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Little Richard Songs

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Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, and actor. An influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades, Little Richard's most celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s, when his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship laid the foundation for rock and roll. His music also played a key role in the formation of other popular music genres, including soul and funk. Little Richard influenced numerous singers and musicians across musical genres from rock to hip hop; his music helped shape rhythm and blues for generations to come, and his performances and headline-making thrust his career right into the mix of American popular music.

Little Richard has been honored by many institutions. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of inductees in 1986. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" (1955) was included in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2010, which stated that his "unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music." In 2015, the National Museum of African American Music honored Little Richard with a Rhapsody & Rhythm Award for his pivotal role in the formation of popular music genres and in helping to shatter the color line on the music charts, changing American culture significantly.

Below is a list of Little Richard songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Specialty 5015
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #3
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell and Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56]
Little Richard Long Tall Sally
1956 Specialty
2 record label: Specialty 579
chart position: RandB #1, US #17, UK #30
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard Rip It Up
1956 Specialty
3 record label: Specialty 561
chart position: RandB #2, US #17, UK #29
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Little Richard (as Richard Penniman), Dorothy LaBostrie
album: Here's Little Richard
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #43]
Little Richard Tutti Frutti
1956 Specialty
4 record label: Specialty 598
chart position: RandB #1, US #27, UK #10
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Albert Collins, Little Richard
album: Little Richard
Little Richard Lucille
1957 Specialty
5 record label: Specialty 606
chart position: RandB #2, US #14, UK #11
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Enotris Johnson and Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard Jenny, Jenny
1957 Specialty
6 record label: London 8509
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #21
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Little Richard
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #442]
Little Richard Keep-A-Knockin'
1957 London
7 record label: Specialty 591
chart position: RandB #7, UK #9, US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Bobby Troup
album: Little Richard
Little Richard The Girl Can't Help It
1957 Specialty
8 record label: Specialty 624
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, UK #8
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell
album: Little Richard
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #94]
Little Richard Good Golly, Miss Molly
1958 Specialty
9 record label: Specialty 645
chart position: RandB #12, UK #2, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Harry Akst, Benny Davis
album: Little Richard
Little Richard Baby Face
1958 Specialty
10 record label: Specialty 572
chart position: RandB #2, US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Little Richard (as Richard Penniman), Eddie Bo (as Eddie Bocage), Albert Collins and James Smith
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')
1956 Specialty
11 record label: Specialty 584
chart position: RandB #9, UK #15
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: John Marascalco and Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard She's Got It
1957 Specialty
12 record label: Specialty 598
chart position: RandB #3, US #54
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: John Marascalco and Leo Price
album: Little Richard
Little Richard Send Me Some Lovin'
1957 Specialty
13 record label: Specialty 579
chart position: RandB #8, US #44
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard Ready Teddy
1956 Specialty
14 record label: Specialty 606
chart position: RandB #6, US #56
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Enotris Johnson and Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard Miss Ann
1957 Specialty
15 record label: Specialty 660
chart position: UK #17
written by: Gus Edwards, Edward Madden
Little Richard By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1959 Specialty
16 record label: Specialty 584
chart position: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: John Marascalco and Maybelle Jackson
album: Little Richard
Little Richard Heeby-Jeebies
1956 Specialty
17 record label: Specialty 633
chart position: RandB #15, US #31, UK #22
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Little Richard (as Richard W. Penniman)
album: Little Richard
Little Richard Ooh! My Soul
1958 Specialty
18 record label: Fontana 652
chart position: RandB #12, US #92
written by: Don Covay
comments: [deep soul]
Little Richard I Don't Know What You've Got but It's Got Me
1965 Fontana
19 record label: Specialty 664
chart position: US #95, UK #26
written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
album: The Fabulous Little Richard
Little Richard Kansas City
1959 Specialty
20 record label: Specialty 633
chart position: RandB #15, US #68
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Dorothy LaBostrie (as Dorothy La Bostrie), Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard True, Fine Mama
1958 Specialty
21 record label: Specialty 591
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: McKinley Millet and Robert Blackwell
album: Little Richard
Little Richard All Around the World
1957 Specialty
22 record label: Reprise 0907
chart position: RandB #28, US #47
written by: Eskew Reeder Jr. (aka Esquerita) and Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: The Rill Thing
comments: [funky soul]
Little Richard Freedom Blues
1970 Reprise
23 record label: Modern 1019
chart position: Cashbox RandB #30
written by: Penniman, Blackwell
comments: [northern soul]
Little Richard Do You Feel It
1966 Modern
24 record label: Okeh 7251
chart position: RandB #41, US #121
written by: Larry Williams and Johnny Guitar Watson (as Johnny Watson)
Little Richard Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)
1966 Okeh
25 record label: Vee Jay 612
chart position: RandB #42, US #126
written by: S. David and Dave "Curlee" Williams
album: Little Richard Is Back (And There's A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!)
Little Richard Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
1964 Vee Jay
26 record label: Okeh 7262
chart position: Cashbox RandB #45
written by: L. Williams
comments: [ballad]
Little Richard The Commandments of Love
1966 Okeh
27 record label: Greene Mountain 413
chart position: RandB #71
written by: Jimmy Holiday
Little Richard In the Middle of the Night
1973 Greene Mountain
-- record label: Okeh 4 7271
written by: B. Beatty, D. Cooper, E. Shelby
comments: [northern soul]
Little Richard I Don't Want to Discuss It
1967 Okeh




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