Hoff & The Off Beats - Little Queenie (1965)

(Chuck Berry)
Australia Australia
#31 Sydney

First single by Sydney band also based at times in Perth or Adelaide. This was an RCA release, recorded in Sydney.

For more on Ray Hoff & The Off Beats, see their 1966 single Tossin’ And Turnin’.


Chuck Berry - Little Queenie (1959)

(Chuck Berry)
USA USA
Original version

Single on Chess, B-side of Almost Grown (#32 USA).


The Rolling Stones - Little Queenie (1970)

(Chuck Berry)
UK UK
Later version

On the album Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out: The Rolling Stones in Concert. (The apostrophe is theirs, not mine.) Little Queenie was recorded at Madison Square Garden, New York, in November 1969.

References: 1. M.C. Strong, The Great Rock Discography (1996 edition) 2. Wikipedia article on the album.


The Beatles - Little Queenie (1962)

(Chuck Berry)
UK UK

Recorded December 1962, released 1977 on The Beatles Live at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962.

Reference: Album and song details at DM’s Beatles Site.


Bill Black’s Combo - Little Queenie (1964)

(Chuck Berry)
USA USA

Single on Memphis label Hi by band formed 1959, led by the bassist from Elvis Presley’s Sun sessions 1954-55.

Further reading: Bill Black article at Wikipedia.


Bobby Rydell - Little Queenie (1963)

(Chuck Berry)
USA USA

Single on Cameo by teen idol Bobby Rydell, B-side of The Woodpecker’s Song.


Jerry Lee Lewis And His Pumping Piano - Little Queenie (1959)

(Chuck Berry)
USA USA

Single on Sun.


Buffalo - Little Queenie (1975)

(Chuck Berry)
Australia Australia
Later version

Single on Vertigo. It was also on Mothers Choice (1976), one of five albums released by Buffalo, a Sydney-based heavy rock band that grew out of Head, formed in Brisbane in 1969. Buffalo broke up after supporting Rainbow on some legs of their 1976 Australian tour.

Further reading: Comprehensive Buffalo site by Eagle.

Thanks to Clay Galvin for the version alert (the best version of this song).