Rip It Up (song)

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“Rip It Up”
Single by Little Richard
Released June 1956
Format 7" single
Genre Rock and Roll
Writer(s) Blackwell/Marascalco
Little Richard singles chronology
"Long Tall Sally" b/w "Slippin' and Slidin'"
(1956)
"Rip It Up"
(1956)
"Ready Teddy"
(1956)
“Rip It Up”
Single by Bill Haley and his Comets
B-side "Teenager's Mother (Are You Right?)"
Released 1956
Format 7" single
Genre Rock and Roll
Label Decca 30028
Writer(s) Blackwell/Marascalco
Bill Haley and his Comets singles chronology
"Hot Dog Buddy Buddy"
(1956)
"Rip It Up"
(1956)
"Rudy's Rock"
(1956)

Rip It Up is a song written by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco. It was first released by Bill Haley and his Comets and Little Richard in 1956. It was covered in 1978 by Billy "Crash" Craddock on the Turning Up And Turning On album and by Elvis Presley. Little Richard also sang this song on the PBS special, Doo Wop 51