Little Richard | ||
| Allmusic Biography : One of the original rock & roll greats, Little Richard merged the fire of gospel with New Orleans R&B;, pounding the piano and wailing with gleeful abandon. While numerous other R&B; greats of the early 50s had been moving in a similar direction, none of them matched the sheer electricity of Richards vocals. With his bullet-speed deliveries, ecstatic trills, and the overjoyed force of personality in his singing, he was crucial in upping the voltage from high-powered R&B; into the similar, yet different, guise of rock & roll. Although he was only a hitmaker for a couple of years or so, his influence upon both the soul and British Invasion stars of the 1960s was vast, and his early hits remain core classics of the rock repertoire. Heavily steeped in gospel music while growing up in Georgia, when Little Richard began recording in the early 50s he played unexceptional jump blues/R&B; that owed a lot to his early inspirations Billy Wright and Roy Brown. In 1955, at Lloyd Prices suggestion, Richard sent a demo tape to Specialty Records, who were impressed enough to sign him and arrange a session for him in New Orleans. That session, however, didnt get off the ground until Richard began fooling around with a slightly obscene ditty during a break. With slightly cleaned-up lyrics, "Tutti Frutti" was the record that gave birth to Little Richard as he is now known -- the gleeful "woo!"s, the furious piano playing, the sax-driven, pedal-to-the-metal rhythm section. It was also his first hit, although, ridiculous as it now seems, Pat Boones cover version outdid Richards on the hit parade. Boone would also try to cover Richards next hit, "Long Tall Sally," but by that time it was evident that audiences black and white much preferred the real deal. In 1956 and 1957, Richard reeled off a string of classic hits -- "Long Tall Sally," "Slippin and "Slidin," "Jenny, Jenny," "Keep a Knockin," "Good Golly, Miss Molly," "The Girl Cant Help It" -- that remain the foundation of his fame. While Richards inimitable mania was the key to his best records, he also owed a lot of his success to the gutsy playing of ace New Orleans session players like Lee Allen (tenor sax), Alvin Tyler (baritone sax), and especially Earl Palmer (drummer), who usually accompanied the singer in both New Orleans and Los Angeles studios. Richards unforgettable appearances in early rock & roll movies, especially The Girl Cant Help It, also did a lot to spread the rock & roll gospel to the masses. Richard was at the height of his commercial and artistic powers when he suddenly quit the business during an Australian tour in late 1957, enrolling in a Bible college in Alabama shortly after returning to the States. Richard had actually been feeling the call of religion for a while before his announcement, but it was nonetheless a shock to both his fans and the music industry. Specialty drew on unreleased sessions for a few more hard-rocking singles in the late 50s, but Richard virtually vanished from the public eye for a few years. When he did return to recording, it was as a gospel singer, cutting a few little-heard sacred sides for End, Mercury, and Atlantic in the early 60s. By 1962, though, Richard had returned to rock & roll, touring Britain to an enthusiastic reception. Among the groups that supported him on those jaunts were the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, whose vocals (Paul McCartneys especially) took a lot of inspiration from Richards. In 1964, the Beatles cut a knockout version of "Long Tall Sally," with McCartney on lead, that may have even outdone the original. Its been speculated that the success of the Beatles, and other British Invaders who idolized Richard, finally prompted the singer into making a full-scale comeback as an unapologetic rock & roller. Hooking up with Specialty once again, he had a small hit in 1964 with "Bama Lama Bama Loo." These and other sides were respectable efforts in the mold of his classic 50s sides, but tastes had changed too much for Richard to climb the charts again. He spent the rest of the 60s in a continual unsuccessful comeback, recording for Vee-Jay (accompanied on some sides by Jimi Hendrix, who was briefly in Richards band), OKeh, and Modern (for whom he even tried recording in Memphis with Stax session musicians). It was the rock & roll revival of the late 60s and early 70s, though, that really saved Richards career, enabling him to play on the nostalgia circuit with great success (though he had a small hit, "Freedom Blues," in 1970). He had always been a flamboyant performer, brandishing a six-inch pompadour and mascara, and constant entertaining appearances on television talk shows seemed to ensure his continuing success as a living legend. Yet by the late 70s, hed returned to the church again. Somewhat predictably, he eased back into rock and show business by the mid-80s. Since then, hes maintained his profile with a role in Down and Out in Beverly Hills (the movies soundtrack also returned him to the charts, this time with "Great Gosh a-Mighty") and guest appearances on soundtracks, compilations, and childrens rock records. At this point its safe to assume that he never will get that much-hungered-for comeback hit, but he remains one of rock & rolls most colorful icons, still capable of turning on the charm and charisma in his infrequent appearances in the limelight. In 2017, his debut album, 1957s Heres Little Richard, was given a long-overdue reissue, accompanied by a bonus disc of demos and alternate takes. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 41 Title: Here’s Little Richard Released: 1957-03 Tracks: 12 Duration: 27:59 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Tutti Frutti (02:24) 2 True, Fine Mama (02:43) 3 Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave (02:26) 4 Ready Teddy (02:09) 5 Baby (02:05) 6 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (02:43) 7 Long Tall Sally (02:09) 8 Miss Ann (02:17) 9 Oh Why? (02:08) 10 Rip It Up (02:23) 11 Jenny Jenny (02:04) 12 She’s Got It (02:26) |
| Here’s Little Richard : Allmusic album Review : Little Richard had been making records for four years before he rolled into Cosimo Matassas J&M Studio in New Orleans and cut the epochal "Tutti Frutti" in the fall of 1955, but everything else hed done -- and much of what others had recorded -- faded into insignificance when Richard wailed "A wop bop a loo mop a lomp bomp bomp" and kicked off one of the first great wailers in rock history. In retrospect, Little Richards style doesnt seem so strikingly innovative as captured in 1956s Heres Little Richard -- his boogie-woogie piano stylings werent all that different from what Fats Domino had been laying down since 1949, and his band pumped out the New Orleans backbeat that would define the Crescent Citys R&B for the next two decades, albeit with precision and plenty of groove. But what set Richard apart was his willingness to ramp up the tempos and turn the outrage meter up to ten; "Tutti Frutti," "Rip It Up," and "Jenny Jenny" still sound outrageous a half-century after they were waxed, and its difficult but intriguing to imagine how people must have reacted to Little Richard at a time when African-American performers were expected to be polite, and the notion of a gay man venturing out of the closet simply didnt exist (Richards songs were thoroughly heterosexual on the surface, but the nudge and wink of "Tutti Frutti" and "Baby" is faint but visible, and his bop threads, mile-high process, and eye makeup clearly categorized him as someone "different"). These 12 tunes may not represent the alpha and omega of Little Richards best music, but every song is a classic and unlike many of his peers, time has refused to render this first album quaint -- Richards grainy scream remains one of the great sounds in rock & roll history, and the thunder of his piano and the frantic wail of the band is still the glorious call of a Friday night with pay in the pocket and trouble in mind. Brilliant stuff. | ||
 | Album: 2 of 41 Title: The Fabulous Little Richard Released: 1958 Tracks: 13 Duration: 30:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Shake a Hand (02:51) 2 Chicken Little Baby (02:00) 3 All Night Long (02:14) 4 The Most I Can Offer (02:21) 5 Lonesome and Blue (02:18) 6 Wonderin (02:49) 7 She Knows How to Rock (02:01) 8 Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey) (02:40) 9 Directly From My Heart (02:20) 10 Maybe I’m Right (02:09) 11 Early One Morning (Blues) (02:15) 12 I’m Just a Lonely Guy (02:38) 13 Whole Lotta Shakin Going On (01:53) |
| The Fabulous Little Richard : Allmusic album Review : With Little Richard having long since given up pop music for religion, Specialty Records released as his third album a collection of tracks recorded mostly at his first session in 1955 (with a few 1956 and 1957 recordings as well). Richard handles these R&B; songs well, but, with the exception of the medley "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey" (later copied note for note by The Beatles), the songs and performances do not match his incendiary hits of the period. | ||
 | Album: 3 of 41 Title: Little Richard Released: 1958-07 Tracks: 12 Duration: 26:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Keep a Knockin’ (02:19) 2 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (02:06) 3 Send Me Some Lovin’ (02:20) 4 Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I’ll Never Let You Go) (02:21) 5 Heeby‐Jeebies (02:14) 6 All Around the World (01:55) 7 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:09) 8 Baby Face (02:15) 9 Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (02:07) 10 Ooh! My Soul (01:53) 11 The Girl Can’t Help It (02:32) 12 Lucille (02:25) |
| Little Richard : Allmusic album Review : Little Richard was not only one of the first great stars of rock & roll, he was one of the young musics first great cultural affronts, and while he was selling records hand over first in 1955 and 1956, he seemed strange to squares in a way Chuck Berry or Fats Domino couldnt quite match, with his beyond-crazed performing style and ambiguous fashion sense. For Richards second LP, 1958s simply titled Little Richard, Specialty Records A&R men got the clever idea that by covering a few old standards, the Georgia Peach might win over some parents who had been put off by his earlier work. The flaw in this thinking was that by the time Richard got through with "Baby Face" and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon," they sounded like Little Richard tunes -- which is to say the vocals howled, the piano rang out like church bells on speed, and his band swung hard behind it all. Little Richard was every bit as rockin as his first album, if not more so; "Keep AKnockin," "Lucille," "Good Golly Miss Molly," and "The Girl Cant Help It" were hits for the right reason, "All Around the World" is still a clarion call for the power of the music (and most adults were probably not comforted by the songs proclamation that young fans of the big beat "never have time for romance/ they only wanna dance"), "Send Me Some Lovin" slows down the tempo while still laying out the good groove, "Ooh! My Soul" is deliciously lascivious, and there isnt a single throwaway among the 12 tunes on deck. Richards band (sadly unidentified by name) are in glorious form as well, and Cosimo Matassa (who recorded the bulk of these songs at his tiny J&M Studios in New Orleans) makes these sessions sound as raucous as they deserved. Little Richard was too crazed to win over many suspicious parents in 1958, but thankfully it wails loud enough that no one was likely to hear them complain, and it still gets the party started 50 years on. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 41 Title: His Biggest Hits Released: 1960 Tracks: 12 Duration: 00:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Rip It Up (?) 2 Lucille (?) 3 Jenny Jenny (?) 4 All Around the World (?) 5 Good Golly Miss Molly (?) 6 Long Tall Sally (?) 7 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (?) 8 Send Me Some Lovin (?) 9 Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (?) 10 True Fine Mama (?) 11 Keep a Knockin’ (?) 12 Tutti Frutti (?) |
| His Biggest Hits : Allmusic album Review : This 12-track compilation of Little Richards mid-50s recordings did include most of his biggest hits, among them the pop Top Tens "Long Tall Sally," "Keep A-Knockin," "Jenny, Jenny," and "Good Golly, Miss Molly," and such rock & roll classics as "Rip It Up," "Tutti Frutti," and "Lucille." A few other great ones, notably "The Girl Cant Help It" and "Ready Teddy," inexplicably didnt make the cut, and a couple of non-hits did, but at the time of its release and for the following five years His Biggest Hits was the most complete Little Richard hits collection on the market. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 41 Title: Pray Along With Little Richard Vol. 2: I Believe... Released: 1960 Tracks: 10 Duration: 28:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Certainly Lord (01:58) 2 I Know the Lord (03:04) 3 Im Quittin Show Business (02:39) 4 Speech: Im Quittin Show Business (03:00) 5 Search Me Lord (02:13) 6 Lord, I Want to Be a Christian (In My Heart) (04:11) 7 Troubles of the World (02:37) 8 Everytime I Feel the Spirit (02:03) 9 Tell God All My Troubles (All About It) (03:33) 10 I Want Jesus to Walk With Me (03:01) |
 | Album: 6 of 41 Title: Pray Along With Little Richard Vol. 1: Ill Never Walk Alone Released: 1960 Tracks: 10 Duration: 28:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Just a Closer Walk With Thee (02:49) 2 Milky White Way (03:17) 3 Does Jesus Care (03:17) 4 Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley (03:09) 5 Coming Home (02:47) 6 Ive Just Come From the Fountain (01:45) 7 Im Trampin (02:45) 8 Need Him (02:31) 9 God Is Real (03:01) 10 Precious Lord (03:07) |
 | Album: 7 of 41 Title: Its Real: The King of the Gospel Singers Released: 1961 Tracks: 10 Duration: 27:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Joy, Joy, Joy (Down in My Heart) (02:17) 2 Do You Care (02:48) 3 The Captain Calls for You (02:19) 4 Do Lord, Remember Me (02:33) 5 Ride On King Jesus (02:55) 6 (There Will Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) (02:55) 7 Hes Not Just a Soldier (02:35) 8 My Desire (03:00) 9 Hes My Star (03:22) 10 It Takes Everything to Serve the Lord (02:55) |
 | Album: 8 of 41 Title: Little Richard Sings Gospel Released: 1963 Tracks: 12 Duration: 33:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Every Time I Feel the Spirit (01:59) 2 Im Trampin (02:45) 3 Milky White Way (03:16) 4 Does Jesus Care (03:17) 5 Coming Home (02:47) 6 I Know the Lord (03:04) 7 Ive Just Come From the Fountain (01:45) 8 God Is Real (03:01) 9 Troubles of the World (02:37) 10 Certainly Lord (01:58) 11 Tell God All My Troubles (All About It) (03:33) 12 Precious Lord (03:07) |
 | Album: 9 of 41 Title: Little Richard Is Back (And There’s a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!) Released: 1964-11 Tracks: 12 Duration: 28:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (02:28) 2 Going Home Tomorrow (03:11) 3 Money Honey (02:20) 4 Only You (And You Alone) (02:25) 5 Hound Dog (02:18) 6 Goodnight Irene (02:40) 7 Lawdy Miss Clawdy (02:20) 8 Groovy Little Suzy (02:20) 9 Short Fat Fannie (02:12) 10 Cherry Red (02:35) 11 Memories Are Made of This (02:13) 12 Blueberry Hill (01:49) |
 | Album: 10 of 41 Title: Little Richard, the Most Dynamic Entertainer of the Generation: His Greatest Hits Released: 1965 Tracks: 12 Duration: 27:52 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:07) 2 Baby Face (02:33) 3 Tutti Frutti (02:24) 4 Send Me Some Lovin (02:19) 5 The Girl Cant Help It (03:02) 6 Lucille (02:16) 7 Slippin and Slidin (02:26) 8 Keep A-Knockin (02:14) 9 Rip It Up (02:01) 10 Shes Got It (02:11) 11 Ooh! My Soul (02:16) 12 Long Tall Sally (02:03) |
 | Album: 11 of 41 Title: The Wild & Frantic Little Richard Released: 1966 Tracks: 10 Duration: 27:38 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Baby What You Want Me to Do (04:04) 2 Get Down With It (Do the Jerk) (03:07) 3 Directly From My Heart (02:45) 4 Im Back (02:48) 5 Holy Mackeral (03:03) 6 Good Golly Miss Molly (01:56) 7 Send Me Some Lovin (02:47) 8 Groovy Little Suzy (02:51) 9 Baby Dont You Want a Man Like Me (02:49) 10 Miss Ann (01:28) |
 | Album: 12 of 41 Title: The Explosive Little Richard Released: 1967-01 Tracks: 11 Duration: 30:15 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Get Down With It (03:14) 2 Land of a Thousand Dances (02:08) 3 The Commandments of Love (02:25) 4 I Dont Want to Discuss It (02:24) 5 Money (02:00) 6 Poor Dog (Who Cant Wag His Own Tail) (02:47) 7 I Need Love (02:38) 8 Never Gonna Let You Go (02:38) 9 Dont Deceive Me (Please Dont Go) (04:35) 10 Function at the Junction (02:32) 11 Well (02:54) |
| The Explosive Little Richard : Allmusic album Review : In 1966, OKeh Records took its turn at trying to revive the recording career of Little Richard. In the fall of that year, they put him in a studio in Hollywood with his former Specialty Records associate Larry Williams producing, and the two cut this album of rock & roll ravers, which was released in January 1967. Little Richard is as frantic as ever, notably on the leadoff track, "I Dont Want to Discuss It," later a showstopper for Delaney & Bonnie, but rock music trends were far removed from his style of rocking abandon by 1967, and this album went unnoticed. OKeh recorded Little Richard doing his hits that January and released the results several months later as Greatest Hits Recorded Live, but that was the end of this comeback. | ||
 | Album: 13 of 41 Title: Rock Hard Rock Heavy Released: 1970 Tracks: 12 Duration: 26:50 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Rip It Up (re-channeled stereo) (02:21) 2 Jenny Jenny (re-channeled stereo) (02:02) 3 Miss Ann (re-channeled stereo) (02:15) 4 Oh Why (re-channeled stereo) (02:07) 5 Keep A-Knockin (re-channeled stereo) (02:12) 6 She Knows How to Rock (re-channeled stereo) (01:57) 7 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (re-channeled stereo) (02:04) 8 Kansas City (re-channeled stereo) (02:16) 9 Shake a Hand (re-channeled stereo) (02:48) 10 All Night Long (re-channeled stereo) (02:11) 11 I Got It (re-channeled stereo) (02:18) 12 The Most I Can Offer (re-channeled stereo) (02:19) |
 | Album: 14 of 41 Title: The Rill Thing Released: 1970-08 Tracks: 9 Duration: 38:37 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Freedom Blues (02:56) 2 Greenwood, Mississippi (03:28) 3 Two-Time Loser (03:15) 4 Dew Drop Inn (02:36) 5 Somebody Saw You (03:34) 6 Spreadin Natta, Whats the Matter? (04:31) 7 The Rill Thing (10:20) 8 Lovesick Blues (04:30) 9 I Saw Her Standing There (03:27) |
| The Rill Thing : Allmusic album Review : The Rill Thing represented Little Richards most serious attempt at a comeback since his 1950s heyday. "Freedom Blues," Richards debut Reprise single, released in April 1970, was a mid-chart hit, his first in five years. "Greenwood Mississippi," released as a single concurrently with the album, also charted. Richard adopted a Cajun/country-rock approach (even covering "Lovesick Blues"), with a heavy beat and twangy guitar backing up his rough, forceful vocals. Despite the indulgence of the rambling ten-minute instrumental title track, the LP was a convincing update on his early work. But it did not propel Little Richard back to the top of the charts. | ||
 | Album: 15 of 41 Title: Well Alright! Released: 1971 Tracks: 12 Duration: 28:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Poor Boy Paul (01:57) 2 Directly From My Heart (02:35) 3 The Girl Can’t Help It (02:32) 4 Wonderin (02:49) 5 Bama Lama Bama Loo (02:12) 6 Kansas City (SLP 2136 master - take 2) (02:18) 7 Keep a Knockin’ (02:19) 8 All Night Long (02:14) 9 Well Alright! (02:17) 10 She Knows How to Rock (02:01) 11 Annie Is Back (02:27) 12 Shake a Hand (02:55) |
| Well Alright! : Allmusic album Review : Prompted by Little Richards comeback on Reprise Records, Specialty, his label during his hitmaking days in the late 50s, went through its vaults and came up with this album of material consisting of songs that had never been released, had only been released as singles, or contained overdubs added to the original tapes. Little Richard had returned to the label briefly in the mid-60s, and those sessions provided the title track and the 1964 chart single "Bama-Lama Bama-Loo." This was an album aimed mainly at collectors, but much of the material was worthy. | ||
 | Album: 16 of 41 Title: Mr. Big Released: 1971-06 Tracks: 11 Duration: 28:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Jenny, Jenny (01:56) 2 Without Love (There Is Nothing) (03:20) 3 Cross Over (02:39) 4 My Wheels Been Slipping All the Way (02:25) 5 It Aint Watcha Do (Its the Way How You Do It) (02:23) 6 Every Time I Think About You (02:11) 7 Talking Bout Soul (02:11) 8 I Dont Know What Youve Got but Its Got Me (04:04) 9 I Dont Know What You Got (But Its Got Me) - Part 2 (02:27) 10 Dance What You Wanna (02:23) 11 Dancin All Around the World (Dance a Go Go) (02:31) |
 | Album: 17 of 41 Title: King of Rock and Roll Released: 1971-09 Tracks: 11 Duration: 43:04 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 King of Rock and Roll (03:11) 2 Joy to the World (06:49) 3 Brown Sugar (03:23) 4 In the Name (03:10) 5 Dancing in the Street (05:31) 6 Midnight Special (04:02) 7 The Way You Do the Things You Do (03:29) 8 Green Power (03:59) 9 Im So Lonesome I Could Cry (02:40) 10 Settin the Woods on Fire (02:22) 11 Born on the Bayou (04:28) |
 | Album: 18 of 41 Title: Friends From the Beginning Released: 1972 Tracks: 12 Duration: 34:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Whole Lotta Shakin Going On (02:57) 2 Goodnight Irene (02:40) 3 Keep A-Knockin (instrumental) (03:17) 4 Going Home Tomorrow (03:14) 5 Belle Stars (instrumental) (02:51) 6 Tutti Frutti (instrumental) (02:52) 7 Lawdy Miss Clawdy (02:20) 8 Why Dont You Love Me (03:09) 9 Lucille (instrumental) (02:55) 10 Hound Dog (02:20) 11 Money Honey (02:20) 12 Funky Dish Rag (instrumental) (03:13) |
| Friends From the Beginning : Allmusic album Review : There are only two instances of Jimi Hendrix performing with Little Richard known to exist on tape. Theres the Vee Jay single "I Dont What You Got, .Pts. 1 & 2" produced by Bumps Blackwell, and a live performance at Revere Beach, MA, of Little Richard in concert with Jimi Hendrix on guitar, recorded by the legendary mastering engineer and disc jockey "Little" Walter DeVenne. According to very reputable sources, this Alfa release, Friends from the Beginning, is totally bogus. Theres Aki Tomitas illustrations of Hendrix and Penniman on the front and back cover, there are ridiculous liner notes that are almost as absurd as the ones producer Johnny Brantley etched on the back of Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Youngblood: Two Great Experiences Together (an album reportedly containing a couple of actual songs with Hendrix and tracks that feature a Hendrix sound-alike to fill out the disc), and theres the music. The album claims to be produced by Bumps Blackwell and Little Richard, but most likely is not. The version of "Tutti Frutti" which ends side one sounds like a simple guitar lesson being played over a quick studio session with vintage 60s ambience. Where a true "bootleg" album contains rare performances that fans treasure and a "counterfeit" is usually an identical reproduction of a legit album by unscrupulous individuals, fraudulent recordings like Friends from the Beginning serve no purpose but to confuse the public and harm the reputations of the artists whose names appear on these travesties. It is a deception. There is no Jimi Hendrix on this record. This album says it is a 1972 release, and it actually credits most of the songwriting to Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix. This is of value to fans only as a bizarre artifact from an industry where the artist and the public are both being cheated. Author John McDermott from the official Experience Hendrix company has written Hendrix: Setting the Record Straight on Warner Books to help clear situations like this up. Such a book is very necessary for an artist whose catalog is rife with items like Friends from the Beginning; it is suggested you spend your money on the book rather than this pathetic album. | ||
 | Album: 19 of 41 Title: The Second Coming Released: 1972-10 Tracks: 9 Duration: 41:02 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Mockingbird Sally (03:41) 2 Second Line (04:50) 3 It Aint What You Do, Its the Way How You Do It (02:45) 4 The Saints (05:03) 5 Nuki Suki (05:32) 6 Rockin Rockin Boogie (05:29) 7 Prophet of Peace (03:19) 8 Thomasine (03:11) 9 Sanctified, Satisfied Toe-Tapper (07:12) |
| The Second Coming : Allmusic album Review : In the 1970s, Little Richard could still bring a house down on-stage; his riveting performances were a staple on the Richard Nader touring packages. Reprise Records should be commended for allowing Richard Penniman the opportunity to express his artistry through new music crafted with some old friends, including decent liner notes about what is truly an historic recording session. On The Second Coming, the man who "supervised all of the original legendary Little Richard hits, R.A. Bumps Blackwell, reunites many of the musicians used on the first recordings." Its a funkier, thick sound with less of the rock & roll fury of the earlier masters, with a rearrangement of "The Saints" thats chock-full of saxes and groove. The liners claim that they used recording techniques from the 50s for songs and sounds of the 1970s, and the result is very slick for 1972. "The Saints" would have been great for urban radio of that time period, and Bill Hemmons "Nuki Suki" could really have brightened up Top 40 radio with its innovation and suave musical movements. Jim Horn brings his baritone sax to the party alongside Hemmons and Lee Allens tenor sax, and the album is rich with Blackwells refined presentation. Its truly a team effort between Blackwell and Richard Penniman; they co-write five of the nine compositions, with both men credited as "producing and arranging" the affair on the label (the album cover credits only Blackwell for production and arrangements). Theres not a bad track here, though there also isnt any one number which stands out as a bona fide hit. Any of these titles wouldve made you crank the car AM up a notch or two, the craftsmanship coming through loud and clear. Little Richards screams in "Rockin Rockin Boogie" provide subtle thunder, the rock & roll abandon of his early sides replaced by a contained professional noise. But theres something eminently charming about it all, with Penniman advising to "keep on seeking and searching" in his wonderfully preachy "Prophet of Peace." The guitars wail underneath the bubbling rhythm; The Second Coming is a lot more serious than the very loud Dave Willardson cover photo of the singer. "Thomasine" dips back into the 50s and adds some fun to these precise recordings. All in all, a really special set of songs and performances that are ripe for rediscovery. | ||
 | Album: 20 of 41 Title: Right Now! Released: 1973 Tracks: 8 Duration: 36:28 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 In the Name (03:09) 2 Mississippi (02:43) 3 Dont You Know I (02:59) 4 Chain of Fools (Chain, Chain, Chain) (04:15) 5 Geraldine Jones (06:24) 6 (Sittin on) The Dock of the Bay (02:45) 7 Chains of Love (08:04) 8 Hot Nuts (06:09) |
 | Album: 21 of 41 Title: 20 Super Hits Released: 1976 Tracks: 20 Duration: 45:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Lucille (02:27) 2 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:07) 3 Ready Teddy (02:12) 4 Baby Face (02:08) 5 Bama Lama Bama Loo (02:15) 6 All Around the World (02:21) 7 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (02:04) 8 Send Me Some Lovin (02:26) 9 Rip It Up (02:20) 10 Jenny, Jenny (02:00) 11 Tutti Frutti (02:23) 12 Long Tall Sally (02:04) 13 Shes Got It (02:36) 14 The Girl Cant Help It (02:28) 15 True Fine Mama (02:37) 16 Cant Believe You Wanna Leave (02:27) 17 Miss Ann (02:15) 18 Ooh! My Soul (01:52) 19 Slippin and Slidin (02:38) 20 Keep a Knockin (02:11) |
 | Album: 22 of 41 Title: King Of Rock Released: 1979 Tracks: 12 Duration: 00:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Rip It Up (?) 2 Good Golly, Miss Molly (?) 3 Tutti Frutti (?) 4 Baby Face (?) 5 Slippin And Slidin (?) 6 Shes Got It (?) 7 Lucille (?) 8 The Girl Cant Help It (?) 9 Jenny, Jenny (?) 10 Send Me Some Lovin (?) 11 Long Tall Sally (?) 12 True Fine Mama (?) |
 | Album: 23 of 41 Title: Gods Beautiful City Released: 1979-03 Tracks: 7 Duration: 36:48 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 There Is Someone (Worse Off Than I Am) (05:25) 2 If Youve Got The Lord on Your Side (Everything Will Be All Right) (04:41) 3 It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) (04:33) 4 I Surrender All (03:55) 5 Little Richards Testimony: What Am I Supposed to Do Without Jesus (10:50) 6 Come by Here, My Lord (02:43) 7 Gods Beautiful City (04:41) |
| God's Beautiful City : Allmusic album Review : After spending a decade, from the mid-60s to the mid-70s, trying to revive his career as a secular pop star, Little Richard returned to gospel music in the late 70s, beginning with this album. "Although his music has influenced artists in the music business who today are regarded as the greatest, Little Richard now proclaims that rock and roll serves no good purpose," declare the liner notes, which should serve notice to fans about what they are likely (or not likely) to find on this record. What they will find is Little Richard, on the four songs of side one, singing piano-based gospel songs like "It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)" and, on side two, presenting his testimony: "I gave up rock n roll for the Rock of Ages," he declares. (Originally released as World 1001 in 1979, Gods Beautiful City was reissued as Black Label/MCA 9607 in 1982.) | ||
 | Album: 24 of 41 Title: His Greatest Recordings Released: 1984 Tracks: 24 Duration: 56:23 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Ready Teddy (02:09) 2 Rip It Up (02:23) 3 The Girl Can’t Help It (02:32) 4 Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I’ll Never Let You Go) (02:21) 5 Miss Ann (02:17) 6 Good Golly, Miss Molly (two announcements, chatter & take 9) (02:35) 7 Lucille (02:25) 8 Keep A-Knockin (02:11) 9 Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave (02:26) 10 Tutti Frutti (02:24) 11 Heeby‐Jeebies (02:14) 12 Send Me Some Lovin’ (02:20) 13 Chicken Little Baby (02:00) 14 Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (02:07) 15 She’s Got It (02:26) 16 Long Tall Sally (02:09) 17 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (02:43) 18 Ooh! My Soul (02:10) 19 Jenny Jenny (02:04) 20 True, Fine Mama (02:43) 21 Wonderin (02:49) 22 All Around the World (02:27) 23 Directly From My Heart (02:20) 24 Baby (02:05) |
 | Album: 25 of 41 Title: The Essential Little Richard Released: 1985 Tracks: 20 Duration: 46:07 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Tutti Frutti (02:24) 2 Long Tall Sally (02:09) 3 Rip It Up (02:23) 4 Jenny Jenny (02:04) 5 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:09) 6 Ready Teddy (02:09) 7 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (02:43) 8 The Girl Can’t Help It (02:32) 9 I Got It (02:19) 10 Heeby‐Jeebies (02:14) 11 Lucille (02:25) 12 Keep a Knockin’ (02:19) 13 Miss Ann (02:17) 14 Ooh! My Soul (02:08) 15 True, Fine Mama (02:43) 16 Directly From My Heart (02:20) 17 Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (02:07) 18 Send Me Some Lovin’ (02:20) 19 Baby Face (02:15) 20 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (02:06) |
 | Album: 26 of 41 Title: 18 Greatest Hits Released: 1985 Tracks: 18 Duration: 42:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Tutti Frutti (02:24) 2 Long Tall Sally (02:09) 3 Slippin and Slidin (02:43) 4 Rip It Up (02:23) 5 Ready Teddy (02:09) 6 Heeby‐Jeebies (02:14) 7 She’s Got It (02:26) 8 The Girl Can’t Help It (02:32) 9 All Around the World (02:27) 10 Lucille (02:30) 11 Send Me Some Lovin (02:27) 12 Jenny Jenny (02:04) 13 Miss Ann (02:18) 14 Keep a Knockin’ (02:19) 15 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:09) 16 Ooh! My Soul (02:14) 17 Kansas City / Hey Hey Hey (02:19) 18 Bama Lama Bama Loo (02:18) |
| 18 Greatest Hits : Allmusic album Review : 18 Greatest Hits is the definitive single-disc collection of Little Richards Specialty singles, especially for listeners who only want the hits. Every one of Richards biggest hits -- "Tutti Frutti," "Long Tall Sally," "Slippin and Slidin," "Rip It Up," "Ready Teddy," "The Girl Cant Help It," "Lucille," "Send Me Some Lovin," "Keep A-Knockin," "Good Golly Miss Molly" -- are here, plus singles like "Heeby-Jeebies," "Shes Got It," "Ooh! My Soul," "Miss Ann," "Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey," and "Bama Lama Bama Loo" that were bigger hits on the R&B charts than the pop charts. All of the singles are presented in chronological order, and the disc simply rips it up from beginning to end. Its a definitive collection. | ||
 | Album: 27 of 41 Title: Early Studio Outtakes Released: 1985 Tracks: 13 Duration: 40:38 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Heeby-Jeebies (04:39) 2 Good Morning Little School Girl (02:48) 3 Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (03:56) 4 Baby (02:56) 5 Slippin and Slidin (02:05) 6 Long Tall Sally (02:19) 7 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:11) 8 Keep-A-Knockin (02:27) 9 I Got It (02:16) 10 Chicken Little Baby (01:49) 11 Shes My Star (a cappella) (02:40) 12 Lucille (01:30) 13 Rip It Up (09:02) |
 | Album: 28 of 41 Title: Lifetime Friend Released: 1986 Tracks: 10 Duration: 41:46 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Great Gosh AMighty (04:50) 2 Operator (04:54) 3 Somebodys Comin (03:42) 4 Lifetime Friend (03:40) 5 Destruction (03:49) 6 I Found My Way (03:42) 7 The World Cant Do Me (03:49) 8 One Ray of Sunshine (04:44) 9 Someone Cares (04:31) 10 Big House Reunion (04:05) |
| Lifetime Friend : Allmusic album Review : Little Richard appeared in the film Down and Out in Beverly Hills in 1986 and sang the movies theme song, "Great Gosh AMighty," which became a chart hit and led Warner Bros. Records to sign him for another comeback attempt. Lifetime Friend -- which leads off with "Great Gosh AMighty" -- an uptempo raver in the style of his 1950s hits, is Little Richards first newly recorded album not consisting of re-recorded oldies or exclusively devoted to religious material since his tenure at Reprise Records, 1970-1971. It is a reasonable attempt to update his style while retaining his traditional rock & roll approach and is one of the few Little Richard recordings that mixes his previously contradictory attractions to rock and to inspirational music: Rather than preaching against rock, he uses rock to preach. | ||
 | Album: 29 of 41 Title: 16 Rock N Roll Classics Released: 1987 Tracks: 16 Duration: 00:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Tutti Frutti (?) 2 Hound Dog (?) 3 Keep a Knocking (?) 4 Rip It Up (?) 5 Cherry Red (?) 6 Jenny Jenny (?) 7 The Girl Cant Help It (?) 8 Long Tall Sally (?) 9 Good Golly Miss Molly (?) 10 Money Honey (?) 11 Whole Lotta Shaking Going On (?) 12 Going Home Tomorrow (?) 13 Send Me Some Loving (?) 14 Groovy Little Suzy (?) 15 Slippin and Slidin (?) 16 Lucille (?) |
 | Album: 30 of 41 Title: Greatest Hits Released: 1987 Tracks: 16 Duration: 39:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Whole Lotta Shakin Going On (02:57) 2 Money Honey (02:20) 3 Lucille (02:16) 4 I Dont Know What Youve Got but Its Got Me, Parts 1 & 2 (04:05) 5 She’s Got It (02:26) 6 Hound Dog (02:20) 7 Jenny Jenny (02:04) 8 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:07) 9 The Girl Can’t Help It (02:32) 10 Tutti Frutti (02:24) 11 Goodnight Irene (02:00) 12 Keep a Knockin (02:22) 13 Cherry Red (02:35) 14 Long Tall Sally (02:09) 15 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (02:37) 16 Groovy Little Suzie (02:15) |
 | Album: 31 of 41 Title: 22 Greatest Hits Released: 1987 Tracks: 22 Duration: 51:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Tutti Frutti (02:24) 2 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (02:43) 3 Rip It Up (02:23) 4 All Around the World (02:28) 5 Send Me Some Lovin (02:25) 6 She’s Got It (02:26) 7 Miss Ann (02:18) 8 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:11) 9 Ooh My Soul (02:13) 10 Baby Face (02:15) 11 Kansas City (SLP 2136 master - take 2) (02:18) 12 Long Tall Sally (02:09) 13 Ready Teddy (02:09) 14 The Girl Can’t Help It (02:32) 15 Lucille (02:25) 16 Heebie-Jeebies (02:13) 17 Jenny, Jenny (02:05) 18 Keep a Knockin (02:21) 19 Hey, Hey, Hey (02:09) 20 True Fine Mama (02:43) 21 Ill Never Let You Go (Bo Hoo Hoo Hoo) (02:26) 22 Bama Lama, Bama Loo (02:17) |
 | Album: 32 of 41 Title: His Best Released: 1988 Tracks: 14 Duration: 32:45 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Long Tall Sally (02:09) 2 Lucille (02:28) 3 Ready Teddy (02:11) 4 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (02:37) 5 She’s Got It (02:38) 6 Rip It Up (02:23) 7 Tutti-Frutti (02:24) 8 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:07) 9 Jenny, Jenny (02:00) 10 Send Me Some Lovin’ (02:26) 11 Ooh! My Soul (01:53) 12 The Girl Can’t Help It (02:28) 13 True Fine Mama (02:45) 14 Keep A-Knockin (02:13) |
| His Best : Allmusic album Review : A collection of decidedly inferior and unbearably tame rerecordings of Little Richards greatest hits. One of the worst Little Richard discs on the market. | ||
 | Album: 33 of 41 Title: King of Rock n Roll (His 30 Greatest Hits) Released: 1988 Tracks: 30 Duration: 1:14:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Tutti Frutti (02:23) 2 Jenny, Jenny (02:00) 3 Lucille (02:27) 4 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:07) 5 Long Tall Sally (02:04) 6 Keep a Knockin (02:11) 7 Rip It Up (02:01) 8 Baby Face (02:33) 9 Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (02:28) 10 Lawdy Miss Clawdy (02:20) 11 The Girl Cant Help It (03:02) 12 Shes Got It (02:11) 13 Send Me Some Lovin (02:19) 14 Ooh! My Soul (02:16) 15 Hound Dog (02:20) 16 Blueberry Hill (01:46) 17 Only You (And You Alone) (02:25) 18 Goodnight Irene (02:40) 19 Short Fat Fanny (02:10) 20 Chain of Fools (Chain, Chain, Chain) (04:15) 21 True Fine Mama (03:00) 22 Directly From My Heart to You (02:39) 23 Mississippi (02:43) 24 In the Name (03:09) 25 Dont You Know I (02:59) 26 Money Honey (02:20) 27 Groovy Little Suzie (02:15) 28 Talkin Bout Soul (02:10) 29 Slippin and Slidin (02:26) 30 Dancing All Around the World (Dance a Go Go) (02:57) |
 | Album: 34 of 41 Title: Lucille Released: 1988 Tracks: 17 Duration: 38:34 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Ready Teddy (02:11) 2 By The Light Of The Moon (02:05) 3 Tutti Frutti (02:23) 4 Lucille (02:27) 5 True Fine Mama (02:39) 6 Baby Face (02:09) 7 Bama Lama Bama Loo (02:15) 8 Keep On Knocking (02:10) 9 Cant Believe You Wanna Leave (02:28) 10 All Around The World (02:21) 11 Miss Ann (02:15) 12 Long Tall Sally (02:04) 13 Slippin And Slidin (02:31) 14 Rip It Up (02:19) 15 Ooh My Soul (01:52) 16 Jenny Jenny (02:00) 17 Send Me Some Lovin (02:25) |
 | Album: 35 of 41 Title: The Collection Released: 1989 Tracks: 26 Duration: 1:03:56 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Dancing All Around the World (Dance a Go Go) (02:57) 2 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:07) 3 Baby Face (02:33) 4 Tutti Frutti (02:24) 5 Send Me Some Lovin (02:19) 6 The Girl Cant Help It (03:02) 7 Lucille (02:16) 8 Blueberry Hill (01:46) 9 Keep A-Knockin (02:14) 10 Rip It Up (02:01) 11 Shes Got It (02:11) 12 Ooh! My Soul (02:16) 13 Long Tall Sally (02:03) 14 Slippin and Slidin (02:26) 15 Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (02:28) 16 Going Home Tomorrow (03:14) 17 Money Honey (02:20) 18 Hound Dog (02:20) 19 Lawdy Miss Clawdy (02:20) 20 Short Fat Fanny (02:10) 21 Cherry Red (02:35) 22 Without Love (03:18) 23 Dance What You Wanna (02:21) 24 Something Moves in My Heart (02:11) 25 Jenny Jenny (01:58) 26 I Dont Know What Youve Got but Its Got Me, Parts 1 & 2 (04:05) |
| The Collection : Allmusic album Review : Little Richards flamboyant style and over-the-top stage antics prefigured later figures like Elton John, and if Richard used the piano as much as a prop as he used it as an instrument, the fact remains that he had a big hand in casting the template for rock & roll piano. His songwriting, too, a delightful mix of lust and nonsense, helped shape rocks self-image as music of fun and rebellious abandon. Merging gospel passion with hard-charging New Orleans R&B; piano riffs, singing like a manic angel, and blessed with the streetwise poetry of a junkyard Shakespeare in his songwriting, Little Richard had a run of high-charged hits in 1956 and 1957 that is nothing short of astounding, including the classics "Tutti Frutti," "Long Tall Sally," "Lucille," "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Jenny, Jenny," a clattering, rocking litany by this one of a kind artist. He may have ended up as somewhat of a parody of himself, but these tracks are the real deal, and the original versions of the above songs are all here (Little Richard re-recorded much of this material later in his career -- in only slightly diminished versions). Rock & roll may have gotten louder and bigger as time went on, but it never sounded more alive or electric (in the truest sense of the word) than it did with Little Richard at his mid-50s peak. | ||
 | Album: 36 of 41 Title: Rock n Roll "Black" Released: 1989 Tracks: 88 Duration: 3:42:31 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Blueberry Hill (02:18) 2 Im Walkin (02:02) 3 Valley of Tears (01:51) 4 I’m in Love Again (02:01) 5 Aint That a Shame (02:24) 6 My Blue Heaven (02:04) 7 Be My Guest (02:00) 8 When My Dream Boat Comes Home (02:22) 9 Let the Four (Winds Blow) (02:01) 10 Im Gonna Be a Wheel Someday (02:01) 11 Blue Monday (02:14) 12 Fat Man (02:34) 13 Im Ready (02:34) 14 Heart Break Hill (02:55) 15 Kansas City (02:21) 16 Whole Lotta Loving (01:40) 17 Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (02:48) 18 So Long (03:21) 19 You Win Again (02:27) 20 Walking to New Orleans (02:04) 21 I Want to Walk You Home (01:49) 22 When the Saints Go Marchin In (02:33) 23 Deep in the Heart of Texas (04:24) 24 Please Dont Leave Me (06:08) 25 Im in the Mood for Love (03:18) 26 Oh What a Price (02:29) 27 My Girl Josephine (01:21) 28 Domino (05:09) 1 Tutti Frutti (02:23) 2 Jenny, Jenny (02:00) 3 Lucille (02:27) 4 Good Golly Miss Molly (02:07) 5 Long Tall Sally (02:04) 6 Keep a Knockin (02:11) 7 Rip It Up (02:01) 8 Baby Face (02:33) 9 Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (02:28) 10 Lawdy Miss Clawdy (02:20) 11 The Girl Cant Help It (03:02) 12 Shes Got It (02:11) 13 Send Me Some Lovin (02:19) 14 Ooh! My Soul (02:16) 15 Hound Dog (02:20) 16 Blueberry Hill (01:46) 17 Only You (And You Alone) (02:25) 18 Goodnight Irene (02:40) 19 Short Fat Fanny (02:10) 20 Chain of Fools (Chain, Chain, Chain) (04:15) 21 True Fine Mama (03:00) 22 Directly From My Heart to You (02:39) 23 Mississippi (02:43) 24 In the Name (03:09) 25 Dont You Know I (02:59) 26 Money Honey (02:20) 27 Groovy Little Suzie (02:15) 28 Talkin Bout Soul (02:10) 29 Slippin and Slidin (02:26) 30 Dancing All Around the World (Dance a Go Go) (02:57) 1 You Never Can Tell (02:42) 2 No Particular Place to Go (02:43) 3 Sweet Little Sixteen (03:02) 4 Wee Wee Hours (03:04) 5 Nadine (Is It You) (02:35) 6 Roll Over Beethoven (02:24) 7 Maybellene (02:21) 8 Johnny B. Goode (02:40) 9 The Promised Land (02:23) 10 Deep Feeling (02:19) 11 Rock and Roll Music (02:32) 12 School Days (02:42) 13 Back in the USA (02:28) 14 Oh Baby Doll (02:38) 15 Memphis, Tennessee (02:13) 16 Viva Viva Rock and Roll (02:00) 17 Brown Eyed Handsome Man (02:17) 18 Beautiful Delilah (02:10) 19 County-Line (02:16) 20 Dont You Lie to Me (02:02) 21 Little Queenie (02:41) 22 Down the Road Apiece (Raye) (02:14) 23 No Money Down (02:58) 24 Let It Rock (01:56) 25 I Got To Find My Baby (02:16) 26 Confessin the Blues (02:09) 27 Too Much Monkey Business (02:55) 28 You Can’t Catch Me (02:44) 29 Reelin’ and Rockin’ (03:16) 30 Jaguar and the Thunderbird (01:51) |
 | Album: 37 of 41 Title: Good Golly, Miss Molly Released: 1989 Tracks: 16 Duration: 36:41 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Good Golly, Miss Molly (02:01) 2 Tutti Frutti (02:21) 3 Keep a Knockin (02:08) 4 Lucille (02:22) 5 Long Tall Sally (01:59) 6 Rip It Up (01:57) 7 True Fine Mama (02:56) 8 Baby Face (02:28) 9 Whole Lotta Shakin (02:25) 10 The Girl Cant Help It (02:56) 11 Ooh! My Soul (02:13) 12 Hound Dog (02:10) 13 Jenny Jenny (01:56) 14 Blueberry Hill (01:44) 15 Only You (And You Alone) (02:25) 16 Goodnight Irene (02:40) |
 | Album: 38 of 41 Title: The Specialty Sessions Released: 1989 Tracks: 73 Duration: 2:58:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Baby (04:20) 2 All Night Long (demo) (02:48) 3 Shes My Star (rehearsal) (02:36) 4 Lonesome and Blue (02:24) 5 Wonderin (02:49) 6 All Night Long (02:14) 7 Kansas City (SLP 2136 master - take 2) (02:18) 8 Kansas City (take 1) (02:08) 9 Maybe Im Right (02:14) 10 Directly From My Heart (02:21) 11 Baby (02:05) 12 Im Just a Lonely Guy (02:37) 13 Tutti Frutti (take 2) (02:27) 14 Tutti Frutti (02:25) 15 Slippin & Slidin (Peepin & Hidin) (demo) (01:45) 16 Slippin and Slidin (01:57) 17 Slippin and Slidin (01:52) 18 Shes My Star (a cappella) (02:40) 19 Chicken Little Baby (01:44) 20 Miss Ann (chatter & take 8) (02:37) 21 Baby (02:24) 22 True, Fine Mama (02:43) 23 Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey) (takes 5, 6 & 7 - false starts) (00:46) 24 Kansas City (Hey Hey Hey) (02:40) 25 Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (take 1) (02:03) 26 Long Tall Sally (The Thing) (announcement & take 6) (02:16) 1 Slippin’ and Slidin’ (02:43) 2 Long Tall Sally (02:09) 3 Miss Ann (02:17) 4 The Most That I Can Offer (Just My Heart) (02:22) 5 Oh Why? (02:08) 6 Heeby-Jeebies Love (02:11) 7 I Got It (chatter & master) (02:40) 8 Ready Teddy (01:53) 9 Ready Teddy (02:09) 10 Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Going Back to Birmingham) (02:07) 11 Rip It Up (03:19) 12 Rip It Up (02:23) 13 Heeby-Jeebies (voice test, takes 6 & 7 - false starts & take 9) (02:53) 14 Lucille (02:25) 15 Heeby‐Jeebies (02:14) 16 Good Golly, Miss Molly (fast version with chatter) (02:38) 17 Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave (02:26) 18 Shake a Hand (03:35) 19 All Around the World (02:27) 20 She’s Got It (02:26) 21 Hound Dog (rehearsal) (02:00) 1 Jenny Jenny (02:04) 2 Good Golly, Miss Molly (false start, chatter, announcement & take 9) (02:50) 3 Baby Face (02:15) 4 The Girl Cant Help It (02:31) 5 The Girl Cant Help It (02:49) 6 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (02:06) 7 Send Me Some Lovin (chatter & master take) (02:44) 8 Gene Nobles Royal Crown Hairdressing Ad (01:05) 9 Ohh! My Soul (speeded up master) (01:48) 10 Keep a Knockin (announcement & take 4 strongly speeded up) (02:10) 11 Keep a Knockin’ (02:19) 12 Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (Ill Never Let You Go) (chatter & take 6) (02:33) 13 Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I’ll Never Let You Go) (02:21) 14 Good Morning Little School Girl (02:59) 15 Ohh! My Soul (chatter, take 8 & chatter) (01:46) 16 Ohh! My Soul (chatter, take 9 & chatter) (02:09) 17 Early One Morning (Blues) (02:15) 18 She Knows How to Rock (takes 1, 2, 3 & 4 - false starts with chatter) (04:18) 19 She Knows How to Rock (02:01) 20 Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (02:37) 21 Bama Lama Bama Loo (chatter & master - take 10) (02:45) 22 Poor Boy Paul (false start, announcement & master - take 8) (stereo) (02:23) 23 Annie Is Back (take 1 - false start & take 3) (stereo) (02:57) 24 Annie Is Back (01:58) 25 Miss Ann (false start & take 6) (stereo) (03:19) 26 Well Alright (takes 1 & 2 - false starts & take 3) (stereo) (03:59) |
| The Specialty Sessions : Allmusic album Review : Dig it: a collection of all 73 songs that Little Richard cut for Specialty Records from 1955 through 1959, including early working versions of hits including "Long Tall Sally" and "Slippin and Slidin," may seem like overkill to the casual listener, but if youre thinking of buying this three-CD box, chances are youre not a casual listener. And if youre not thinking about it, then you should be. This set covers only four years in Little Richards career, but manages to sum up virtually everything you need to know about him (his earlier sides, available on Bear Family, are an interesting appendix, but of his later stuff, only the early- and mid-60s material, with Jimi Hendrix on guitar, holds any significance, mostly as a curiosity). Not only does the music make you want to get up and dance, but the notes -- spread out in a lavishly illustrated booklet and the individual jewel boxes -- tell the whole story of Specialty Records and the people behind it, including Art Rupe, Bumps Blackwell, Dave Bartholomew, and, of course, Richard Penniman himself. The session information alone could keep owners busy for a week. The sound is nothing less than breathtaking, loud and raunchy but razor-sharp, and the price of this set -- about $42 retail -- makes it competitive with other Little Richard single-disc sets as well as more attractive than the price of boxes devoted to Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. The only complaint -- why couldnt the producers list the songs on the individual jewel boxes? | ||
 | Album: 39 of 41 Title: The Formative Years 1951-53 Released: 1989-07 Tracks: 22 Duration: 58:12 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Get Rich Quick (02:17) 2 Why Did You Leave Me? (02:33) 3 Taxi Blues (02:19) 4 Every Hour (02:53) 5 I Brought It All on Myself (02:54) 6 Thinkin’ ’Bout My Mother (02:53) 7 Aint Nothin Happenin (02:12) 8 Please Have Mercy on Me (02:32) 9 Get Rich Quick (alternative) (02:12) 10 Thinkin Bout My Mother (take A) (02:44) 11 I Brought It All on Myself (take C) (02:55) 12 Please Have Mercy On Me (take A) (02:31) 13 Little Richard’s Boogie (02:49) 14 Directly From My Heart to You (02:56) 15 I Love My Baby (02:29) 16 Maybe Im Right (02:49) 17 Aint That Good News (02:49) 18 Fool at the Wheel (02:38) 19 Rice, Red Beans and Turnip Greens (02:32) 20 Always (02:41) 21 Directly From My Heart (alternative) (02:55) 22 I Love My Baby (02:39) |
| The Formative Years 1951-53 : Allmusic album Review : Several years before permanently altering cultural history with an incendiary new kind of dance music issued on 78 rpm platters that bore the black and yellow Specialty logo, Little Richard made his first recordings for the Victor and Peacock labels. In 1989, Bear Family released The Formative Years 1951-53, containing 16 of these historic performances appended with six alternate takes. By dishing out swinging rhythm & blues infused with a New Orleans kick, Little Richard was laying the ground for a much rowdier, edgier manifestation that would eventually envelop him and the entire nation in a defiant and recklessly joyous catharsis called rock & roll. Without these fine R&B; records, wouldnt none of that come together the way that it did. If you take this collection, combine it with the Specialty recordings and use selections from the Vee Jay catalog for a chaser, youll be in a good position to draw your own conclusions regarding what this amazing individual recorded later in life. | ||
 | Album: 40 of 41 Title: Little Richard Meets Masayoshi Takanaka Released: 1992-08-05 Tracks: 10 Duration: 36:25 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Good Golly Miss Molly (03:39) 2 Tutti Frutti (03:38) 3 Miss Ann (04:43) 4 Lucille (03:48) 5 Long Tall Sally (03:28) 6 Send Me Some Lovin (03:30) 7 Jenny Jenny (03:08) 8 Rip It Up (03:08) 9 Kansas City - Hey Hey Hey Hey (03:51) 10 Ready Teddy (03:32) |
 | Album: 41 of 41 Title: Shake It All About Released: 1992-10-09 Tracks: 12 Duration: 36:59 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Hokey Pokey (02:49) 2 On Top of Spaghetti (02:56) 3 Old MacDonald (03:59) 4 Shell Be Comin Around the Mountain (02:38) 5 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (03:06) 6 Keep a Knockin (03:02) 7 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (03:18) 8 If Youre Happy and You Know It (03:39) 9 When the Saints Go Marching In (03:41) 10 Hes Got the Whole World in His Hands (02:13) 11 Here We Go Loopty-Loo (03:24) 12 Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? (02:14) |
| Shake It All About : Allmusic album Review : In 1991, Little Richards rendition of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" was the highlight of Disneys For Our Children compilation, leading to this full-length collection, which is his first newly-recorded album in six years and his first childrens album ever. Taking on 12 childrens songs (including his own "Keep a Knockin," appropriately peppered with knock-knock jokes), Little Richard re-arranges them to sound like the kind of 50s rock & roll for which hes famous. So, for example, "Old MacDonald" bears a certain resemblance to "Boney Maronie." Its all good fun, though, since its also all uptempo, but you may not want to play it all the way through for small children; theyre apt to get overexcited. | ||