Here's Little Richard Record Album 1st Press Specialty Records 1956
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First printing 1956!! The actual record is NM……top & bottom of album have been taped as shown above.
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Here's Little Richard
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Here's Little Richard Studio album by Little Richard Released March 1957 Recorded September 14, 1955 – October 15, 1956 Genre- Rock and roll
- R&B
(1957) Little Richard
(1958) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
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
[hide]- 1Track listing
- 1.12012 bonus tracks
- 2Personnel
- 2.1Additional personnel
- 3Critical Response
- 4Charts
- 5References
Track listing[edit]
Side one- "Tutti Frutti" (Richard Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie, Joe Lubin) – 2:25
- "True, Fine Mama" (Penniman) – 2:43
- "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" (Leo Price) – 2:28
- "Ready Teddy" (Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 2:09
- "Baby" (Penniman) – 2:06
- "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Penniman, Eddie Bocage, Al Collins, James Smith) – 2:42
- "Long Tall Sally" (Enotris Johnson, Blackwell, Penniman) – 2:10
- "Miss Ann" (Penniman, Johnson) – 2:17
- "Oh Why?" (Winfield Scott) – 2:09
- "Rip It Up" (Blackwell, Marascalco) – 2:23
- "Jenny Jenny" (Johnson, Penniman) - 2:04
- "She's Got It" (Marascalco, Penniman) – 2:26
2012 bonus tracks[edit]
- "Baby (demo)" (Penniman) - 4:22
- "All Night Long (demo)" (Penniman) - 2:49
- "Interview with Specialty Records Founder Art Rupe" (Paul Jones) - 9:13
Personnel[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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
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