Here's Little Richard

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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
Length	28:30
Label	Specialty Records
Producer	Bumps Blackwell
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Little Richard chronology
Here's Little Richard (1957) Little Richard (1958)

Here's Little Richard is the debut album from Little Richard, though he had already 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. In 2003, the album was ranked number 50 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 3 Charts

[edit] Track listing

1. "Tutti Frutti" (Dorothy LaBostrie, Richard Penniman, Robert Blackwell) – 2:25
2. "True Fine Mama" (Penniman) – 2:43
3. "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" (Leo Price) – 2:28
4. "Ready Teddy" (Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 2:09
5. "Baby" (Penniman) – 2:06
6. "Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')" (Penniman, Eddie Bocage, John Collins, Al Smith) – 2:42
7. "Long Tall Sally" (Enotris Johnson, Blackwell, Penniman) – 2:10
8. "Miss Ann" (Penniman, Johnson) – 2:17
9. "Oh Why?" (Winfield Scott) – 2:09
10. "Rip It Up" (Blackwell, Marascalco) – 2:23
11. "Jenny, Jenny" (Johnson, Penniman) –2:04
12. "She's Got It" (Marascalco, Penniman) –2:26

[edit] Personnel

• 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 11

[edit] Additional 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 12

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1957	Billboard Pop Albums	13

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
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