Little Richard (album)

Little Richard
Studio album by
Little Richard
ReleasedJuly 21, 1958 (1958-07-21)[1]
RecordedNovember 29, 1955 – October 18, 1957
Genre
Length26:48
LabelSpecialty
ProducerBumps Blackwell
Little Richard chronology
Here's Little Richard
(1957) 		Little Richard
(1958) 		The Fabulous Little Richard
(1958)
Singles from Little Richard
  1. "Heeby-Jeebies"
    Released: Oct. 1956
  2. "The Girl Can't Help It/All Around the World"
    Released: Dec. 1956
  3. "Lucille/Send Me Some Lovin'"
    Released: Feb. 1957
  4. "Keep A-Knockin'"
    Released: Aug. 1957
  5. "Good Golly, Miss Molly"
    Released: Jan. 1958
  6. "Ooh! My Soul"
    Released: May 1958
  7. "Baby Face"
    Released: July 1958
  8. "By the Light of the Silvery Moon"
    Released: March 1959

Little Richard (titled Volume 2 in the UK) is the second album[2] by American musician Little Richard, released in July 1958, ten months after Richard announced a retirement from rock and roll to pursue a life in the ministry. Like his first album, it largely contains previously released A-sides and B-sides including several which reached Billboard's Rhythm & Blues and Hot 100 charts.[3] Nine of its twelve tracks charted in the US including Richard's fourth million-seller "Lucille", the rock and roll standard "Good Golly, Miss Molly" and "The Girl Can't Help It", the title song from the motion picture of the same name. Among the previously unreleased tracks are two Tin Pan Alley songs recorded in Richard's frantic style.

  1. ^ Howard, Cook (21 July 1958). "Distributor News" (PDF). Billboard. p. 6. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Little Richard (liner). Little Richard. Specialty. 1958.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1988). "Little Richard". Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 260. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.