CLASSIC SONGS Revisited | LITTLE RICHARD - GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY!

 For my wondrous granddaughter Molly! Of course!

Little Richard "Good Golly Miss Molly”

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Little Richard would have been 90 today. Song of The Day - He's gonna rip it up!

 From Route publishers (always timely with their reminders!) This is about as perfect as it is possible to get!

* if it says it won't play click it anyway! IT'S LYING!

 Born as Richard Penniman in Macon, Georgia on this day in 1932 "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 (as performed here). The Little Richard version hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart for two weeks and peaked at number seventeen on the pop chart. 

' Rip It Up ' A Track from the Little Richard Album : ' Rip It Up ' :

Single  Released June 1956 On The Specialty Label

thanks to Art From The Future

soon it would look more like THIS!

LITTLE RICHARD

RICHARD PENNIMAN R.I.P. 1932 - 2020

Little Richard, one of the pioneers of the first wave of rock’n’roll, has died on May 9, 2020. He was 87. Richard, whose real name was Richard Penniman, was born in Macon, Georgia in December 1932. He had been in poor health for several years, suffering hip problems, a stroke and a heart attack. Richard’s son, Danny Penniman, first confirmed the pioneer’s death. In a statement, Richard’s agent, Dick Alen, said: “Little Richard passed away this morning from bone cancer in Nashville. Richard’s career began when in the late 1940s but his early recordings with RCA Victor garnered little success. His breakthrough came when he signed to Specialty Records in 1955, releasing a run of wild and flamboyant singles – Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, Rip It Up, The Girl Can’t Help It, Lucille, Keep A-Knockin’ and Good Golly, Miss Molly, among others – that made him a star on both sides of the Atlantic. His 1955 song Tutti Frutti, with the lyric ‘awopbopaloobop alopbamboom’, and a series of follow-up records helped establish the genre and influence a multitude of other musicians. - theguardian.com

I was moved to read Bob Dylan's Twitter feed

Bob Dylan's statement on Twitter, regarding Little Richard's death:

"I just heard the news about Little Richard and I’m so grieved. He was my shining star and guiding light back when I was only a little boy. His was the original spirit that moved me to do everything I would do.
"I played some shows with him in Europe in the early nineties and got to hang out in his dressing room a lot. He was always generous, kind and humble. And still dynamite as a performer and a musician and you could still learn plenty from him.

"In his presence he was always the same Little Richard that I first heard and was awed by growing up and I always was the same little boy. Of course he’ll live forever. But it’s like a part of your life is gone."

2020-05-09

Well seeing as how it's Monday . . . . . . . . 

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.

You know how it is when you forget someone's birthday!

HAPPY 86th LITTLE RICHARD

Born on this day: December 5, 1932 - “The architect of Rock & Roll”, Little Richard (born Richard Wayne Penniman in Macon, Georgia, USA). 

Happy 86th Birthday, Richard!!

TUTTI FRUTTI!

On this day in music history: September 14, 1955 - “Tutti-Frutti” by Little Richard is recorded. Written by Richard Penniman and Dorothy LaBostrie, it is the first major hit for the Macon, GA born “Architect Of Rock & Roll”. It is recorded at the J&M Recording Studio in New Orleans with Fats Domino’s backing band which include Frank Fields (guitar), Lee Allen and Alvin “Red” Tyler (saxophones), and Earl Palmer (drums). When initial attempts to capture a suitable performance prove elusive, the musicians stop and take a break. During that break, a frustrated Richard begins playing the song which producer “Bumps” Blackwell immediately recognizes its hit potential. Songwriter Dorothy LaBostrie is brought in to clean up the songs original and more sexually explicit lyrics. Once she is finished revising the lyrics, the band gets right to work. The master take of the song is captured in just fifteen minutes on the third take. Released in early November of 1955, “Tutti Frutti” quickly rockets up the charts peaking at #2 on the Billboard R&B singles chart, and #17 on the Best Sellers chart. The song is regarded as one of the most influential and important in the evolution of Rock & Roll. Little Richard’s original recording of “Tutti Frutti” is inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1998.

A suitably understated even restrained performance of this rabble rouser from Richard here on the film set but this was to prove to be a ground breaking number and enters Rock 'N' Roll history at the very heights. The horn section and drummer feature some of New Orleans finest and I have been following the careers and work of Earl Palmer and the ubiquitous horn section featuring Lee Allen and Red Tyler from here to Dr John and Professor Longhair. Masters of their craft indeedlie doodlie! 

A Wop Bop a Loo Bop and Lop Bam Boom!

thanks to the most excellent Jeff Harris' blog 'Behind The Grooves  On this day in Music History