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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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25 | ---- |
26 | !! Bonus Tracks (2012 Reissue): |
27 | |
28 | # "Baby (Demo)" |
29 | # "All Night Long (Demo)" |
30 | # "Interview With Specialty Records Founder Art Rupe" |
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32 | ---- |
33 | !! ''We're gonna have some fun tonight, have some fun tonight, everything's all right!'': |
34 | |
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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