Here's Little Richard

Intense energy throughout. What an epic performer and singer. Classic.

Legend.

This album is from 1957(!). It’s the foundation of maybe half the 1001 albums that we’re listening. The intro of Tutti Frutti is one of the hallmarks of modern western civilization. I am not even exaggerating.

Little Richard may have been small in stature, but few artists loom larger over the early history of rock & roll. 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 is packed with the energy and charisma that helped shape the genre, and classics like 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶 𝗙𝗿𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶 and 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 still sound remarkably vibrant today. What stands out most is just how much of rock music is already present here. The pounding piano, the wild vocals, and the relentless momentum would influence countless artists over the following decades. At the same time, the album can be a bit much for me. Little Richard’s trademark whoops and screams are undeniably part of his appeal, but after a while they start to wear me down rather than pull me in. I completely understand why he’s considered one of the architects of rock & roll; I just don’t always enjoy spending an entire album in his company.

j'aime beaucoup son style c'est tellement similaire à la musique d'elvis presley... mais en mieux évidemment la voix est folle, c'est entraînant, dansant vive le rock et roll (sic)

6+ / 10

Not something I'd chose to listen to but solid respect for Little Richard and the influence he's had on music.

Songs that still get played almost 70 years later, and one of the greatest lead singers equals 5 stars or A-.

It was ok, I can appreciate the impact on people like Prince (a certain texture in their voices) but the songs all kind of sound the same after awhile. I did like “Oh why”

Exceptional stuff. What a voice.

Classic

Wow. 5 stars. Couldn't have this list without Little Richard

This is peak late-50s Rock and Roll. Really, the only knock on this album is that it's only 28 minutes long. But that may also be a strength in 2026. This really is the purest, most concentrated, distilled example of 50s Rock and Roll. Too much of it would lessen the effect. 5 stars.

WHA BUAM BALUDUM WHA BUAM DALDAUM. Very the same sounding

Entretenido, pero desafortunadamente no fue el más memorable para mi Es definitivamente una voz icónica que se explota/aprovecha muy bien en un género como el rock and roll No tengo una favorita particular Creo que sí es importante reconocer que es justo esta influencia la que inspiró y va a inspirar a más generaciones a través del tiempo 2.7

I've been enjoying these 50's records appearences so this should be cool. The most contact I've had with Little Richard is from an impersonation of him on Drag Race. Let's see!! Tutti Frutti is fun I guess, but nothing out of this world. It is fun to realize that he really does the high pitched "Uuuuhhhh". Second track follows the same energy but for some reason works much better. I think the backing vocals and the not-so-dumb subject matter help it (as especially that last factor held down the first song). Can't Believe is less dance blues and more sad blues. Like it. Ready Teddy is a lot of fun! Makes me want to dance! Good! I don't have that much to say about the songs in between, as they sound very similar to each other. Some slower, some faster, but all whithin the dance blues genre. Good! I don't have much to say about this album. It was fun, and there were no bad moments, but there also weren't that many that jumped out for their outstanding quality. Even whithin the genre, I feel like I've heard other records that did what this does but better. It gets repetitive, but the length (under 30 minutes) prevents that from being too big an issue. Again, it's good

Strong start! But not really my cup of tea. That little man sure can sing tho

Old school pop. It was aight. Not something I would listen to normally. You can tell Paul McCartney took that woo from Little Richard

It’s not often that you can listen to an album and think “rock ‘n’ roll starts here“. This is one of those albums. People are often dismissive of Little Richard based on the campy parody of himself he became in the 70s, but back in the late 50s, this guy was the real deal. Listen to that dirty sax, the rollicking piano, and most of all the wild voice that sounds like it might fly off the turntable at any moment. There is no one that sounded like this guy at the time. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STARTS HERE.

This sounds like the music that would play at American bars back in the days not my fav Day 4 !

Again with like Bob Dylan, it's really just not for me. I see who it's for and works for that group and time period but yeah I wouldn't listen

It certainly is Little Richard.

I generally don't really enjoy 50's rock and roll music all that much, aside from the historical significance of it. At the risk of being obvious, most of it sounds very dated and many of the songs from each artist sound so similar. Little Richard is of course one of the Mount Rushmore early rockers, so he deserves to be on the list. But I only really enjoyed a few of these songs and found so much of it repetitive. Standouts for me were Ready Teddy, Can't Believe You Wanna Leave, and Slippin' and Slidin'. I didn't love them, but they were better than the others.

Saved

Unfortunately wasnt in the mood, but I mean still groovy af

The talent is obviously there, and it clearly paved a way for lots of artists, but it's definitely corny by today's standards.

After further consideration, I liked it a bit more than I thought, I just wish he didn’t go ‘WOOOO’ all the damn time

I liked this a lot - would be higher rated but everything sounded the same/very similar

this shit got my gam gam spinning and doing cartwheels and going ape shit on the plastic wrapped couch in the living room rn

Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Oh Why? Date listened: 14/06/26 Listen when: Cooking Dinner I love the feeling of this album, which reminded me of so many other artists. So interesting to read this was the blueprint for them!

the most Little Richard album of all time. this is pretty good, i think the audio mixing is a little off for my taste, plus the songs are a bit repetitive. still a good listen though

not rapt with this but a 2 implies negative feelings, which I don't really have, I just think I need a time machine to properly enjoy this album tbh

God bless this record, and it is a bit of fun. Feels like it might have some replay value for ironic reasons, but that's about where it stops for me.

This is a tough one. Little Richard is hugely influential and some of these albums are amazing moments where you can see the brith of rock and roll. But. This list is about personal preference and in that way while there were the expected amazing tracks, it was also the same 1 track again and again. Also personally just not the sort of music I'm huge into.

Rate: 8.5/10.

divertido

Not my favourite artist of this era but he’s a legend

Just fun!

Gets you going…

Solid high energy album Standout songs: Ready Teddy Long Tall Sally Rip it up

Bringing the energy/showmanship/soul to Rock & Roll. Great songs individually, the similar song structures get a little repetitive by the end but his energy makes up for a lot of that.

I liked it very inspiring in the music scene. I like how all the names were very literal to the song.

A product of its time, I guess. Sorta fun, but also sorta grating on the ears

Not my type. Too much chuck berry ypu can never tell.

a classic for a reason. night perfect, were it not for a little same-y feeling at points. a great record

Listening session: june 9th, while reading Listened to before: heard one song before Thoughts: this album makes me wanna twist like I’m at a high school dance in the 50s Favourite tracks: Tutti Frutti & Long Talk Sally (The Thing)

Good stuff here, but not a lot of variety. Chuck Berry is arguably the same, but he actually has a wider range of songs. The Beatles were big fans of Little Richard and did several of his songs in concert in their early days. For 1957 this must have been quite an album to stumble upon.

I don’t remember when I listened to this, but my Qobuz likes suggest it was recently. I was going to give this a 4 and remark that I’d probably never listen to it again, but I think it’s all killer, no filler, and that deserves more. Even if it doesn’t enter the rotation, I have to recognize how good it is. It’s the rare 50s album that I both respect for its influence and genuinely enjoy 70 years later.

Punk can’t le punk mais pas assez punk

Overall Rating - 3.67/5 (7.33/10). Classic 50s rock and roll. Foundational to the style.

6/10 Very catchy and fun time.

🎶 Wop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bom-bom 🎶

How good its Little Richard? Un clásico, influencia completa en el rock y en la música en general, entretenido, sube el animo, increible

An early example of Russian interference as Little Richard apparently mistook Sputnik burning through the sky as a sign from god and turned his back on rock and roll for the next 5 years...

HooOOooO?

I don’t think I could be friends with anyone who hated this

Original rock and roll music. Having already listened to "Tutti Frutti" before, I did not have high expectations for this album, but honestly this isn't that bad. It turns out this is one of those albums where the most popular track ("Tutti Frutti") is one of the worst.

Little Richard is good. He inspired so many musicians because he just is.

Good mood but got tired after a while

Not too impressed

Just joy in my ears. This is exactly what we do this for. Im sure we'd all heard Tutti Frutti, but can it stand up for a whole album? Yes it can! Imagine being young in the 50s and seeing this live, it must have blown your mind. The bouncy piano, the hyped up blues rhythm and the nonsensical, provocative lyrics would have been like nothing else. Era defining, well done and timeless. (Just dont look him up as a human being 🫣)

Tutti Frutti still bops, and it's a lot of fun for what it is. It's a bit repetitive, but we're going to round up for creating listenable music in the 50's. 3.5

This is not even my usual thing, but Here's Little Richard is undeniably a great and rich album. For me, there are a few types of albums that make me particularly happy to have embarked on the 1001 album journey. This one falls under the "historic" category; an album that apparently had great impact and was genre defining. I know very little about Rock and Roll and I didn't know of Little Richard's existence, but I'm reading that this is one of the artists that laid the foundations of Rock and Roll. So, beyond the quality of the music (considering how good and dynamic are the interpretations), this seems to be one of those very important albums.

rly groovy! i luv 12 bar blues, tho it does get a lil bit old after a while... still good tho. especially if u think abt how innovative this was at the time.

Foundational to an awful lot of the other albums on this list.

definitely a very influential album, but not my taste and i probably wouldn’t listen again

It's 50s rock, and it sounds like it lol, fun energy though

True, Fine Mama

Big voice belting out some bold songs. This must really have been something back in the day. Bravo.

Best, and horniest, album of the 1950s…even if it's a bit of a cheat including a number of previously released hit singles.

Always good to revisit the mothership of rock.

Me encanta el jazz, es relajante y lo puedo escuchar mientras trabajo

mid

a-wop bop b-lula b-lop bam boom Se todas fossem bangers igualmente daria um 5.

Fun classic rock and roll

So influential. Came out earlier than I thought! Really fun listen

Excellent album!!!!

This made me unexpectedly sad. Dad loved this stuff, and did all the fancy jive dancing to go with it. I spent many family parties watching on the sidelines as he span Mum round a dancefloor, amazed at how they never crashed. His face would be full of joy as he sang along, completely carefree, in another world, just him, Mum and the music. Listening to this is so nostalgia filled. I don't think I'll ever see people dance like that again.

Hip-twisting music, fun stuff. Not much to analyze here.

Partially known. Fun.

Enjoyable but repetitive

May 27th, 2026 True, fine Mama & Can’t Believe you wanna leave

stop little richard

гуд

Tutti Frutti is good enough for 3 stars on the album all by itself. Wish more artists had his energy.

Cool. Production is very dated.

Great energy

This album is rock and roll in its purest and most literal form. The obvious best thing about this album are his vocals, which drown out everything else in the mix. Those vocals are raw, full of passion, and energetic in the best way possible. The album's backing is mostly rhythmic piano with some horns and a consistent drum beats. Lyrics are pretty simple, but that's basically the point. A lot of it sounds very samey(coming from someone who gives AC/DC five stars on sight), but that not always bad. The sound of this album kind of paved the way for a lot of the sounds we take now for granted, and it's really good early rock and roll, but it's not a masterpiece. I think the main thing holding this back from 5 stars for me is the shitty production. Vocals are way overamplified to the point of drowning basically everything else on the album out, and when it's not vocals it's the horns. I want to hear the rhythm section more than I can here. However, this album is still a great and worthwhile listen.

1957-incredible. Still great to listen.

A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom! The foundation of rock and roll.

A classic, full of energy but dated and repetitive

Back to a source and it sounds bloody amazing. Imagine what it must have sounded like nearly 70 years ago. All delivered by an icon who wasn't afraid to be himself (accepting the understandable contradictions). We have a lot to thank him for, musically and culturally. 4*

Gives Elvis Vibes but not as good

Incredible!

He’s a force, for certain.

65

gros banger un pur délice. Très upbeat et de la good vibe j'avais besoin de ça il fait pas beau ajd

gotta hand it to a classic. and Tutti Frutti IS THAT CLASSIC. unfortunately, Ready Teddy, Long Tall Sally, and She Got It are all really similar. I think Long Tall Sally and She Got It stand out more for having actual lyrics. but i cant deny myself a little WOMP BOMPALOOMBOP A WOMP BAM BOOP

Pretty primitive ngl 5/5

Honestly this bangs! Had no expectations coming in but yeah this is the genesis of so much American blues rock for the next several years and so much more energetic than the Elvis albums I've gotten so far. The music itself starts to get repetitive halfway through but you can't deny its influence. Side note: I remember Little Richard on a musician episode of Wheel of Fortune (with James Brown and Weird Al) when I was a kid and Little Richard might have been the worst Wheel player of all time.

Bof

i just wanna get up and dance now

What a voice and such influential songs. Essential listening.

good, not my usual vibe but I enjoyed hearing new music

3.5 stars - fun listen, wish it could have been recorded better but that’s just the time

+ Ready Teddy Good vibes

I don’t care if these “all sound the same” I was loving all of it. Hard not to listen to this and come out with a good mood and sore calves from bouncing about

Yeah. You can see where Springsteen live shows come from

He came!

There's Little Richard

rules!

short!

it was fine

What would Rock and Roll be without Little Richard? Also, a song about butt segs that gets a radio edit but still retains it's meaning goes way harder than wanting to hold someones hand.

Me encantó para bailar no sé cómo pero me gusto

So good so so good

The timing is great for this to come up. I'm reading the James Brown autobiography and he talks about the earlier days and his revivalry with Little Richard. It's a fun listen, I bet it was the ultimate party record when it came out. The songs are kinda same samey so I'd prefer to listen to an oldies playlist. I added Rip It Up to my 1001 playlist

The legend!

Music from another generation. Import era in music, but not music I really like. One extra star for the importance in the history 3/5

Didn't really enjoy this album that much, it just felt kind of repetitive and hard to follow. 5.5/10, Favorite Song: Tutti Frutti

6.8/10 Released in 1957, Here’s Little Richard stands as a pioneering piece for Rock and Roll, influencing the music of Elvis, Bob Dylan, and The Beatles. Little Richard had a flashiness and intensity that penetrated through the music culture at the time, hitting American radiowaves and causing a cultural revolution. It's important to note the influence this record had on breaking down racial barriers, as radio was still very segregated and sanitized. Though an important piece of music history that would overturn the status quo, "Here's Little Richard", at least to my ear, would be outdone by the greats that followed him. While it doesn't undermine the raw energy from the performances that still can be felt from these recordings, nowadays the bluesy tropes littered throughout the record combined with the shortness of each track make this album sound very stylistically samey to other artists that would be influenced from this record. Lyrically, the best tracks stay pretty lighthearted and fun but a lot of the times the repetitive nature of certain songs get quite annoying, like "Jenny, Jenny," and certain raunchy undertones of the album are made more complicated when taking into account Little Richard's history of sexual misconduct around this period of his life. Pre-censorship, the lyrics were notably supposed to be a lot more raunchy, specifically "Tutti Frutti," which was a lot more explicit in nature. While other artists will go on to do more interesting things with Rock music both stylistically and lyrically, this album is a fun journey, it is short enough as to not overstay its welcome, and everybody owes it to themselves to honor it with a listen. Tutti Frutti - 8 True, Fine Mama - 7 Can't Believe You Wanna Leave - 7 Ready Teddy - 7 Baby - 6 Slippin' and Sliding' (Peepin' And Hidin') - 7 Long Tall Sally (The Thing) - 8 Miss Ann - 6 Oh Why? - 7 Rip It Up - 7 Jenny, Jenny - 4 She's Got It - 7

Весело

ok groovy (je vais probablement pas réécouter mais groovy)

4/7

Fantastic influential early rocker

3.3/5

Great Rock N Roll

Es ist ein Funkenflug aus Rock’n’Roll‑Urschrei und Klavierfeuer “Tutti Frutti”. Die Songs rasen, stolpern, jubeln – pure Energie, die bis heute frisch wirkt. Ein kurzes, aber elektrisierendes Debüt, das zeigt, wie man ein Genre anzündet

Had some nice songs but I didn’t really listen to it in the right mood. Def revisit it when I fancy some upbeat jazz and soul music

Понимаю всю значимость и революционность этого альбома, но большинство песен звучат одинаково.

very upbeat, positive, energizing

Fun! Fun!

Fun

Iconic and defining, but as a listen in 2026, it's the same song over and over. Not a bad thing, but not an album for listening to sat at a desk. Give me a 1950s dancefloor and now we're talking! (Or swinging!)

That Little Richard can sing

I don't know what rock and roll looks like without Little Richard

I mean, this is where it all started. Even if you didn’t like the music itself, which I do, then you would still have to rate it just off of its profound influence.

The influence he had in music is extraordinary. Great album and just makes me wanna get up and dance! Amazing…

Веселый альбом, очень понравился. Много танцевал.

No está mal pero las canciones son todas iguales en ritmo, no hay variedad.

I FEEL SO BAD I COMPLETELY MISSED THIS ONE AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT

Cool album, even if it’s not something I would listen to every day

Siento que así se sentía una persona esperando su desayuno en un dinner americano en los '50s

From the blast of an opening, you this is some kind of musical whirlwind. Relentless and irresistible. And an under-played track with Slippin & Slidin - sounds like the piano could fall apart any minute. It all seems so simple now, but it must have been a 'thrill' at the time.

The beginnings of rock and roll.

Little Richard is so fun

Old skool rock n roll

Little Richard, rock n' roll pioneer and Bonafide legend with his debut 1957 album Here's Little Richard. Man what a musician. He's got such a vivacious energy about him, putting his whole being into music and performance. Just listen to that voice! "Whop bop a loo bop whop bam boom" bursts this album open at the seams from the get-go, "Tutti Frutti" is an amazingly rowdy number played at a breakneck pace with fierce pianos and a fantastic backing band, this song perfectly sets the stage for the rest of this record. Little Richard's presence is really what makes this album work, and stand out from the rest of the pretty boilerplate rock and pop music of this era. The songs within are all pretty standard. Most of them being renditions of pre-written material, with some originals mixed in as well (These are some of the best ones) so the contents of this record aren't gonna knock you off your socks conceptually. No it's all Richard and there's nothing wrong with that. His voice careens through each track, like a thunderball of energy, making it almost impossible not to smile and sing and dance along. It's brief, but oh so sweet. If it feels like I haven't had much to say about this one, you'd be right. This album's winning formula is in it's simplicity and the effectiveness of Little Richard as an entertainer, any points deducted from this album's score have to do with mixing issues and some of the songs just not being as memorable as some others. They are all great though, by virtue of who is playing them. A must have record for sure, and one that would put anyone in a good mood.

It's great this, loved it. A few of the songs are really similar variations on a theme but that's a sign of the times. Some absolute bangers and quality throughout

Very energetic. Tutti Frutti is a classic and Slippin' And Slidin' and Rip It Up were my favorites. I can imagine all the people in the 19-whenever this released were dancing like hell to this. 6.7/10

it wasn't bad, it just wasn't any different to what i would expect from this sort of music

3.7

Its good, but I have no strong feelings about it. Not my kind of music

album list had many cuts of the same track.

Not my cup of tea

Tracks are all very samey, reminded me of the music the band played in back to the future 1. Lol had a similar sound Not for me

Can really hear the inspiration the beatles took. Great vocals, full of energy. Better version of what Elvis was doing at the same time.

There are some good songs in here, especially Tutti Frutti, but I think we've now improved on Rock and Roll so much that Little Richard has been left behind. That's not to say he isn't talented, he clearly is, nor that this shouldn't be on the list, it absolutely should be. It's just aged now. Still super worth it in the end.

Here he is. Thank goodness they found him. He’s only little after all. He could have slipped down the back of the sofa and been wandering around for days. Joking aside, this is pretty classic formative stuff, especially impressive when you consider that this is nearly 70 years old

You can tell that he really can sing just from the cover

40 minutes of the same song

I get it

é delicinha

fun and energetic Little Richard. I can imagine how this would have blown the minds of the non-exposed back in the day and frightened WASP parents.

A lot more fun than I was anticipating! Even had my dog dancing in the kitchen

Enjoyable kitchen music

Gets stars for being a classic but I won’t be listening to it much again

Perfect music to cook to, absolutely slapped. What a voice and so innovative

😎

He was a ground breaker in many ways 🎸

I knew Tutti Fruiti and the rest were alright, but I’m surprised at how samesy they all sounded.

Was hat die Menschheit eigentlich vorher gehört?

Welch langweilige Welt die Musik war, bevor Lil Richard endlich mal etwas Bewegung reinbrachte. Auf jeden Fall unter den besten Künstler*innen der 50er

Massively enjoyable rock and roll, clearly a massive influence on pretty much everything that followed

This score is overly harsh, but I have a strong aversion to this music.

Когда слушаешь такое - отдыхаешь душой! Литтл Ричард зарядил пластинку с кучей заводных, шикарных песен под которые можно как танцевать в кабаке с вашей мадамой, так и отбивать ритм пальцами на баранке, пока вы спокойно едете в машине. Да, может альбомное прослушивание такого покажется чуть однообразным, т.к. все песни построены в достаточно схожем ключе, НО! не смотря на это, здесь нет ни одной проходной и плохой песни. Это только пять.

A great showcase of Little Richard's immense talent. The album is well mixed given its age and it holds up to the test of time.

Fantastic work. A product of its time in a classic way.

thought Louis Prima was good, then quite liked Elvis Presley, now you're just taking the piss

I don't enjoy listening to "Rock and Roll", always makes me feel strangely unnerved. That said, I appreciate that Little Richard was a great performer and I can see why kids in the fifties would dig it. Not for me.

overall it was very nice from the instrument that was very clear and consistent through out the album, the voice is very unique and clear and the screaming was very very powerful I think it was really fun and make my day more fun, but in the end I found out that Idk I think my feelings is bad so I don't really quite found the difference between one and other it was great though the lyrics I think with only times of 2 minutes already have really great storytelling and deliver the message very well. sadly the rating was subjective and I'm not a music reviewer just a normal guy so I don't think it match me that much

straight ass 2 stars

A very upbeat album from top to bottom. This is the first album by Little Richard that I have listened to all the way through, and I enjoyed it. The album, however, feels slightly short and is over too quickly. 'Tutti Frutti' is the perfect opening track for this album, showing off Little Richard's vocal range and style from the get-go. The only thing letting this album down is how the songs are a little bit too similar, with some even sounding nearly the same. Favourites: Tutti Frutti True, Fine Mama Oh Why?

Fun short songs, but they kind of start to blend together

Very fun, boppy, short songs. Feels like the stuff fun people would’ve been listening to in the 50s. It begins with classic shout sing “Wababalula wababamboo!” and it all has that same vibe

Transported me into a Tennessee jazz/swing bar in the 50s/60s. Such an immersive record, full of energy. Great listen.

The influence on the music of the 60s and 70s is obvious here - a true pioneer of rock and RnB. That being said, I’m quite glad this album clocked in at 28 mins and no longer

joya, me encantó

Jes! Ajalta, kun piano on oleellinen osa rockbändiä ja -soundia. Mahtava aikamatka ja kuolematonta musaa! 5/5

I understand that it is an important part of music, but still, I probably won't return to it.

Great

Lots of classic American vibes, but ngl after about 4 songs they start to blend together and the basslines seem to be kinda the same

Did not like it. Recognized one song, but that was the highlight.

Classic from one of the Kings of Rock and Roll!!!!

Interessant om echt vroege rock n roll te luisteren, maar niet echt mijn smaak

Enjoyable to listen to on our Sunday morning drive. Given it is from the fifties you have to be impressed with how before his time he was.

Fun! Love these oldies albums!

Favourite Songs: True, Fine Mama Can't Believe You Wanna Leave

I wish the piano was mixed louder and the vocals softer.

I am not a huge fan of Rock n Roll but how can you beat opening up with Tutti Frutti, great songs from an amazing vocalist. I really liked it but it is not something I would buy.

felt jazzyy but with modern stuff. Didnt really listen to the lyrics at all just the vibe. The vibe was strong like a really hard wine or idk beer.

This album was a banger. Some familiar, some new. But you can't go wrong with Little Richard.

Yeah, this is great! Obviously older but this is the sort of thing I wanted from this project. I spent a lot of the time reading about him on Wikipedia. Weird guy!

Crazy how much influence you can hear in this, and it's also impressive how fast it is! All of the songs are barely over two minutes. "Tutti Frutti" is great obviously, but "Long Tall Sally (The Thing)" and "Rip It Up" were other standouts

So, bad things first: Little Richard has one sound on this album. Every song sounds very similar to the next. It's unapologetically wall-to-wall 12 bar blues to do the twist to. The good news is that this sound is REALLY catchy. You can imagine him tearing up dancefloors back in the day. The energy he throws into each bar, so controlled yet so wildly effervescent, is intoxicating all on its own. Fav tracks: Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, She's Got It

Important context for the history of popular music, but not really holding up on its own.

Fun relic of rock, and a really interesting voice, but not something I will put on again in full.

alright

Classic, short, sweet, but even then, a little repetitive... Rating: 7.5/10 Favorite Song: Long Tall Sally

A slew of fun 50s-era piano boogie R&B rippers from one of the greats. Lots of shouting howling vocals. Must have really been something to have seen live. Ready Teddy, Tutti Frutti, Baby, and Long Tall Sally boogie pretty hard.

I believe that it used to be really cool at that time, but considering my current vision of music this is only 2

This rating thing is messing with my mind. Like, I gave Deerhunter a 4 and I'm gonna give Little fucking Richard a 2?? Let me just say, if I had been alive when this came out, I would have worn out the record. I would have eaten this like candy. But I have a lot more stuff - admittedly stuff that wouldn't exist without the likes of Little Richard - to choose from. Stuff that improved on this formula. Like a recent Sinatra record I got, if I heard this record over the course of days, with many hours in between, I might have liked it more. But every song was...and I hate this word but...samey? Like Little Richard just repeating some line and then going "woooo" over a blues lick. And, don't get me wrong, it's a winning combo, but not over and over again. Also each song made me feel like I was watching a Stephen King movie set in the 50s, like "ah yeah, here's me and my pals, hula hooping or some shit, things were never quite the same after Steve got turned into a vampire" etc... So 2 it is. My consolation is I know for a fact that there exists Little Richard music that I enjoy more than this, and I hope it turns up on this list sometime.

Did this guy invent the concept where songs that are indistinguishable from each other? It's not bad, but also nothing stands out.

Canta muy bonito, pero en un momento sentí que las canciones se parecían mucho entre sí o que se repetían siempre los mismos recursos.

that perfect oldies music from old movies. Really i can see what a breakthrough that must have been, so much that it laid the path for countless genres to come. And maybe so good that the boomers decided at some point no one deserves these breakthroughs anymore

gran album la verdad, 100% me dan ganas de vivir en esa epoca y bailar esto

NICE now THIS is what I’m talking about. I got Elvis the other day unfortunately and made a point of mentioning the legend that is Little Richard!!! Tutti Frutti - what a BANGER no one sings the song better that Little Richard True Fine Mama - love the call and response I Can’t Believe You Wanna Leave - LOVE what the instruments are playing in this Ready Teddy - similar to Tutti Frutti in a way it’s the same sort of upbeat 50s rock & roll Baby - ooh I like this one I like how he uses a different part of his voice sweet Slippin’ And Slidin’ - nice 12 bar blues would definitely recommend to new musicians trying to get to grips with different styles particularly bassists Long Tall Sally - A CLASSIC YES. Admittedly I do originally know this song from the Beatles but like Tutti Frutti you can’t beat Little Richard’s the rasp in his voice is perfect and the WOOOOS clean clean clean Miss Ann - gotta love a good sax solo Oh Why? - he uses his higher whinier voice like in Baby which I love Rip It Up - ANOTHER great classic Jenny Jenny - powerful voice She’s Got It - quite similar to Long Tall Sally Overall I love it and much more deserving of its place here than Elvis sorry 😭 it’s not a long album which is typical of the era and I’m not mad about it it’s quick and snappy. Love how upbeat everything is and I think Little Richard is definitely one of the greats

Woooooo!

Solid!

at the start I was like 5 stars my dude and at the end like omg is it done yet so 4 is cool

I understand why it’s famous but I tried to listen while STUDYING and it genuinely drove me off the edge.

Lovely afternoon on your playmat listening to this...fun for a baby! Lots of toe-tapping and belly poking :-) Obviously an important one for music history...three for me, four for you!

Ei kai tää oikein voi olla ku vitone

Rokettirolli on kyllä swengaavaa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Legenda!

Merkittävä levy ja hyvinhän tuo veteli!

Not what I'd listen to every day, but still full of life and fun and energy after 70 years, and obviously so influential.

This era of rock and roll isn't really my thing but Little Richard really is miles better than Elvis. Far better singer, so much more life and energy. Maybe he can't croon as well as the king and that's fine by me. You've basically heard everything you need to a couple of songs in, it's more a general sound to dance to than each song providing something different. But it's authentic and fun and a perfectly acceptable listen.

He really cracks on - gallops along. Tutti Frutti is the best of the bunch. Entertaining. Hovering between a 3 and 4 - nothing inherently wrong, nice and rapid, good voice, but a few tracks blurred together (Baby, Slippin' And Slidin', any of the ones starting with a growl). I appreciated ending with She's Got It - now reminds me a bit of the Gilette Venus advertisement.

They don't make em like this anymore! I would say this isn't really my thing, but I enjoyed it. Sure it was very influential. Recognised a fair amount of it too. 3.5

Hyvä viba ja jammailu.

3.0

Hey, there he is!

probably a hit when it came out in like the 1950's, current era: kinda repetitive and annoying

i really like this album vibe; baby -demo 🔝🔝

Finally gave it a listen; in all honesty this record is a time capsule. It's a great piece of music history and you can here the influence it had on many artist through the years. I loved the brass solos and the high energy of the majority of the songs, but it starts to run together after the first few songs. This one is tough to rate so if we're rate it based on the test of time for me it's a low 6, but for when it was released a solid 8.

Here’s Little Richard is exactly what he used to shout just before he entered a bedroom. There was only one bedroom he’s never entered. Mr Len Houmous. 4.1 10/12 Rip It Up

Depende tus gustos musicales, es un disco del 57 al estilo blues de la primera oleada, pero en particular esta bueno si hablamos de blues. le doy un 7

I liked it

Meh

It's so surprising how well this stands up against time while so clearly being from another era.

the OG mover and shaker of music. had a lot more fun that I expected but let’s be fair, the sax breakdowns absolutely carry this. If I heard that crazy shit in the 50s, I would lose my fuckin mind - I’d be windmilling on the dancefloor , committing to Satan and throwing my boxers at Richie within an couple mins 7 / 10 Best track/s: Ready Teddy, Rip it up, Tutti Frutti

Phew 28 minutes is long enough, good but there is only so much of it I can take

Childish, predictable, proto-rock bullshit. One point for basically inventing the genre.

Little Richard’s vocals stand out on this record more than any other elements. Given its late 50s time frame, there isn’t a variety of songs on here; it’s mostly just variations on Tutti Frutti. I’m sure there was a time that this was considered devil music and adults hated it but young people loved it. I was leaning on a 2, but adjusting for aesthetic inflation, I’ll give it a 3.

i do like the music of early rock and roll, but as for a full album listen, everything on "Here's Little Richard" sounded the same. lots of "wooooo"

Tutti Fruitti was AWESOME, then the rest kinda sounded the same and nothing super spectacular. It kept me entertained. I was starting to grow a little tired of the sax, wouldn't have minded some other instruments thrown in there. Super good 50s rock.

Found myself tapping my foot to the music. A sure sign that I enjoyed. Little Richard is the equalent to a founding father.

I don’t know why, but I really like this old stripped down music that’s a basic simple recording.

not the mood

Its at least a 4 out of 5 for me, the voice is just so nice. The music is uplifting

I've been quite interested in getting into more 50s and 60s music and what a better place to start than with Little Richard's Here's Little Richard from 1957. Obviously there is a lot about this project that is very much a staple of its' time and will arguably make it not fair as well as other music made today, but I still feel this project is a very respectable and charming as Little Richard truly has a touching yet commanding voice for the entire duration of this 27 minute album. This project is groovy and I can totally get how people would be getting lost in a dance to songs like this, they just give off such an infectious feeling while also feeling a bit rebellious. Again the influence is very strong with this project and I can totally see how Richard's defining personality not only shaped other acts not just in Rock and Roll but in general, while also paving a way for many other black artists to rise to the peak of popularity in the coming years. This is not that bad for a debut in the late 50s, it still is very enjoyable today and stands as a time capsule of what once was in terms of music and culture. Makes me wish people were able to show off true artistry like this today even with all the shortcuts and accessible available today. Nuff said.

The legend, foundational work

lwk ass

The debut solo album by the self-titled father of rock and roll, though almost everyone else calls him the Architect of Rock and Roll. I love Little Richard. His story is fascinating and at times heartbreaking. It seems he could never truly be who he really was, except when he was on stage. We start off the album with his best-known song, Tutti-Frutti. Rock and roll was so fun and dangerous back then, and Tutti Frutti is one of those first songs that I can see causing problems. Little Richard had so much charisma. I can understand how people first heard this and lost their minds, both kids and adults. This song started a bunch of the kind of weird copycat rock music tropes early on, like a nonsense title or a nonsense chant of sorts, like “A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!” In early rock music, it wasn’t the guitar that was the main instrument, but a piano or a saxophone. Early rock records all seemed to have a sax solo. The songs, though the lyrics all sounded like nonsense, were all about sex. In fact, Tutti Frutti was originally, “Tutti Frutti, good booty If it don't fit, don't force it You can grease it, make it easy” I miss the days when writers had to be careful or sneaky about how they wrote about sex. These days, you just come right out and sing openly about it. There’s no subtlety. I can’t imagine that many white folks knew what Tutti Frutti was about or had been about when they heard it. Though I’d say most white adults still didn’t like it. It’d be quite a while before Little Richard would get his due for his part in creating rock and roll. Anyway, I digress. Tutti Frutti is a great song. It’s almost wholesome now and always gets you fired up. One of the problems I face while listening to older rock and roll albums like this is that I’ve heard so much over my lifetime. When I listen to a song like Track 2, True Fine Mama, I find my ears kind of glazing over. It sounds like every 50s rock song that wasn’t huge like Tutti Frutti. Once Little Richard and those early pioneers invented the blueprint, every hack who knew how to carry a tune or play the piano had his own copycat song hitting the record stores. Now, most of those people were just that, hacks, and they, over time, fell by the wayside, while Little Richard continued to make good music. Here, Little Richard has 12 songs, with four songs I’m sure I’ve heard and are looked at as classics. The rest? Filler? I think of music at that time as a singles-based business in which acts released singles and then recorded an album to just sell those same hit singles again. They just sold them in a different package with a lot of filler to surround the hits. Some of those songs weren't just filler in the end, but they were probably looked at it that way at the time of recording. OR, they were just throwing things against the wall to see what would stick and maybe become a surprise hit. The term album track, a song that wasn’t released as a single, but became a well know radio classic, didn’t really become a thing until the 1970s, I assume. In the early days of rock and roll, or even just pop music, if it wasn’t on the radio, did anyone even really pay attention to the song? I know I bought albums as a kid and spent my time fast-forwarding or skipping ahead to the singles I bought the album for, rather than “wasting” my time listening to the songs that weren’t good enough to make the radio. Track 3 is I Can’t Believe You Want to Leave and it sounds like Blueberry Hill. During the verses, it sounds exactly like it, and I bet there are 10,000 songs or more that used Fats Domino’s blueprint to fill out their albums. I’ll also admit, old 50s rock and roll that sounds like this kind of bums me out for some reason. The good news about these so-called blueprint songs is that they rarely last over two minutes. Track 4 is Ready Teddy and it’s basically Tutti Frutti with new lyrics, but I actually like it better than Tutti Frutti. Little Richard has this way of sounding like a freight train careening off the rails, but he always stays on track somehow. He’s controlled chaos. This song is great. His singing is more like screaming in parts, and it’s perfect. I’m ready, Teddy, to rock and roll. Track 5 is Baby and it’s more of a straight blues song with a rock and roll sheen. Piano and sax driven with Little Richard screaming. He just sounds like what the spirit of rock and roll is. He’s beautiful, but dangerous. He projects he's a Godly man, but there’s a heathen inside. Track 6 is Sippin’ and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and a Hidin’), and I wondered if I’d heard this before. I don’t think I have, but it sounds like it would be on this album. I will admit, the more I hear of the “filler” songs, the more I like them. Just because they are essentially filler songs doesn’t mean they can’t be any good. This song had an especially great sax solo. But you’ve heard this song 1,000 times. Track 7 is Long Tall Sally (Thing), and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen the song listed like that. Thing? What’s that about? This song is a song covered by the Kinks and the Beatles, who both released versions of it. The song was also a staple for bands to cover live in concert for decades. The story is that a girl brought the song to a disc jockey to give to Little Richard. The girl thought that if Little Richard recorded her song, the publishing money would help her pay for an operation for her Aunt Mary. After working on the song for a little while, Little Richard recorded it. Track 10 is Rip It Up, and it’s another song I know I’ve heard before, and is looked at as a classic. This song actually has Little Richard singing softly in spots, but he’s screaming later on. You can really see how he influenced the singing style of Paul McCartney. Again, this song was covered by all kinds of people. It seems that Little Richard was the creator of rock and roll, and like most of the black music creators, it wasn’t until a white man covered the song that it was able to really crossover into the mainstream. There are all kinds of ways to look at that, both good and bad, but I think it's always a good thing to give credit where credit is due, and with no Little Richard, I’m not sure where rock and roll, if it even existed, would be today. The last song on the album, track 12, is She’s Got It, and truthfully, it sounds like most of the songs on the album. I think in those days, songwriters just cranked out songs like an assembly line, waiting to see which ones would hit. I know that at Motown, a song might get passed around by two or three groups before it finally became a hit. Is this a must-listen? If for no other reason than if you don't know Little Richard, you should do yourself a favor and check this album out. It's great fun, and you get to hear a true pioneer at work.

Fun, but I don't think I'm listening to it again

The Beatles really liked him... and HE really liked HIM... lol

He thought he was great so that’s saying something ..

This is a 3.5 for me. Very entertaining but every song was up up up. To be fair, this is early rock and roll so that makes sense but I just wasn’t ready for all the upbeat rhythm and woos. Good album for a Friday. I feel like his voice must have hurt after this though.

Long Tall Sally is one of my favorite rock n roll songs. Even though everyone has heard the majority of these songs thousands of times, Little Richard's importance is too often underscored by his persona. This is an excellent "album." I wish there were more works of the pioneers on this list.

It’s not really an album, more a collection of singles. Some of which are historic.. Long Tall Sally and Tutti Frutti.

An album that defines a time!

While I wouldn't say this was dull, it did feel a bit like listening to Tutti Frutti several times over. Maybe that's just 12-bar blues. Some of the saxophone parts were a lot of fun. I don't know if I would've kept listening to a longer album, so glad it ended when it did.

Γρήγορο rock n roll με εκρηκτική φωνή και γρήγορα τεμπο. Πολύ ευχάριστο άκουσμα. Δεν έχω να προσθέσω πολλά η αλήθεια είναι. Ότι τραγούδι και να βάλω, πάνω κάτω την ίδια ενέργεια προσφέρει. Ready Teady

Not bad solid set of songs

albums this old are so difficult because i know this was probably incredible when it came out but im suffering from recency bias ready teddy is so good instrumentally but i dont feel like the lyrics are that good. vocally? his voice is great on all these songs but the lyrics are best when i ignore them and listen to his voice as another instrument the songs in the backhalf are so samey.. it feels wrong but i think this is a 2/5

Incredibly powerful voice. The songs are fairly repetitive especially with the lyrics which is fine for the length of the songs but drags out a bit over the album. To it's credit I still have all the words in my head the next day. You can see why this was like the medieval peasants eating spicy doritos for people in the 1950s.

I like this stuff for casual listening, it gets an old album buff becuase if we didnt have this we wouldnt have like half the music we have now.

Not a lot I would come back to on this one. Long tall sally is always a great listen though. I think little Richard should stop being little and become big like the rest of us.

Super Dope

Annoyingly fun

Not really for me. RYM: N Saved a song: N

Pioneering rock, but a bit outdated and repetitive at times.

I don’t know how he fits all those notes and syllables into every energetic song. Little Richard is wildly influential and grossly underrated.

Okay, debut album of a very important artist, plenty of classics and only 30 mins long. I think I might like this one… Just SO much energy and groove. Impossible to feel bad listening to this and such a crucial album in the music timeline too. A pleasure to listen too and a mood booster too

nicht schlecht, aber hat mich nicht abgeholt

Nice high energy old fashioned rock n roll. I enjoyed this listen immensely.

It's good but it gets REAL repetitive after a while. Still though, for his first record and how revolutionary it was I'm genuinely impressed.

7/10 not my kind of stuff but very nice overall

such groove and rasp in his voice amazing

Fun and energetic 50s dance rock and roll. Very samey from song to song in both vocal and melodic structure, but at least the album is nice and short to not overstay its welcome. Propped up by truly iconic songs, though not too much else to discover. Top tracks: Tutti Frutti; Slippin' And Slidin'; Jenny, Jenny

Thank god the tracks weren't that long because this was a bore to listen to. Can't recall any memorable moments barr the track "Oh Why?" which had some neat lyrics and a different structure. Only track that made my ears perk up for a brief moment. Everything else wasn't to my liking. Don't get me wrong, this is a skilled band but it just isn't for me. Like someone else said: "you had to be there." 2/5

For some reason I always confuse Little Richard and Boy George.

Classic sound. Like all of this except 'Jenny, Jenny'. I wish I had talked to my dad about music more. He hated what I listened to, but I always like his taste and wish I had tried to connect more. Remember when Little Richard was big in the 90s for some reason? He was on Full House, why? That was weird.

Lots of fun. A very important voice in rock n roll. But when will we get some Korn? Deftones?

Always a pleasure to listen to Little Richard. Great rock n roller.

pas spécialement mon style

The starting point and inspiration for so many albums on this list. Its impact alone warrants a high mark here. It however is a bit too monotonous for my liking to give it the highest marks. Thoroughly enjoyed listening through the entire thing however. 4/5

Cooles Album!

Sympathique mais je ne pense pas réécouter

Album très court, mais heureusement qu'il n'est pas plus long On est clairement dans une vibe Chuck Berry, qui donne le sourire dans la journée Mais l'album est un peu répétitif et le style pourrait être plus abouti

Classic, but not something I will ever return to - high marks for what it is though

Hard to unhear all the cliches even though I'm sure he invented them. Reminds me how much of this era of music is truly just fad and hit chasing. Hard to call it art but LR is electric.

Great 4

Estuvo okay, sentí que muchas canciones suenan igual. Pero es entendible por la época.

Nice

Some good music but a whole album of his somewhat grating voice is too much for me.

Fun! An important part of music history, but it got a little repetitive.

This is a 4.2 based the music, bumped up to 5.2 given its historical significance.

Cool, old-school up beat blues

Damit hat alles begonnen. Kann man auf jeden Horen. Viele bekannt Lieder dabei.