Little Richard
Dr Little Richard (* 5. Dezämber 1932 z Macon, Georgia as Richard Wayne Penniman; † 9. Mai 2020 z Tullahoma, Tennessee) isch en US-amerikaanische Rock-’n’-Roll-Sänger, -Pianischt un -Songwriter gsii. Är isch ain vu dääne gsii, wu in 1950er Joor Stilelemänt us Blues, Gospel un Rhythm and Blues unter em neie Genrename „Rock ’n’ Roll“ kumbiniert hän. Mer chännt en vor allem fir Hit wie „Tutti Frutti“ un „Long Tall Sally“. Derwylscht dr Chuck Berry Alldaagssprooch un -situazione gsunge het, het dr Little Richard mit dr Sprooch gspiilt („a wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom“). Sy schnäll Klavierspiil un sy obverdrillte Gsang hän vyl Rock- un Pop-Musiker inschpiriert, unter anderem dr Buddy Holly, dr Jerry Lee Lewis un dr Elvis Presley. Dr Jimi Hendrix het in dr 1960er Joor in dr Band vum Little Richard gspiilt.

Diskografy

Single 
Ufgfiert sin do di offiziälle Single vum Little Richjard

 1951 – Taxi Blues / Every Hour, RCA 4392
 1952 – Get Rich Quick / Thinkin’ About My Mother, RCA 4582
 1952 – Ain’t Nothing Happening / Why Did You Leave Me, RCA 4772
 1952 – I Brought It All on Myself / Please Have Mercy on Me, RCA 5025
 1953 – Ain’t That Good News / Fool at the Wheel, Peacock 1616
 1954 – Rice, Red Beans & Turnip Greens / Always, Peacock 1628
 1955 – Tutti-Frutti / I’m Just a Lonely Guy, Specialty 561
 1956 – Long Tall Sally / Slippin’ and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and Hidin’), Specialty 572
 1956 – Little Richard’s Boogie / Directly From My Heart to You, Peacock 1658
 1956 – Rip It Up / Ready Teddy, Specialty 579
 1956 – Heeby-Jeebies / She’s Got It, Specialty 584
 1956 – The Girl Can’t Help It / All Around the World, Specialty 591
 1957 – Lucille / Send Me Some Lovin’, Specialty 598
 1957 – Maybe I’m Right / I Love My Baby, Peacock 1673
 1957 – Jenny, Jenny / Miss Ann - Specialty 606
 1957 – Keep A-Knockin’ / Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave, Specialty 611
 1958 – Good Golly, Miss Molly / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey, Specialty 624
 1958 – True, Fine Mama / Ooh! My Soul, Specialty 633
 1958 – I’ll Never Let You Go / Baby Face, Specialty 645
 1958 – She Knows How to Rock / Early in the Morning, Specialty 652
 1959 – By the Light of the Silvery Moon / Wonderin’, Specialty 660
 1959 – Kansas City / Lonesome and Blue, Specialty 664
 1959 – All Night Long / Shake a Hand, Specialty 670
 1959 – Save Me Lord / Troubles of the World, End 1057
 1959 – Milky White Way / I’ve Just Come from the Fountain, End 1058
 1959 – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On / Maybe I’m Right, Specialty 680
 1960 – I Got It / Baby, Specialty 681
 1960 – Directly from My Heart / The Most I Can Offer, Specialty 686
 1961 – Joy Joy Joy / He’s Not Just a Soldier, Mercury 71884
 1961 – Do You Care / Ride On King Jesus, Mercury 71911
 1962 – He Got What He Wanted (But He Lost What He Got) / Change Your Ways, Mercury 71965
 1963 – Crying in the Chapel / Hole in the Wall, Atlantic 2181
 1963 – Travelin’ Shoes / It Is No Secret, Atlantic 2192
 1964 – Bama Lama Bama Loo / Annie Is Back, Specialty 692
 1964 – Whole Lotta Shakin’ / Goodnight Irene, Vee-Jay 612
 1964 – Blueberry Hill / Cherry Red, Vee-Jay 625
 1965 – It Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way How You Do It) / Cross Over, Vee-Jay 652
 1965 – Dance What You Wanna / Without Love, Vee-Jay 665
 1965 – I Don’t Know What You’ve Got, But It’s Got Me, Part 1 / Part 2, Vee-Jay 698
 1965 – Long Tall Sally / Only You (And You Alone), Oldies 186
 1965 – Going Home Tomorrow / Tutti Frutti, Oldies 187
 1965 – Hound Dog / Good Golly, Miss Molly, Oldies 188
 1965 – Rip It Up / Memories Are Made of This, Oldies 189
 1965 – Slippin’ and Slidin’ / Goodnight Irene, Oldies 190
 1965 – Lucille / Money Honey, Oldies 191
 1965 – Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Blueberry Hill, Oldies 192
 1965 – Short Fat Fanny / Cherry Red, Oldies 193
 1965 – Groovy Little Suzie / Baby Face, Oldies 194
 1965 – Whole Lotta Shakin’ / Keep A-Knockin’, Oldies 195
 1965 – The Girl Can’t Help It / She’s Got It, Oldies 196
 1965 – Oh My Soul / Send Me Some Lovin’, Oldies 197
 1966 – Holy Mackarel / Baby Don’t You Want a Man Like Me, Modern 1018
 1966 – Do You Feel It, Part 1 / Part 2, Modern 1019
 1966 – Poor Dog (Who Can’t Wag His Own Tail) / Well, Okeh 4-7251
 1966 – I Need Love / The Commandments of Love, Okeh 4-7262
 1966 – I’m Back / Directly from My Heart to You, Modern 1022
 1967 – Slippin’ and Slidin’ / Bring It Back Home to Me, Modern 1030
 1967 – Hurry Sundown / I Don’t Want to Discuss It, Okeh 4-7271
 1967 – Don’t Deceive Me / Never Gonna Let You Go, Okeh 4-7278
 1967 – A Little Bit of Something / Money, Okeh 4-7286
 1967 – Baby What You Want Me to Do, Part 1 / Part 2, Modern 1043
 1968 – Try Some of Mine / She’s Together, Brunswick 55362
 1968 – Baby Don’t You Tear My Clothes / Stingy Jenny, Brunswick 55377
 1968 – Soul Train / Can I Count on You, Brunswick 55386
 1970 – Poor Boy Paul / Wonderin’, Specialty 699
 1970 – Freedom Blues / Dew Drop Inn, Reprise 0907
 1970 – Greenwood, Mississippi / I Saw Her Standing There, Reprise 0942
 1971 – Shake a Hand / Somebody Say You, Reprise 1005
 1971 – Dancin’ in the Street / Green Power, Reprise 1043
 1972 – Mockingbird Sally / Nuki Suki, Reprise 1130
 1973 – In the Name / Don’t You Know I, Kent 4568
 1973 – In the Middle of the Night / Where Will I Find a Place to Sleep This Evening, Greene Mountain 413
 1975 – Call My Name / Steal Miss Liza (Steal Liza Jane), Manticore 7007
 1975 – Try to Help Your Brother / Funk Proof, Mainstream 5572
 1977 – Good Golly Miss Molly/Rip It Up / By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Creole CR 140
 1983 – Chicken Little Baby / Oh Why?, Specialty 734
 1984 – All around the World / Heeby-Jeebies-Love, Specialty 736
 1986 – Great Gosh A’Mighty (It’s a Matter of Time) / The Ride, MCA 52780
 1986 – Operator / Big House Reunion, WEA YZ 89
 1987 – Somebody’s Comin’ / Big House Reunion, WEA YZ 98
 1991 – Twins / Twins, WTG 31-08492

Albe 
Do ufgfiert sin d offiziälle Albe, wu dr Little Richard fir verschideni Plattefirme uzfgnuu het, Kompilazioone sin nit ufzellt.

 1957 – Here’s Little Richard, Specialty LP-100 beziehungsweise 2100
 1958 – Little Richard, Specialty LP-2103
 1959 – The Fabulous Little Richard, Specialty LP-2104
 1960 – Pray Along with Little Richard, Vol. 1, Golddisc LP-4001
 1960 – Pray Along with Little Richard, Vol. 2, Golddisc LP-4002
 1961 – It’s Real, Mercury MG-20656
 1964 – Little Richard Is Back, Vee-Jay LP-1107
 1964 – Little Richard’s Greatest Hits, Vee-Jay LP-1124
 1966 – Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits – Recorded Live!, Modern-LP 1000
 1967 – The Wild and Frantic Little Richard, Modern LP-1003
 1967 – The Explosive Little Richard, Okeh LP-14117
 1967 – Little Richard’s Greatest Hits – Recorded Live!, Okeh LP-14121
 1970 – The Rill Thing, Reprise LP-6406
 1971 – The King of Rock ’n’ Roll, Reprise LP-6462
 1972 – The Second Coming, Reprise LP-2017
 1972 – Southern Child, Rhino Records
 1974 – Right Now!, United LP-7791
 1976 – Little Richard Live!, K-Tel LP-462
 1979 – God’s Beautiful City, World LP-1001
 1986 – Lifetime Friend, Warner Bros. 4-22529
 1992 – Shake It All About, Disney 60849
 1992 – Little Richard Meets Takanaka, TOCT 6619

Literatur 
 John Garodkin: Little Richard Special. 2. Auflage. Mjoelner Edition, Praestoe 1984, ISBN 87-87721-14-7.
 David Kirby: Little Richard. The Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll. 1. Auflage. Continuum, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0-8264-2965-0.
 Paul MacPhail: Little Richard: The Originator of Rock. Selbstverlag, 2008.
 Charles White: The Life and Times of Little Richard. The Authorised Biography. Omnibus Press, London/ New York/ Paris/ Sydney/ Copenhagen/ Berlin/ Madrid/ Tokyo 2003, ISBN 0-7119-9761-6.

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