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Little Richard - The Very Best Of Little Richard
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In a quietly hysterical era as defined by fear as the one we're living in today, it took an unrepentantly effeminate Macon, Georgia man known as "Little Richard" Penniman to slap some sense into a McCarthy-hounded, Cold War-traumatized 1950s America. Barely controlled cacophonies of shrieking, pounding, slamming, and honking, Penniman’s piano-driven hits like "Long Tall Sally" erupted with a galvanizing force that shaped every early rock and soul pioneer from James Brown to the Beatles. The man sang as if spitting fire from his pencil mustached lips. Featuring all 20 of his charting single sides released between 1955 and '59, The Very Best of Little Richard follows a sax-drenched boogie-woogie hot streak that united the selfless ecstasy of the Pentecostal church with a scalding sexuality honed in secret gay clubs: Nothing else could have birthed a frenzy as extreme as "Tutti Frutti." By the time "Good Golly, Miss Molly" hit the charts in ‘58, a guilt-ridden Richard had fled back to Christianity. Yet not even five decades of distance can diminish how radical these initial rock ‘n’ roll explosions remain....full text |
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| Blender |
| In 1956, when Macon, Georgia–born R&B wannabe Little Richard rammed the cleaned-up sex song “Tutti Frutti” into gear with the awop-bop-a-loo-mop that passeth all understanding, no one had ever heard music so frantic. Now, thanks to Little Richard, everyone has, so the tempos on this definitive distillation may strike the speed freaks he created as surprisingly poky. But the details remain his own. Marvel as Richard rushes to get ahead of himself on “Ready Teddy” and “Jenny Jenny.” Figure out where the splices are as 57 seconds of “Keep A-Knockin’” turn into 2:14. Ponder his irrepressible desire to pound the piano faster than Jerry Lee Lewis pursued by a bear. Stomp your foot as Earl Palmer and lesser drummers drive a style forged in New Orleans. And above all, ba-lomp-bam-boom....full text |
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| Bloggernews |
| It is said that Mr. Richard is the father of rock & Roll, that Elvis borrowed his style and his music. Well with the best of you be the judge you’ll hear all the classics if your not familiar with Little Richard. Then here is a brief history born in Macon, Georgia Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman otherwise known as “Little Richard” with his roots deeply set in Gospel music he start sing in Church and through out his career was known to jump back and forth between ministry and performing Rock-N-Roll but “Little Richard” made his outside debut in 1945. It is true he was pivotal in rhythm & blues becoming Rock N Roll with songs like “Tutti Fruitti, Good Golly, Ms Molly, Keep a Knockin” classic Rock-N-Roll. This CD has 25 cuts on it now that is unusual for a CD now a days. Also there is a live concert version of “I got a Woman and Tutti Fruitti.” You get a full range of Classic Little Richard the booklet inside tells the story of how Mr. Richard called the record companies tenaciously to get his music heard and how Art Rupe helped “Little Richard” truly get in the music business. This is not only history you can listen too, but history you can read. This CD builds your curiosity about music and fills in some of the blanks about the time period this excellent for the Rock-N-Roll expert or the novice if you are a fan of early rhythm & blues or Rock-N-Roll this is a must have for your collection....full text |
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