Little Richard (album)

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] 9 of its 12 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.

Little Richard
Studio album by
Little Richard
ReleasedJuly 21, 1958 (1958-07-21)[1]
RecordedNovember 29, 1955 – October 18, 1957
GenreRock and roll, rhythm and blues
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[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Sputnikmusic[7]

Reviewing Little Richard upon its release, Billboard praised the album as "a worthy successor to Here's Little Richard", commenting "the cat is at his frantic best"[8] Cash Box described the album as "in typical explosive Richard style".[9]

Among retrospective reviews, AllMusic's Mark Deming considered Little Richard "every bit as rockin' as his first album, if not more so... there isn't a single throwaway among the 12 tunes on deck".[4]

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)

References
  1. Howard, Cook (21 July 1958). "Distributor News" (PDF). Billboard: 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.
  4. Deming, Mark. "Little Richard – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  5. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 428.
  7. "Little Ricard – Review". Sputnikmusic. December 8, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  8. "Rhythm & Blues Albums" (PDF). 28 July 1957: 20. Retrieved 18 November 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "LITTLE RICHARD" (PDF). Cash Box: 40. 26 July 1958. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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