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Little Richard
Little Richard
Studio album by Little Richard
Released	July 21, 1958
Recorded	November 29, 1955 – October 18, 1957
Genre	Rock and roll; rhythm and blues;
Length	26:48
Label	Specialty
Producer	Bumps Blackwell
Little Richard chronology
Singles from Little Richard
	"Heeby-Jeebies"; Released: Oct. 1956; "The Girl Can't Help It/All Around the World"; Released: Dec. 1956; "Lucille/Send Me Some Lovin'"; Released: Feb. 1957; "Keep A-Knockin'"; Released: Aug. 1957; "Good Golly, Miss Molly"; Released: Jan. 1958; "Ooh! My Soul"; Released: May 1958; "Baby Face"; Released: July 1958; "By the Light of the Silvery Moon"; Released: March 1959;

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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.

Critical reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]
Sputnikmusic	^[5]

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

"Keep A Knockin'" (Richard Penniman)
"By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (Gus Edwards, Edward Madden)
"Send Me Some Lovin'" (John Marascalco, Leo Price)
"I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo)" (Penniman)
"Heeby-Jeebies" (Maybelle Jackson, Marascalco)
"All Around the World" (Robert Blackwell, McKinley Millet)

Side two

"Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Blackwell, Marascalco)
"Baby Face" (Harry Akst, Benny Davis)
"Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey" (Penniman)
"Ooh! My Soul" (Penniman)
"The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup)
"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

^ Howard, Cook (21 July 1958). "Distributor News" (PDF). Billboard. p. 6. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Little Richard (liner). Little Richard. Specialty. 1958.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Whitburn, Joel (1988). "Little Richard". Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 260. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
^ ^a ^b Deming, Mark. "Little Richard – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^ "Little Ricard – Review". Sputnikmusic. December 8, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 428.
^ "Rhythm & Blues Albums" (PDF). 28 July 1957: 20. Retrieved 18 November 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "LITTLE RICHARD" (PDF). Cash Box: 40. 26 July 1958. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[cook-1] Howard, Cook (21 July 1958). "Distributor News" (PDF). Billboard. p. 6. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[liner-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.

[Deming-4] Deming, Mark. "Little Richard – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

[5] "Little Ricard – Review". Sputnikmusic. December 8, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

[6] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[RS-7] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 428.

[billboard_review-8] "Rhythm & Blues Albums" (PDF). 28 July 1957: 20. Retrieved 18 November 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[cash_box_review-9] "LITTLE RICHARD" (PDF). Cash Box: 40. 26 July 1958. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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 | name       = Little Richard
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+| type       = studio
 | artist     = [[Little Richard]]
 | cover      = Little Richard 1958.jpg
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+| released   = {{Start date|1958|07|21}}<ref name="cook">{{cite magazine |last1=Howard |first1=Cook |title=Distributor News |magazine=Billboard |date=21 July 1958 |page=6 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/50s/1958/Billboard%201958-07-21.pdf |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
-| released   = {{Start date|1958|07}}
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-| genre      = [[Rock and roll]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]
+| genre      = {{hlist|[[Rock and roll]]|[[R&B|rhythm and blues]]}}
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 | next_title = [[The Fabulous Little Richard]]
 | next_year  = 1958
+| misc = {{Singles
-}}
+| name = Little Richard
+| type = studio
+| single1 = [[She's_Got_It|Heeby-Jeebies]]
+| single1date = Oct. 1956
+| single2 = [[The Girl Can't Help It (song)|The Girl Can't Help It]]/All Around the World
+| single2date = Dec. 1956
+| single3 = [[Lucille (Little Richard song)|Lucille]]/[[Send Me Some Lovin']]
+| single3date = Feb. 1957
+| single4 = [[Keep A-Knockin']]
+| single4date= Aug. 1957
+| single5 = [[Good Golly, Miss Molly]]
+| single5date = Jan. 1958
+| single6 = [[Ooh! My Soul]]
+| single6date = May 1958
+| single7 = [[Baby Face (song)|Baby Face]]
+| single7date = July 1958
+| single8 = [[By the Light of the Silvery Moon (song)|By the Light of the Silvery Moon]]
+| single8date = March 1959
+ }}
+}}
-'''''Little Richard''''' (titled '''''Volume 2''''' in the UK) is a compilation album by [[Little Richard]], released in 1958. It contains mostly songs that had been previously released as singles, including several which reached [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'''s]] [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B]] and [[Hot 100]] charts.<ref>{{cite book| last = Whitburn| first = Joel| authorlink = Joel Whitburn| year = 1988| section = Little Richard| title = Top R&B Singles 1942–1988| location = Menomonee  Falls, Wisconsin| publisher = [[Record Research]]| isbn = 0-89820-068-7| page = 260
-}}</ref>
+'''''Little Richard''''' (titled '''''Volume 2''''' in the UK) is the second album<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes| title =  Little Richard| others= Little Richard| year = 1958| type = liner| publisher = [[Specialty Records|Specialty]]}}</ref> 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 [[minister (Christianity)|ministry]]. Like [[Here's Little Richard|his first album]], it largely contains previously released [[A-side and B-side|A-sides and B-sides]] including several which reached [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'''s]] [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Rhythm & Blues]] and [[Hot 100]] charts.<ref>{{cite book| last = Whitburn| first = Joel| author-link = Joel Whitburn| year = 1988| section = Little Richard| title = Top R&B Singles 1942–1988| location = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin| publisher = [[Record Research]]| isbn = 0-89820-068-7| page = 260}}</ref> Nine of its twelve tracks charted in the US including Richard's fourth million-seller "[[Lucille (Little Richard song)|Lucille]]", the [[rock and roll]] standard "[[Good Golly, Miss Molly]]" and  "[[The Girl Can't Help It (song)|The Girl Can't Help It]]", the title song from the motion picture of the [[The Girl Can't Help It|same name]]. Among the previously unreleased tracks are two [[Tin Pan Alley]] songs recorded in Richard's frantic style.
 ==Critical reviews==
 {{Album reviews
 |rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
 |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Deming">{{cite web| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/little-richard-1958-mw0000860245| last = Deming| first = Mark| title = ''Little Richard''{{snd}}Review| website = [[AllMusic]]| accessdate = June 29, 2020}}</ref>
-| rev2 = [[Sputnikmusic]]
+| rev4 = Sputnikmusic
-| rev2Score = {{rating|4.0|5}}<ref>{{cite web||title=''Little Ricard''{{snd}}Review|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/65270/Little-Richard-Little-Richard/ |website=[[Sputnikmusic]] |date=December 8, 2014 |accessdate=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
+| rev4Score = {{rating|4.0|5}}<ref>{{cite web|title=''Little Ricard''{{snd}}Review|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/65270/Little-Richard-Little-Richard/ |website=Sputnikmusic |date=December 8, 2014 |accessdate=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
-| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
+| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
-| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|authorlink=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
+| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
+|rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
+|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=428}}</ref>
 }}
+Reviewing ''Little Richard'' upon its release, ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' praised the album as "a worthy successor to ''Here's Little Richard''", commenting "the cat is at his frantic best"<ref name="billboard review">{{cite journal |title=Rhythm & Blues Albums |date=28 July 1957 |page=20 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/50s/1958/Billboard%201958-07-28.pdf |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' described the album as "in typical explosive
-In a review for [[AllMusic]], Mark Deming commented:
+Richard style".<ref name="cash box review">{{cite journal |title=LITTLE RICHARD|journal=Cash Box |date=26 July 1958 |page=40 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/50s/1958/CB-1958-07-26.pdf |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
-{{quote|[[Specialty Records]]' A&R men got the clever idea that by covering a few old standards, the Georgia Peach might win over some parents who had been put off by his earlier work. The flaw in this thinking was that by the time Richard got through with "Baby Face" and "By the Light of the Silvery Moon," they sounded like Little Richard tunes{{snd}}which is to say the vocals howled, the piano rang out like church bells on speed, and his band swung hard behind it all. Little Richard was every bit as rockin' as his first album, if not more so{{nbsp}}... there isn't a single throwaway among the 12 tunes on deck.<ref name="Deming"/>}}
+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".<ref name="Deming"/>
 ==Track listing==
 ;Side one
 # "[[Keep A Knockin']]" (Richard Penniman)
-# "[[By the Light of the Silvery Moon (song)|By the Light of the Silvery Moon]]" ([[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]], [[Edward Madden]])
+# "[[By the Light of the Silvery Moon (song)|By the Light of the Silvery Moon]]" ([[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]], [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]])
 # "[[Send Me Some Lovin']]" ([[John Marascalco]], Leo Price)
 # "I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo)" (Penniman)
-# "Heeby-Jeebies" (Maybelle Jackson, Marascalco)
+# [[She's_Got_It|"Heeby-Jeebies"]] (Maybelle Jackson, Marascalco)
 # "All Around the World" ([[Robert Blackwell]], [[McKinley Millet]])
 ;Side two
 # "[[Good Golly, Miss Molly]]" (Blackwell, Marascalco)
-# "[[Baby Face (1926 song)|Baby Face]]" ([[Harry Akst]], [[Benny Davis]])
+# "[[Baby Face (song)|Baby Face]]" ([[Harry Akst]], [[Benny Davis]])
 # "[[Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!|Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey]]" (Penniman)
 # "[[Ooh! My Soul]]" (Penniman)
 # "[[The Girl Can't Help It (song)|The Girl Can't Help It]]" ([[Bobby Troup]])
 # "[[Lucille (Little Richard song)|Lucille]]" (Al Collins, Penniman)
+==Charts==
+===Weekly===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+!align="left"|Year
+!align="left"|Chart
+!align="left"|Position
+|-
+|align="left"|1958
+|align="left"|[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] Pop Albums
+|align="left"|76
+|}
+===Singles===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+!align="left"|Year
+!align="left"|Single
+!align="left"|Chart
+!align="left"|Position
+|-
+|align="left"|1956
+|align="left"|"Heeby-Jeebies"
+|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
+|align="left"|7
+|-
+|align="left"|1956
+|align="left"|"The Girl Can't Help It"
+|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
+|align="left"|7
+|-
+|align="left"|1956
+|align="left"|"The Girl Can't Help It"
+|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
+|align="left"|49
+|-
+|align="left"|1956
+|align="left"|"All Around the World"
+|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
+|align="left"|13
+|-
+|align="left"|1957
+|align="left"|"Lucille"
+|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
+|align="left"|1
+|-
+|align="left"|1957
+|align="left"|"Lucille"
+|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
+|align="left"|21
+|-
+|align="left"|1957
+|align="left"|"Send Me Some Lovin'"
+|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
+|align="left"|3
+|-
+|align="left"|1957
+|align="left"|"Send Me Some Lovin'"
+|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
+|align="left"|54
+|-
+|align="left"|1957
+|align="left"|"Keep A-Knockin'"
+|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
+|align="left"|2
+|-
+|align="left"|1957
+|align="left"|"Keep A-Knockin'"
+|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
+|align="left"|8
+|-
+|align="left"|1958
+|align="left"|"Good Golly, Miss Molly"
+|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
+|align="left"|4
+|-
+|align="left"|1958
+|align="left"|"Good Golly, Miss Molly"
+|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
+|align="left"|10
+|-
+|align="left"|1958
+|align="left"|"Ooh! My Soul"
+|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
+|align="left"|15
+|-
+|align="left"|1958
+|align="left"|"Ooh! My Soul"
+|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
+|align="left"|35
+|-
+|align="left"|1958
+|align="left"|"Baby Face"
+|align="left"|Billboard Black Singles
+|align="left"|21
+|-
+|align="left"|1958
+|align="left"|"Baby Face"
+|align="left"|Billboard Pop Singles
+|align="left"|41
+|}
 ==References==
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v t e Little Richard
Studio albums	Here's Little Richard Little Richard The Fabulous Little Richard Pray Along with Little Richard Pray Along with Little Richard (Vol 2) The King of the Gospel Singers Little Richard Is Back (And There's a Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!) Little Richard's Greatest Hits The Wild and Frantic Little Richard The Explosive Little Richard The Rill Thing Mr. Big The King of Rock and Roll The Second Coming Right Now! Talkin' 'bout Soul Little Richard Live God's Beautiful City Lifetime Friend Shake It All About Little Richard Meets Masayoshi Takanaka Southern Child
Live albums	The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits - Live! Little Richard's Greatest Hits: Recorded Live!
Singles	"Tutti Frutti" "Long Tall Sally"/"Slippin' and Slidin'" "Rip It Up"/"Ready Teddy" "Heeby-Jeebies"/"She's Got It" "The Girl Can't Help It" "Lucille"/"Send Me Some Lovin'" "Jenny, Jenny"/"Miss Ann" "Keep A-Knockin'" "Good Golly, Miss Molly"/"Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" "Ooh! My Soul"/"True Fine Mama" "Baby Face" "Early One Morning "Kansas City" "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" "Crying in the Chapel" "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" "Goodnight, Irene" "Twins"
Dubious recordings	Friends from the Beginning - Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix
Related topics	Discography Billy Wright Robert Blackwell Art Rupe Esquerita Jimi Hendrix James Brown Larry Williams The Upsetters The Girl Can't Help It (film) Keep On Rockin' (film) Little Richard (miniseries)