Here's Little Richard | ||||
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Studio album by Little Richard | ||||
Released | March 1957 | |||
Recorded | September 14, 1955 – October 15, 1956 | |||
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Length | 28:30 | |||
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Producer | Bumps Blackwell | |||
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Here's Little Richard is the debut album from Little Richard, released on March 1957. He had scored six Top 40 hits the previous year, some of which were included on this recording. It was his highest charting album, at 13 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The album contained two of Richard's biggest hits, "Long Tall Sally", which reached #6 in the U.S. Pop charts, and "Jenny, Jenny", which reached #10 in the U.S. Pop charts.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 50 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and in 2010 Time Magazine listed it in the Top 100 Albums of All Time. The opening track Tutti Frutti was listed as No. 43 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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