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Released
  
March 1957

Label
  
Specialty

Artist
  
Little Richard

Producer
  
Robert Blackwell

Length
  
28:30

Here's Little Richard (1957)
  
Little Richard (1958)

Release date
  
March 1957

Awards
  
Grammy Hall of Fame

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Recorded
  
September 14, 1955 – October 15, 1956

Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll, Rhythm and blues

Similar
  
Little Richard albums, Rock and roll albums

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Here's Little Richard is the debut album from Little Richard, released on March 1957. He had scored six Top 40 hits the previous year, some of which were included on this recording. It was his highest charting album, at 13 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The album contained two of Richard's biggest hits, "Long Tall Sally", which reached #6 in the U.S. Pop charts, and "Jenny, Jenny", which reached #10 in the U.S. Pop charts.

Contents

Little richard tutti frutti


Reception

In 2003, the album was ranked number 50 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and in 2010 Time Magazine listed it in the Top 100 Albums of All Time. The opening track Tutti Frutti was listed as No. 43 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Tutti Frutti" (Richard Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie, Joe Lubin) – 2:25
  2. "True, Fine Mama" (Penniman) – 2:43
  3. "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" (Leo Price) – 2:28
  4. "Ready Teddy" (Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 2:09
  5. "Baby" (Penniman) – 2:06
  6. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Penniman, Eddie Bocage, Al Collins, James Smith) – 2:42

Side two

  1. "Long Tall Sally" (Enotris Johnson, Blackwell, Penniman) – 2:10
  2. "Miss Ann" (Penniman, Johnson) – 2:17
  3. "Oh Why?" (Winfield Scott) – 2:09
  4. "Rip It Up" (Blackwell, Marascalco) – 2:23
  5. "Jenny, Jenny" (Johnson, Penniman) – 2:04
  6. "She's Got It" (Marascalco, Penniman) – 2:26

2012 bonus tracks

  1. "Baby (demo)" (Penniman) – 4:22
  2. "All Night Long (demo)" (Penniman) – 2:49
  3. "Interview with Specialty Records Founder Art Rupe" (Paul Jones) – 9:13

Personnel

  • Little Richard – vocals, piano (except on 5 and 9)
  • Lee Allen – tenor sax (except on 2 and 12)
  • Alvin "Red" Tyler – baritone sax (except on 2 and 12)
  • Frank Fields – bass (except on 2 and 12)
  • Earl Palmer – drums on (except on 2 and 12)
  • Edgar Blanchard – guitar on (except on 1, 2, 5, 9 and 12)

    • Additional personnel

  • Justin Adams – guitar on 1 and 5
  • Huey Smith – piano on 5
  • Renald Richard – trumpet on 2
  • Clarence Ford – tenor sax, baritone sax on 2
  • Joe Tillman – tenor sax on 2
  • William "Frosty" Pyles – guitar on 2
  • Lloyd Lambert – bass on 2
  • Oscar Moore – drums on 2
  • Roy Montrell – guitar on 9
  • Wilbert Smith – tenor sax on 12
  • Grady Gaines – tenor sax on 12
  • Clifford Burks – tenor sax on 12
  • Jewell Grant – baritone sax on 12
  • Nathaniel Douglas – guitar on 12
  • Olsie Richard Robinson – bass on 12
  • Charles Connor – drums on 12

    • Songs

    1Tutti Frutti2:24
    2True Fine Mama2:43
    3Can't Believe You Wanna Leave2:26

    References

    Here's Little Richard Wikipedia
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