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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.

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)
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

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)

Charts



Weekly


Year Chart Position
1958 Billboard Pop Albums 76

Singles


Year Single Chart Position
1956 "Heeby-Jeebies" Billboard Black Singles 7
1956 "The Girl Can't Help It" Billboard Black Singles 7
1956 "The Girl Can't Help It" Billboard Pop Singles 49
1956 "All Around the World" Billboard Black Singles 13
1957 "Lucille" Billboard Black Singles 1
1957 "Lucille" Billboard Pop Singles 21
1957 "Send Me Some Lovin'" Billboard Black Singles 3
1957 "Send Me Some Lovin'" Billboard Pop Singles 54
1957 "Keep A-Knockin'" Billboard Black Singles 2
1957 "Keep A-Knockin'" Billboard Pop Singles 8
1958 "Good Golly, Miss Molly" Billboard Black Singles 4
1958 "Good Golly, Miss Molly" Billboard Pop Singles 10
1958 "Ooh! My Soul" Billboard Black Singles 15
1958 "Ooh! My Soul" Billboard Pop Singles 35
1958 "Baby Face" Billboard Black Singles 21
1958 "Baby Face" Billboard Pop Singles 41

References


  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.
  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.

На других языках

[de] Little Richard (Album)

Little Richard, auch Little Richard – Vol. 2, ist das zweite Musikalbum des Rock-’n’-Roll-Musikers Little Richard. Es erschien im Dezember 1958 bei Specialty Records, ein Jahr nachdem der Sänger seinen Vertrag zugunsten einer Priesterausbildung aufgelöst hatte. Die LP vereinigt Aufnahmen aus den Jahren 1956 und 1957, die alle zuvor bereits auf Single veröffentlicht waren.
- [en] Little Richard (album)

[ru] Little Richard

Little Richard — второй альбом американского певца Литла Ричарда. Альбом составлен по такому же рецепту, что и дебютный альбом Here's Little Richard — в нём также собраны последние хит-синглы и ритм-н-блюзы. Включает синглы «Keep A Knockin'» (1957), «Good Golly Miss Molly» (1958), «Ooh! My Soul» (1958), «Baby Face» (1958).


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