Here’s Little Richard

by Little Richard

Type: Album
Released: 04 Mar 1957
Label: Specialty
Country: United States
Community rating: 4.27/5 from 11 ratings

Artists on this release: Alvin "Red" Tyler, Edgar Blanchard, Lee Allen, Frank Fields, Earl Palmer

Album Notes & Community Reviews

As a foundational document of rock and roll, 'Here's Little Richard' compiles the artist's explosive mid-1950s singles into a cohesive and revolutionary statement. The album is defined by Richard's gospel-inflected, shrieking vocals and percussive, boogie-woogie piano style, which merged with a driving rhythm and blues backbeat to create an incendiary new sound. Producer Bumps Blackwell's approach captured this raw, live-wire energy on seminal tracks like "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally," establishing a visceral and flamboyant blueprint that would profoundly influence the genre's future.

Genres

Rock & Roll

Descriptors: piano, high-energy, raucous, infectious, party

Tracklist

Credits

Little Richard - vocals, piano, Lead Vocals Vocal, Piano
Lee Allen - tenor saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
Alvin "Red" Tyler - baritone saxophone
Frank Fields - bass, Double Bass, Bass Guitar
Earl Palmer - drums, Drums (drum Set)
Edgar Blanchard - guitar, Guitar
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell - producer
Thadd Roark - design [jacket]
Paul Hartley - design [jacket]
Abe Robyn - engineer [recording]
Globe - photography by [front cover]
Justin Adams - Guitar
Melvin Dowden - Piano
Alvin “Red” Tyler - Baritone Saxophone
Robert “Bumps” Blackwell - Producer
Clarence Ford - Baritone Saxophone
Lloyd Lambert - Bass Guitar
Oscar Moore - Drums (drum Set)
William 'Frosty' Pyles - Guitar
Renald Richard - Trumpet
Joseph Tillman - Tenor Saxophone
[unknown] - Background Vocals Choir Vocals Vocal
Roy Montrell - Guitar