Little Richard (album)

Little Richard (titled Volume 2 in the UK) is a compilation album by Little Richard, released in 1958. It contains mostly songs that had been previously released as singles, including several which reached Billboard's Hot R&B and Hot 100 charts.[1]

Little Richard
Compilation album by
Little Richard
ReleasedJuly 1958 (1958-07)
RecordedNovember 29, 1955 – October 18, 1957
GenreRock and roll, R&B
Length26:48
LabelSpecialty
ProducerBumps Blackwell
Little Richard chronology
Here's Little Richard
(1957)		 Little Richard
(1958)		 The Fabulous Little Richard
(1958)

Critical reviews
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Sputnikmusic[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

In a review for AllMusic, Mark Deming commented:

Specialty Records' A&R men got the clever idea that by covering a few old standards, the Georgia Peach might win over some parents who had been put off by his earlier work. The flaw in this thinking was that by the time Richard got through with "Baby Face" and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon," they sounded like Little Richard tunes – which is to say the vocals howled, the piano rang out like church bells on speed, and his band swung hard behind it all. Little Richard was every bit as rockin' as his first album, if not more so ... there isn't a single throwaway among the 12 tunes on deck.[2]

Track listing
Side one
  1. "Keep A Knockin'" (Richard Penniman)
  2. "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (Gus Edwards, Edward Madden)
  3. "Send Me Some Lovin'" (John Marascalco, Leo Price)
  4. "I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo)" (Penniman)
  5. "Heeby-Jeebies" (Maybelle Jackson, Marascalco)
  6. "All Around the World" (Robert Blackwell, McKinley Millet)
Side two
  1. "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Blackwell, Marascalco)
  2. "Baby Face" (Harry Akst, Benny Davis)
  3. "Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey" (Penniman)
  4. "Ooh! My Soul" (Penniman)
  5. "The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup)
  6. "Lucille" (Al Collins, Penniman)
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References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (1988). "Little Richard". Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 260. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
  2. Deming, Mark. "Little Richard – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  3. "Little Ricard – Review". Sputnikmusic. December 8, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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