Here's Little Richard

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. In 2003, the album was ranked number 50 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 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

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" (Lloyd Price) – 2:28
4. "Ready Teddy" (Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 2:09
5. "Baby" (Penniman) – 2:06
6. "Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')" (Penniman, Eddie Bocage, Al Collins, James 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

Personnel

• Little Richard – vocals, piano (except on 5 and 9)
• Lee Allen – tenor sax (except on 2 and 12)
• Alvin "Red" Tyler – baritone sax (except on 2 and 12)
• Frank Fields – bass (except on 2 and 12)
• Earl Palmer – drums on (except on 2 and 12)
• Edgar Blanchard – guitar on (except on 1, 2, 5, 9 and 12)

Additional personnel

• Justin Adams – guitar on 1 and 5
• Huey Smith – piano on 1 and 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

Album

Single

References