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Little Richard's Greatest Hits (with various titles and cover art) is an album of Little Richard songs re-recorded in 1964 and first released in the US by Vee-Jay Records in January 1965. [1] It features updated versions of twelve of his best-known songs originally recorded in the 1950s for Specialty Records. [2]
The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits – Live! is the first of two albums Little Richard made for the Modern Records label. A live recording from the Domino Club in Atlanta compiled from more than one concert, all the tracks on the album have overdubbed audience noises.
1958 Little Richard (with Buck Ram and his Rock 'n Ram Orchestra) 1960: Little Richard Sings: Clap Your Hands (Spinorama M-119) 1963: Sings Spirituals; 1963: His Biggest Hits (Specialty SP-2111) 1964: Sings the Gospel; 1968: The Wild and Frantic Little Richard; 1967: Rock N Roll Forever; 1968: Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits ...
The syncopated horn charts, the chugging rhythm, the howling, pleading vocals, the sheer theatricality — Little Richard was an architect of all rock and roll that followed. Little Richard’s 10 ...
"Long Tall Sally", also known as "Long Tall Sally (The Thing)", [2] [3] is a rock and roll song written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, and Little Richard and released on Richard's album Here's Little Richard. Richard recorded it for Specialty Records, which released it as a single in March 1956, backed with "Slippin' and Slidin' ".
In 2010, Time magazine listed Here's Little Richard as one of the 100 Greatest and Most Influential Albums of All Time. [62] Rolling Stone listed his Here's Little Richard at number fifty on the magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [255] He was ranked eighth on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. [256]
After the recording sessions for this album, (actually the result of Richard’s manager, Bumps Blackwell’s effort to convince European fans to petition Okeh Records to cut a live album), Richard recorded three more tracks for Okeh on May 17, 1967, one issued in 2004 ('Golden Arrow'), leaving the other two unreleased; then recorded six tracks in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago for the ...
"Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')" is an R&B/rock 'n' roll song performed by Little Richard. The song is credited to Little Richard, Edwin Bocage , Al Collins, and James Smith. [1] Al Collins first recorded "I Got the Blues for You" in 1955. Eddie Bo wrote new lyrics and adapted the song in 1956 under the name "I'm Wise".