Little Richard, właśc. Richard Wayne Penniman (ur. 5 XII 1935 w Macon, USA), wokalista, pianista i kompozytor uznawany za najbardziej nieokiełznanego wykonawcę w historii rocka. Przed koncertami w Europie (w 1999) mówił o sobie: „Jestem wynalazcą rock and rolla i jego najlepszym interpretatorem".Pierwszych nagrań dokonał z orkiestrą Billy'ego Wrighta w 1951r. Pierwszy singel Taxi Blues i kilka następnych nie odniosły sukcesu. W Houston, w stanie Teksas, nagrywał z Johnny Otis Orchestra. W lutym 1955r przesłał próbne nagrania do wytwórni Speciality, która szybko zorganizowała artyście sesję nagrań w Nowym Orleanie. Rozpoczęła się kilkuletnia parada przebojów Little Richarda, najważniejsze z nich to: Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, Rip It Up, Ready Teddy, Lucille, Keep A Knockin', Good Golly Miss Molly. Popularność artysty wzmocnił udział w filmach Don't Knock the Rock i Mr Rock and Roll.
W latach 1958-62 nagrywał muzykę gospel. W 1962r wystąpił po raz pierwszy w Europie, koncertując z The Beatles i The Rolling Stones. Z tego czasu pochodzi wielki przebój Bama Lama Bama Loo. Przez następne lata zmieniał wytwórnie, często występował w Las Vegas. W 1976 na dziesięć lat rzucił muzykę dla pracy duszpasterskiej.
W latach 80-tych z powodzeniem zagrał w filmie Down and Out in Beverly Hills. W 1986 został powołany w poczet Rock and Roll Hali of Fame. Potem często pełnił rolę gospodarza uroczystości show-biznesu, a w 1993 wystąpił podczas inauguracji prezydentury Billa Clintona. W 2000 koncertował w Europie wspólnie z Chuckiem Berrym i Jerrym Lee Lewisem.
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] | Komentarz |
| Tutti Frutti/ I'm Just A Lonely Guy | Little Richard | 01.1956 | - | 17[12] | Speciality 561 | [written by Robert Blackwell,Dorothy LaBostrie,Joe Lubin,Richard Penniman][produced by Robert Blackwell][2[21].R&B; Chart] |
| Long Tall Sally / Slippin' And Slidin' (Peepin' And Hidin') | Little Richard | 04.1956 | - | 6[19] side B:33[14] | Speciality 572 | [written by Robert Blackwell,Robert Blackwell,E. Johnson,Richard Penniman][produced by Robert Blackwell][1[8][16].R&B; Chart][side B written:Little Richard, James Smith, Eddie Bocage, Al Collins][side B:produced by Robert Blackwell][side B:2[16].R&B; Chart] |
| Rip It Up / Ready Teddy | Little Richard | 07.1956 | - | 17[18] side B:44[8] | Speciality 579 | [written by Robert Blackwell,John Marascalco][produced by Robert Blackwell][1[2][17].R&B; Chart][side B written:Bumps Blackwell, John Marascalco][side B:produced by Robert Blackwell][side B:8[8].R&B; Chart] |
| Heeby-Jeebies/She's Got It | Little Richard | 11.1956 | - | - | Speciality 584 | [written by Jackson,John Marascalco][7[3].R&B; Chart][side B written: John Marascalco][side B:produced by Robert Blackwell][side B:9[5].R&B; Chart] |
| Long Tall Sally / Tutti Frutti | Little Richard | 01.1957 | 3[16] side B:29[1] | - | London HLO 8366 [UK] | [written by Robert Blackwell,Robert Blackwell,E. Johnson,Richard Penniman][produced by Robert Blackwell] |
| The Girl Can't Help It / All Around The World | Little Richard | 01.1957 | - | 49[8] | Speciality 591 | [written by Bobby Troup][produced by Bumps Blackwell ][7[9].R&B; Chart][tytułowa piosenka z filmu][side B:13[1].R&B; Chart] |
| She's Got It/The Girl Can't Help It | Little Richard | 02.1957 | 15[9] side B:9[11] | 17[12] | London HLO 8382 [UK] | [written by John Marascalco, Richard Penniman][produced by Robert Blackwell][9.R&B; Chart] |
| Lucille / Send Me Some Lovin' | Little Richard | 03.1957 | 10[9] | 21[21] side B:54[12] | Speciality 598 | [written by Robert Blackwell,Albert Collins,Maracalco,Richard Penniman][produced by Bumps Blackwell ][1[2][13].Country Chart][side B:written by John Marascalco/Leo Price ][produced by Bumps Blackwell ][side B:3[11].R&B; Chart] |
| Jenny, Jenny / Miss Ann | Little Richard | 06.1957 | 11[5] | 10[20] side B:56[10] | Speciality 606 | [written by Enotris Johnson,Richard Penniman][produced by Robert Blackwell][side B written Little Richard, Enotris Johnson][2[12].R&B; Chart][side B:6[9].R&B; Chart] |
| Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave | Little Richard | 09.1957 | 21[7] | 8[18] | Speciality 611 | [written by Richard Penniman][produced by Bumps Blackwell ][piosenka z filmu "Mr Rock'n'Roll"][2[9].R&B; Chart] |
| Good Golly, Miss Molly / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! | Little Richard | 02.1958 | 8[9] | 10[15] | Speciality 624 | [written by Robert Blackwell,John Marascalco][produced by Art Rupe/Bumps Blackwell ][4[8].R&B; Chart] |
| Ooh! My Soul / True Fine Mama | Little Richard | 06.1958 | 22[4] | 31[8] side B:68[3] | Speciality 633 | [written by Richard Penniman][produced by Bumps Blackwell ][oryginalnie nagrana przez Richie Valensa iw 1958r][15[4].R&B; Chart][side B:written by Richard Penniman][side B:produced by Bumps Blackwell ] |
| Baby Face / I'll Never Let You Go | Little Richard | 09.1958 | 2[15] | 41[10] | Speciality 645 | [written by Harry Akst, Benny Davis][produced by Bumps Blackwell ][#3 hit for Art Mooney in 1948][12[7].R&B; Chart] |
| By the Light of the Silvery Moon/Early one morning | Little Richard | 03.1959 | 17[5] | - | London HLO 8831 [UK] | [written by Edward Madden, Gus Edwards] |
| Kansas City / Lonesome And Blue | Little Richard | 05.1959 | 26[5] | 95[2] | Speciality 664 | [written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Richard Wayne Penniman][produced by Bumps Blackwell ] |
| He's Not Just A Soldier / Joy, Joy, Joy [Down in my heart] | Little Richard | 12.1961 | - | 113[2] | Mercury 71884 | [written by William Pitt, Richard Penniman][with The Howard Robert Singers] |
| He got what he wanted/Why don't you change your ways | Little Richard with Roger Blackwell and His Orch | 10.1962 | 38[4]] | - | Mercury AMT 1189 [UK] | [written by Richard W. Penniman] |
| Crying In The Chapel/Hole In The Wall | Little Richard | 04.1963 | - | 119[4] | Atlantic 2181 | [written by Artie Glenn][produced by Little Richard][#3 hit for Elvis Presley in 1965] |
| Bama Lama Loo / Annie Is Back | Little Richard | 07.1964 | 20[7] | 82[4] | Speciality 692 | [written by Richard Penniman][produced by Don Weiss ] |
| Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Goodnight Irene | Little Richard | 09.1964 | - | 126[2] side B:128[1] | Vee Jay 612 | [written by S. David, D. Williams][42[3].R&B; Chart][side B:written by H. Ledbetter, J. Lomax][#3 hit for Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957][side B:#1 hit for The Weavers in 1950] |
| I Don't Know What You Got (But It's Got Me) (Part 1) / I Don't Know What You Got (But It's Got Me) (Part 2) | Little Richard | 11.1965 | - | 92[1] | Vee Jay 698 | [written by Don Covay][produced by Jeff Alexander ][12[8].R&B Chart] |
| Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail) / Well | Little Richard | 07.1966 | - | 121[3] | Okeh 7251 | [written by L. Williams, J. Watson][produced by Larry Williams][41[4].R&B; Chart] |
| Freedom Blues / Dew Drop Inn | Little Richard | 05.1970 | - | 47[9] | Reprise 0907 | [written by Esquerita, Richard Wayne Penniman][produced by Richard Penniman/Bumps Blackwell ][20[4].R&B; Chart] |
| Greenwood Mississippi / I Saw Her Standing There | Little Richard | 09.1970 | - | 85[5] | Reprise 0942 | [written by Travis Wammack, Albert Jr. Lowe][produced by Little Richard ] |
| In The Middle Of The Night/Where Will I Find A Place To Sleep This Evening | Little Richard | 08.1973 | - | - | The Greene Mountain Record Company 413 | [written by Jimmy Holiday][produced by Charles Greene][71[9].R&B Chart] |
| Call My Name / Steal Miss Liza (Miss Liza Jane) | Little Richard | 01.1976 | - | 106[1] | Manticore 7007 | - |
| Good Golly Miss Molly/Rip it up/By the light of the silvery moon | Little Richard | 06.1977 | 37[4] | - | Creole CR 140 [UK] | - |
| Great Gosh A-Mighty! (It's A Matter Of Time)/The Ride | Little Richard | 03.1986 | 62[2] | 42[10] | MCA 52780 | [written by Richard Penniman/Billy Preston ][produced by Dan Hartman/Billy Preston ][piosenka z filmu "Down and out in Beverly Hills"] |
| Operator/Big house reunion | Little Richard | 10.1986 | 67[2] | - | WEA YZ 89 [UK] | [written by J. Boyce][produced by Stuart Colman] |
| Somebody's comin/One ray of sunshine | Little Richard | 01.1987 | 93[2] | - | WEA YZ 98 [UK] | [written by John David][produced by Stuart Colman] |
| Twins | Philip Bailey And Little Richard | 04.1989 | 82[3] | - | Epic 654519 7 | [written by S. Scarborough, L. 'Smokey' Bates][produced by Rhett Lawrence] |
Albumy
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] | Komentarz |
| Here's Little Richard | Little Richard | 08.1957 | - | 13[5] | Specialty 2100 | [produced by Bumps Blackwell] |
| Little Richard's Greatest Hits | Little Richard | 08.1967 | - | 184[3] | Okeh 14 121 | - |
| King of Rock and Roll | Little Richard | 11.1971 | - | 193[4] | Reprise 6462 | - |
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