- Here's Little Richard
Infobox Album
Name = Here's Little Richard
Type = Studio album
Artist =Little Richard
Released = March 1957
Recorded =September 14 1955 -October 15 1956
Genre =Rock and roll R&B
Length = 28:30
Label =Specialty Records
Producer =Bumps Blackwell
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3kqog4fttv5z link]
Last album =
This album = "Here's Little Richard" (1957)
Next album = "Little Richard" (1958)"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. RS500|50 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.Track listing
# "Tutti Frutti" (
Dorothy LaBostrie ,Richard Penniman ,Robert Blackwell ) – 2:25
# "True Fine Papa " (Penniman) – 2:43
# "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" (Leo Price ) – 2:28
# "Ready Teddy " (Blackwell,John Marascalco ) – 2:09
# "Baby" (Penniman) – 2:06
# "Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')" (Penniman, Eddie Bocage,Albert 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) –2:26Personnel
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Little Richard –vocals ,piano on 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12
*Lee Allen – tenor sax on 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
*Alvin "Red" Tyler – baritone sax on 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
*Frank Fields – bass on 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
*Earl Palmer – drums on 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
*Edgar Blanchard – guitar on 3 4 6 7 8 10 11Additional personnel
*Justin Adams –
guitar on 1 5
*Huey Smith –piano on 1 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 12Charts
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