Biography

Little Richard was the bridge between R&B and what--with his help--would come to be known as rock & roll. With the energetic one-two punch of "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" in 1955, Richard became a chart-topping hit-maker. His pounding piano, screaming vocals, and androgynous image helped create the template for rock's next several decades. Everyone from Prince to Presley has owed some of their success to this flamboyant and formidably talented pop icon.

Top Tracks

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• All Around The World

• Bama Lama Bama Loo

• California (i'm Comin')

• Chantilly Lace

• Cherry Red

• Dew Drop Inn

• Freedom Blues

• Function At The Junction

• Funky Dish Rag

• Get Rich Quick

• Good Golly Miss Molly

• Good Golly, Miss Molly

• Goodnight Irene

• Great Gosh A'mighty (it's A Matter Of Time)

• Green Power

• Greenwood, Mississippi

• Heebie-jeebies

• Heeby Jeebies

• Hey-hey-hey-hey! (goin' Back To Birmingham)

• Hound Dog

• I Don't Know What You've Got (but It's Got Me)

• I Don't Want To Discuss It

• I Love My Baby

• It Ain't What You Do, It's The Way How You Do It

• Jenny Jenny

• Jenny, Jenny

• Kansas City

• Kansas City/hey-hey-hey-hey!

• Keep A Knockin

• Keep A Knockin'

• Keep A-knockin'

• Keep-a-knockin'

• King Of Rock And Roll

• Land Of A Thousand Dances

• Little Richard's Boogie

• Long Tall Sally

• Lucile

• Lucille

• Maybe I'm Right

• Miss Ann

• My Wheel's Been Slippin' All The Way

• Ooh My Soul

• Ooh! My Soul

• Oooh! My Soul

• Ready Teddy

• Rip It Up

• Rockin' Rockin' Boogie

• Send Me Some Lovin'

• She's Got It

• Slippin' And Slidin'

• Slippin' And Slidin' (peepin' And Hidin')

• Southern Child

• Spreadin' Natta, What's The Matter?

• The Girl Can't Help It

• The Twist

• Tutti Fruti

• Tutti Frutti

• Walkin' To New Orleans

• Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

• Why Don't You Love Me

• Without Love

Discography

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• Shake It All About

  Disney

  1992

• Lifetime Friend

  Warner Bros.

  1986

• Sings

  20th Century

  1976

• Talkin' 'Bout Soul

  Dynasty Records

  1974

• Recorded Live

  Embassy

  1974

• The Second Coming

  Collectors' Choice Music

  1972

• You Can't Keep a Good Man Down

  Union Pacific

  1972

• King of Rock and Roll [Reprise]

  Rhino / Warner Bros.

  1971

• The Rill Thing

  Collectors' Choice Music

  1970

• Rock Hard Rock Heavy

  Sonet

  1970

• Little Richard [1970]

  Epic

  1970

• Good Golly Miss Molly

  Musical Memories

  1969

• The Explosive Little Richard

  Beat Goes On

  1967

• Rock N Roll Forever

  Reprise

  1967

• The Wild and Frantic Little Richard

  1966

• Little Richard Is Back

  P-Vine Records

  1965

• Coming Home

  Coral Music Group

  1964

• Sings Spirituals

  1963

• King of the Gospel Singers

  1962

• Clap Your Hands

  Spinorama

  1960

• Right Now

  United Recordings

  196?

• Little Richard [1958]

  Timeless Treasures

  1958

• Here's Little Richard

  P-Vine Records

  1957