Here's Little Richard

Here's Little Richard is the debut album from Little Richard, released on 4 March 1957.[3] 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 No. 6, and "Jenny, Jenny", which reached No. 10 in the U.S. Pop chart. It also contained "Tutti Frutti" (his first hit), "Slippin' and Slidin'", and "Rip It Up," all of which were Billboard top 40 hits; and "Ready Teddy", "She's Got It," and "Miss Ann," all of which, in addition to the prior songs listed, were top 10 Billboard "Hot R&B Singles." In all, 9 of the LP's 12 songs made the US Billboard Hot 100 charts between 1955 and 1958. (See Little Richard discography for a complete listing of chart positions.)

Here's Little Richard
Studio album by
Little Richard
ReleasedMarch 4, 1957
RecordedSeptember 14, 1955 – October 15, 1956
Genre
Length28:30
LabelSpecialty
ProducerBumps Blackwell
Little Richard chronology
Here's Little Richard
(1957)		 Little Richard
(1958)
Singles from Here's Little Richard
  1. "Tutti Frutti"
    Released: Oct 1955
  2. "Long Tall Sally/Slippin' and Slidin'"
    Released: March 1956
  3. "Ready Teddy/Rip It Up"
    Released: June 1956
  4. "She's Got It"
    Released: Oct 1956
  5. "Jenny, Jenny/Miss Ann"
    Released: June 1957
  6. "True Fine Mama"
    Released: May 1958
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Reception

In 2003, the album was ranked number 50 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[4] maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list.[5] It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and in 2010 Time listed it in the Top 100 Albums of All Time.[6] The opening track "Tutti Frutti" was listed as No. 43 in Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[7]

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

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

Charts

Weekly
Year Chart Position
1957 Billboard Pop Albums 13

Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1955 "Tutti Frutti" Billboard Black Singles 2
1955 "Tutti Frutti" Billboard Pop Singles 21
1956 "Long Tall Sally" Billboard Black Singles 1
1956 "Long Tall Sally" Billboard Pop Singles 6
1956 "Ready Teddy" Billboard Black Singles 8
1956 "Ready Teddy" Billboard Pop Singles 44
1956 "Rip It Up" Billboard Black Singles 1
1956 "Rip It Up" Billboard Pop Singles 17
1957 "Jenny, Jenny" Billboard Black Singles 2
1957 "Jenny, Jenny" Billboard Pop Singles 10
1957 "Miss Ann" Billboard Black Singles 6
1957 "Miss Ann" Billboard Pop Singles 56
1957 "True Fine Mama" Billboard Black Singles 15
1957 "True Fine Mama" Billboard Pop Singles 68

References
  1. Mark Deming. "Here's Little Richard – Little Richard | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. Sexton, Paul (2020-03-04). "'Here's Little Richard': The Georgia Peach In All His 1957 Glory | uDiscover". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  4. "Little Richard, 'Here's Little Richard' | 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  5. "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  6. Light, Alan (2010-01-27). "Here's Little Richard | All-TIME 100 Albums | TIME.com". Entertainment.time.com. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  7. "Little Richard, 'Tutti-Frutti' | 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
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