Little Richard discography

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[edit] Original Albums/Musical Phases

The jump blues recordings for RCA/Peacock:

  • four singles for RCA (1951/1952)
  • two singles for Peacock (1953)
  • first release on CD + bonus tracks: The Formative Years (1989)

The Rock 'N' Roll recordings for Specialty I:

The gospel recordings I:

  • Pray Along With Little Richard (1960)
  • Pray Along With Little Richard Vol. 2 (1960)
  • King Of The Gospel Singers (1962)

The Rock 'N' Roll recordings for Specialty II:

  • two singles (1964, released on Well Alright! + bonus tracks, 1970)

The Vee-Jay recordings – new material and re-recordings of previous hits, displaying a strong soul influence:

The Modern recordings – new material and re-recordings of previous hits, displaying a beginning funk influence:

  • The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits – Live! (1966)
  • The Wild And Frantic Little Richard (1966)

The Okeh recordings – new material and re-recordings of previous hits with a strong soul/funk influence:

The Reprise funk recordings and the 1970s:

  • The Rill Thing (Reprise, 1970)
  • The King Of Rock 'N' Roll (Reprise, 1971)
  • The Second Coming (Reprise, 1972)
  • Southern Child (Little Richard's country album, Reprise, recorded in 1972, released in 2005)
  • Right Now! (1973)
  • Little Richard Live (despite the title these are STUDIO re-recordings of 20 greatest hits, 1976)

The gospel recordings II:

  • God's Beautiful City (1979)

The 1980s/1990s:

  • Lifetime Friend (1986)
  • Shake It All About (1992)

[edit] Albums (including compilations and re-packagings)

[edit] Hit singles

Release date Title Chart Positions
US Charts US R&B chart UK Singles Chart
11/55 "Tutti Frutti" #17 #2 #29
4/56 "Long Tall Sally" #6 #1 #3
4/56 "Slippin' and Slidin'" #33 #2 -
6/56 "Rip It Up" #17 #1 #30
6/56 "Ready Teddy" #44 #8 -
10/56 "Heebie-Jeebies" - #7 -
10/56 "She's Got It" - #9 #15
12/56 "The Girl Can't Help It" #49 #7 #9
12/56 "All Around the World" - #13 -
3/57 "Lucille" #21 #1 #10
3/57 "Send Me Some Lovin'" #54 #3 -
6/57 "Jenny Jenny" #10 #2 #11
6/57 "Miss Ann" #56 #6 -
9/57 "Keep A-Knockin'" #8 #2 #21
2/58 "Good Golly, Miss Molly" #10 #4 #8
6/58 "Ooh! My Soul" #31 #15 #22
6/58 "True, Fine Mama" #68 - -
9/57 "Baby Face'" #41 #12 #2
2/58 "Kansas City" #95 - #26
3/59 "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - - #17
11/62 "He Got What He Wanted" - - #38
7/64 "Bama Lama Bama Loo" #82 #82 #20
11/65 "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me" #92 #12 -
8/66 "Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)" - #41 -
5/70 "Freedom Blues" #47 #28 -
9/70 "Greenwood Mississippi" #85 - -
8/73 "In the Middle of the Night" - #71 -
3/86 "Great Gosh A'Mighty!" #42 - #62
10/86 "Operator" - - #67