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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. 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
- Side one
- "Tutti Frutti" (Richard Penniman, Dorothy LaBostrie, Joe Lubin) – 2:25
- "True, Fine Mama" (Penniman) – 2:43
- "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" (Leo Price) – 2:28
- "Ready Teddy" (Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 2:09
- "Baby" (Penniman) – 2:06
- "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Penniman, Eddie Bocage, Al Collins, James Smith) – 2:42
- Side two
- "Long Tall Sally" (Enotris Johnson, Blackwell, Penniman) – 2:10
- "Miss Ann" (Penniman, Johnson) – 2:17
- "Oh Why?" (Winfield Scott) – 2:09
- "Rip It Up" (Blackwell, Marascalco) – 2:23
- "Jenny Jenny" (Johnson, Penniman) - 2:04
- "She's Got It" (Marascalco, Penniman) – 2:26
2012 bonus tracks
- "Baby (demo)" (Penniman) - 4:22
- "All Night Long (demo)" (Penniman) - 2:49
- "Interview with Specialty Records Founder Art Rupe" (Paul Jones) - 9:13
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Critical Response
In 2003, the album was ranked number 50 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[2] It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and in 2010 Time Magazine listed it in the Top 100 Albums of All Time.[3] The opening track Tutti Frutti was listed as No.43 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[4]
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 |
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