The Very Best of Little Richard - A Top Story This Week
06/26/2008
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The Very Best of Little Richard was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (conqueroo) When Little Richard recorded "Tutti Frutti" in 1955 at Cosimo's Studio in New Orleans with A&R man Bumps Blackwell, rock 'n' roll was taken to a thrilling new level. The pounding piano, the high voice and trills, and the sexually suggestive lyrics catapulted the former Richard Penniman to the top of the charts and to legendary status.
On July 29, Specialty Records (now owned by Concord Music Group) will issue The Very Best of Little Richard, a comprehensive 25-track compilation, and the first in 20 years to showcase all the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer's Specialty hits. The collection also features an original pre-rock 'n' roll demo, 1955's "Baby," plus a rousing live medley of "Ain't That a Shame/I Got a Woman"/"Tutti Frutti" recorded in Paris in 1964 and a rehearsal take of "Hound Dog" (1956). Billy Vera, himself a rock 'n' roll and R&B veteran, wrote the liner notes. - more on this story 
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