On this day in music history: February 10, 1956 - “Long Tall Sally” by Little Richard is recorded. Written by Robert “Bumps” Blackwell, Enortis Johnson and Richard Penniman, it is the first R&B chart topper for the singer and musician from Macon, GA. Recorded at the J&M Studio in New Orleans, LA, it is issued as Richard’s second single on Specialty Records (b/w “Slippin’ And Slidin’”) in March of 1956. It becomes his first R&B number one and first top ten pop hit peaking at #6. It out charts a competing version by Pat Boone which peaks at #12. Richard’s breakneck vocal phrasing is designed specifically to make it difficult for Boone to sing after he covers “Tutti Frutti” and scores a bigger pop hit with it. “Long Tall Sally” becomes a rock & roll standard and among the most covered of Little Richard’s songs, most notably being recorded by The Beatles in 1964. Little Richard’ s original recording of “Long Tall Sally” is inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1999.