Little White Bull
{{short description|1959 single by Tommy Steele}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Little White Bull
| cover = File:Tommy Steele Little White Bull.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| type = single
| artist = Tommy Steele
| EP = Tommy the Toreador
| B-side = Singing Time
| released = {{start date|1959|11|6|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock and roll
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=40}}
| label = Decca
| writer = * Lionel Bart
- Mike Pratt
- Tommy Steele
| producer =
| prev_title = You Were Mine
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = What a Mouth (What a North and South)
| next_year = 1960
}}
"Little White Bull" is a song by English rock and roll singer Tommy Steele, released as a single in November 1959. It was included on the EP Tommy the Toreador from the film of the same name in which Steele also starred. Steele's royalties from the single's sales were donated to the "Variety Club of Great Britain fund for a cancer research unit for children". The song peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and it was awarded a silver disc in January 1960 for 250,000 sales in Britain.{{cite magazine|date=30 January 1960|title=Tommy Steele wins first Silver Disc|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Disc/1960/DISC-1960-01-30.pdf|magazine=Disc|page=16|accessdate=28 July 2021}}
Reception
Reviewed in Melody Maker, both sides were described as "easy-to-listen-to numbers, especially Little White Bull, which has a Children's Hour flavour about it".{{cite magazine|date=7 November 1959|title=Pop Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/50s/Melody-Maker-1959-11-07-OCR.pdf|magazine=Melody Maker|page=6|accessdate=28 July 2021}} Reviewing for Disc, Don Nicholl described "Little White Bull" as "a jingly novelty ballad with Tommy using his Cockney accent for the title phrasing".{{cite magazine|date=14 November 1959|title=Disc Date|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Disc/1959/Disc-1959-11-14.pdf|magazine=Disc|page=10|accessdate=28 July 2021}}
Track listing
7": Decca / F 11177
- "Little White Bull" – 3:40
- "Singing Time" – 1:33
Charts
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Chart (1960)
!Peak |
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scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)
|20 |
scope="row"|Ireland (Evening Herald){{cite news|date=14 January 1960|title=Irish Top Ten|newspaper=Evening Herald}}
|3 |
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