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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Little_Richard_4593.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350: ''"AWOP-BA-BELUBOP-BELAM-BAM-BOOM!"''.]]
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4	''Here's Little Richard'' is the debut studio album by Music/LittleRichard, released in 1957. It was a best seller at the time. It's probably as close to a GreatestHitsAlbum as you can get: "Tutti Frutti", "Ready Teddy", "Slippin' And Slidin", "Long Tall Sally", "Rip It Up" and "Jenny, Jenny" are all compiled on this record.
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7	!! Tracklist:
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9	[[AC:Side One]]
10	# "Tutti Frutti" (2:25)
11	# "True Fine Mama" (2:43)
12	# "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave" (2:28)
13	# "Ready Teddy" (2:09)
14	# "Baby" (2:06)
15	# "Slippin' And Slidin'" (2:42)
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17	[[AC:Side Two]]
18	# "Long Tall Sally" (2:10)
19	# "Miss Ann" (2:17)
20	# "Oh Why?" (2:09)
21	# "Rip It Up" (2:23)
22	# "Jenny, Jenny" (2:04)
23	# "She's Got It" (2:26)
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26	!! Bonus Tracks (2012 Reissue):
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28	# "Baby (Demo)"
29	# "All Night Long (Demo)"
30	# "Interview With Specialty Records Founder Art Rupe"
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33	!! ''We're gonna have some fun tonight, have some fun tonight, everything's all right!'':
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35	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''S'''lippin' and '''S'''lidin'".
36	* BigBeautifulWoman: "Long Tall Sally", praises a girl who fits these measurements.
37	* BreakUpSong: "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave", about a girl who wants to leave him.
38	* CarefulWithThatAxe: "AWOP-BA-BELUBOP-BELAM-BAM-BOOM!"
39	* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: "Ready Teddy" asks the listeners whether they are reading to rock 'n' roll.
40	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover is a black-and-white photograph of the singer against a yellow background.
41	* FaceOnTheCover: Little Richard's face is shown in close-up.
42	* GreatestHitsAlbum: Compared to others rock and roll albums of this era this record has a fine collection of essential hits by the artist.
43	* IncomingHam: The legend of Little Richard's big break. Richard was making his first record for Specialty Records, but the session wasn't really working, so producer "Bumps" Blackwell suggested they take a lunch break at a nearby restaurant-slash-strip-joint. There, to impress the ladies, Richard sat down at the piano and starting banging out his dirty live hit "Tutti Frutti"... and the rest was history.
44	* IntercourseWithYou: What else do you think "Slippin' And Slidin'" is about? "Tutti Frutti" too - the lyrics were cleaned up from the far dirtier original version, which went "Tutti frutti, good booty!"
45	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Only Little Richard could make stupid words like "A-Wop Bop-A-Lula A Whop Bam Boom" and "Tutti Frutti" awesome as hell!
46	* ObsessionSong: "Oh Why?", where the singer wonders why all this misery happened to him.
47	* OneWomanSong: "Long Tall Sally", "Miss Ann", "Jenny Jenny" and "True Fine Mama".
48	* OneWordTitle: "Baby".
49	* QuestioningTitle: "Oh Why?"
50	* RockAndRoll:
51	--> ''I'm ready, ready, ready Ted, I'm reaaaaady, I'm ready, ready, ready, Ted, I'm reaaady, ready, ready, Ted, I'm ready to rock 'n' roll!''
52	* RhymingWithItself: "Jenny Jenny".
53	* {{Scatting}}: The "A-Wop Bop-A-Lula A Whop Bam Boom" in "Tutti Frutti", made to simulate a drum solo.
54	* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: The songs are short, simple, energetic and catchy as hell.
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