rupe obtained his most successful artist when little richard, then a little-known recording artist, followed lloyd price's suggestion and sent rupe a demo record. art sent blackwell to new orleans to do a recording session. during a recording break little richard sang an obscene song while playing the piano. blackwell sensed that it was a hit, but after the lyrics had been cleaned up, there was no time to teach the song to a piano player. so little richard both played and sang the only song to emerge from that first session, done in just three takes, "tutti frutti", one of the most significant rock and roll records ever made. rupe also recorded guitar slim, with a young ray charles on piano. in addition, specialty issued some of wildest r&b records, such as "cherokee dance", by froggy landers; "(everytime i hear) that mellow saxophone", by roy montrell; "drunk" by jimmy liggins; and the rock & roll "moose on the loose", by roddy jackson.