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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Great Hits
| name = Little Richard's Greatest Hits
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Little Richard]]
| artist = [[Little Richard]]
| Cover = Little Richard's Greatest Hits 1965.jpg
| cover = Little Richard's Greatest Hits 1965.jpg
| alt =
| Caption = UK Fontana Records album cover
| caption = UK album cover
| Released = {{Start date|1965}}
| released = {{Start date|January 1965}}
| Recorded = December 1964; Domino Club, [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
| recorded = Nashville & New York City, November–December 1964
| Genre = [[Rock 'n' Roll]]
| genre = [[Rock and roll]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=27|s=54}}
| length = 27:54
| Label = [[Vee-Jay Records]]
| label = [[Vee-Jay Records|Vee-Jay]]
| Last album = ''[[Little Richard Is Back (And There's A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!)]]''<br /> (1964)
| producer = [[Joe Fields (producer)|Joe Fields]], Olsie Richard Robinson
| This album = '''''Great Hits'''''<br /> (1965)
| Next album = ''[[The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits - Live!]]'' <br />(1966)
| prev_title = [[Little Richard Is Back (And There's A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!)]]
| prev_year = 1964
⚫
| next_title = [[The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits – Live!]]
| next_year = 1966
}}
}}
'''''Great Hits''''' (or '''''His Greatest His''''') is an album of [[Little Richard]] songs re-recorded in 1964 and first released by [[Vee-Jay Records]] in 1965. It features updated versions of twelve of his best-known songs originally recorded in the 1950s for [[Specialty Records]].<ref name="Ruhlmann">
'''''Little Richard's Greatest Hits''''' (with various titles and cover art) is an album of [[Little Richard]] songs re-recorded in 1964 and first released in the US by [[Vee-Jay Records]] in January 1965.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Vee-Jay advertisement |date=January 23, 1965 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=2ygEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Little+Richard%27s+Greatest+Hits%22+1965+Billboard&pg=PA43 41]}}</ref> It features updated versions of twelve of his best-known songs originally recorded in the 1950s for [[Specialty Records]].<ref name="Ruhlmann">{{cite web| url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/his-greatest-hits-vee-jay-mw0000853371| title=Little Richard: ''His Greatest Hits'' [Vee-Jay] – Review| last=Ruhlmann| first=William| work=[[AllMusic]]| access-date=September 30, 2014}}</ref> Some of these re-recordings use different musical arrangements, including unusual syncopation, tambourine and jazz horns.
{{cite web
| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/his-greatest-hits-vee-jay-mw0000853371
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| title = Little Richard: His Greatest Hits [Vee-Jay] – Review
| last = Ruhlmann
| first = William
| work = [[AllMusic]]
| publisher = Rovi Corp.
| accessdate = September 30, 2014
}}</ref> Some of these re-recordings use different musical arrangements, including unusual syncopation, tambourine and jazz horns.


==Background==
==Background==
Little Richard recorded forty-six songs for Vee-Jay Records, but nearly half of them were unreleased when the company filed for bankruptcy in January 1966. Eventually, they were compiled onto albums, such as: ''[[Mr. Big (Little Richard album)|Mr. Big]]'' (1971), ''[[Friends from the Beginning - Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix]]'' (1972), ''[[Rip It Up (Little Richard album)|Rip It Up]]'' (1973) and ''[[Talkin' 'Bout Soul]]'' (1974).
Little Richard recorded forty-six songs for Vee-Jay Records, but nearly half of them were unreleased when the company filed for bankruptcy in January 1966.<ref>{{cite book| last=White| first=Charles| title=The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography| year=2003| publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]| page=134}}</ref> Eventually, they were compiled onto albums, such as: ''[[Mr. Big (Little Richard album)|Mr. Big]]'' (1971), ''Rip It Up'' (1973) and ''[[Talkin' 'Bout Soul]]'' (1974).


During the brief time [[Jimi Hendrix]] toured with Richard, he recorded at least twelve songs: “I Don't Know What You Got (But It's Got Me)” , “Dancing All Around the World” (aka “Dance A Go Go”) and “You Better Stop”, are perhaps the only ones beyond a December, 1964 session of remakes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes| title=West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology| others=[[Jimi Hendrix]]| year=2010| first=John| last=McDermott| publisher=Legacy| type=CD set booklet| id=88697769272| page=7}}</ref><ref name="Shapiro">{{cite book| last1=Shapiro| first1=Harry| author-link1=Harry Shapiro (author)| last2=Glebbeek| first2=Cesar| title=Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy| publisher=St. Martin's Press| year=1990| pages=[https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixelec000shap/page/574 574–575]| isbn=0-312-05861-6| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixelec000shap/page/574}}</ref> Claims have been made over the years that Hendrix played on more Richard recordings.<ref name="Shapiro"/> One substantiated claim is that Hendrix and childhood mentor Esquerita played on the recut sessions in New York. The latter in “Good Golly, Miss Molly” and “Slippin' and Slidin'”.
A prominent New York area dee-jay has said that he witnessed [[Jimi Hendrix]] playing guitar, and Eskew Reeder (aka [[Esquerita]]) playing piano, on the album. This was startling news for historians who have insisted Jimi's contributions to Richard's records are limited to three songs from his Vee-Jay catalogue: "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me" (Parts I and II), "You'd Better Stop" and "Dancing All Around the World".<ref>
{{cite AV media notes
| title = West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology
| others = [[Jimi Hendrix and Esquerita]]
| year = 2010
| first = John
| last = McDermott
| publisher = Legacy
| type = CD set booklet
| id = 88697769272
| page = 7
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite book
| last1 = Shapiro
| first1 = Harry
| authorlink1 = Harry Shapiro (author)
| last2 = Glebbeek
| first2 = Cesar
| title = Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy
| publisher = St. Martin's Press
| year = 1990
| isbn = 0-312-05861-6
| pages = 574–575
}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
According to Little Richard biographer Charles White, both the recordings and Richard's self-parodying persona of the time are regarded as low points in his career: "blinded by commercial considerations, they [Vee-Jay] rushed the session without concern for quality. The result was dreadful."<ref name="White">
| rev1 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
{{cite book
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=26 March 1966 |title=Little Richard: ''Great Hits'' |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |issue=263 |page=8 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-03-26.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225654/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-03-26.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=22 August 2022}}</ref>
| last = White
}}
| first = Charles
According to Little Richard biographer Charles White, both the recordings and Richard's erratic persona of the time are regarded as low points in his career: "blinded by commercial considerations, they [Vee-Jay] rushed the session without concern for quality. The result was dreadful."<ref>{{cite book| last=White| first=Charles| title=The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography| year=2003| publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]| page=127}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] critic William Ruhlmann noted "Little Richard is in much rougher voice than he was when he did the originals, but he remains a spirited performer. Just don't buy this album thinking you are getting the hit versions of these songs!"<ref name="Ruhlmann"/>
| authorlink =
| title = The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography
| year = 2003
| publisher = Omnibus Press
| isbn =
| page = 127
}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] critic William Ruhlmann noted "Little Richard is in much rougher voice than he was when he did the originals, but he remains a spirited performer. Just don't buy this album thinking you are getting the hit versions of these songs!"<ref name="Ruhlmann"/>
These "sub-standard" cuts still have found their way onto major movie soundtracks, such as "The Year Of Living Dangerously", with Mel Gibson.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
#[[Good Golly Miss Molly]] (2:07)
#"[[Good Golly, Miss Molly]]" ([[John Marascalco]], [[Robert Blackwell]]) (2:07)
#[[Baby Face (1926 song)|Baby Face]] (2:33)
#"[[Baby Face (song)|Baby Face]]" ([[Harry Akst]], [[Benny Davis]] (2:33)
#[[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]] (2:24)
#"[[Tutti Frutti (song)|Tutti Frutti]]" ([[Dorothy LaBostrie]], Richard Penniman {{a.k.a.}} Little Richard) (2:24)
#[[Send Me Some Lovin']] (2:19)
#"[[Send Me Some Lovin']]" (Marascalco, Leo Price) (2:19)
#[[The Girl Can't Help It (song)|The Girl Can't Help It]] (3:02)
#"[[The Girl Can't Help It (song)|The Girl Can't Help It]]" ([[Bobby Troup]]) (3:02)
#[[Lucille (Little Richard song)|Lucille]] (2:16)
#"[[Lucille (Little Richard song)|Lucille]]" (Al Collins, Penniman) (2:16)
#[[Slippin' and Slidin']] (2:26)
#"[[Slippin' and Slidin']]" (Penniman) (2:26)
#[[Keep A Knockin']] (2:15)
#"[[Keep A Knockin']]" (Penniman) (2:15)
#[[Rip It Up (Little Richard song)|Rip It Up]] (2:02)
#"[[Rip It Up (Little Richard song)|Rip It Up]]" (Marascalco, Blackwell) (2:02)
#[[She's Got It]] (2:11)
#"She's Got It" (Marascalco, Penniman) (2:11)
#[[Ooh! My Soul]] (2:17)
#"[[Ooh! My Soul]]" (Penniman) (2:17)
#[[Long Tall Sally]] (2:03)
#"[[Long Tall Sally]]" (Earl Johnson, Blackwell, Penniman) (2:03)


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 07:45, 13 January 2024

Little Richard's Greatest Hits
UK album cover
Studio album by
Little Richard
ReleasedJanuary 1965 (January 1965)
RecordedNashville & New York City, November–December 1964
GenreRock and roll
Length27:54
LabelVee-Jay
ProducerJoe Fields, Olsie Richard Robinson
Little Richard chronology
Little Richard Is Back (And There's A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!)
(1964) 		Little Richard's Greatest Hits
(1965) 		The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits – Live!
(1966)

Little Richard's Greatest Hits (with various titles and cover art) is an album of Little Richard songs re-recorded in 1964 and first released in the US by Vee-Jay Records in January 1965.[1] It features updated versions of twelve of his best-known songs originally recorded in the 1950s for Specialty Records.[2] Some of these re-recordings use different musical arrangements, including unusual syncopation, tambourine and jazz horns.

Background

[edit]

Little Richard recorded forty-six songs for Vee-Jay Records, but nearly half of them were unreleased when the company filed for bankruptcy in January 1966.[3] Eventually, they were compiled onto albums, such as: Mr. Big (1971), Rip It Up (1973) and Talkin' 'Bout Soul (1974).

During the brief time Jimi Hendrix toured with Richard, he recorded at least twelve songs: “I Don't Know What You Got (But It's Got Me)” , “Dancing All Around the World” (aka “Dance A Go Go”) and “You Better Stop”, are perhaps the only ones beyond a December, 1964 session of remakes.[4][5] Claims have been made over the years that Hendrix played on more Richard recordings.[5] One substantiated claim is that Hendrix and childhood mentor Esquerita played on the recut sessions in New York. The latter in “Good Golly, Miss Molly” and “Slippin' and Slidin'”.

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Record Mirror[6]

According to Little Richard biographer Charles White, both the recordings and Richard's erratic persona of the time are regarded as low points in his career: "blinded by commercial considerations, they [Vee-Jay] rushed the session without concern for quality. The result was dreadful."[7] AllMusic critic William Ruhlmann noted "Little Richard is in much rougher voice than he was when he did the originals, but he remains a spirited performer. Just don't buy this album thinking you are getting the hit versions of these songs!"[2]

Track listing

[edit]
  1. "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell) (2:07)
  2. "Baby Face" (Harry Akst, Benny Davis (2:33)
  3. "Tutti Frutti" (Dorothy LaBostrie, Richard Penniman a.k.a. Little Richard) (2:24)
  4. "Send Me Some Lovin'" (Marascalco, Leo Price) (2:19)
  5. "The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup) (3:02)
  6. "Lucille" (Al Collins, Penniman) (2:16)
  7. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Penniman) (2:26)
  8. "Keep A Knockin'" (Penniman) (2:15)
  9. "Rip It Up" (Marascalco, Blackwell) (2:02)
  10. "She's Got It" (Marascalco, Penniman) (2:11)
  11. "Ooh! My Soul" (Penniman) (2:17)
  12. "Long Tall Sally" (Earl Johnson, Blackwell, Penniman) (2:03)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Vee-Jay advertisement". Billboard. January 23, 1965. p. 41.
  2. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Little Richard: His Greatest Hits [Vee-Jay] – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  3. ^ White, Charles (2003). The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography. Omnibus Press. p. 134.
  4. ^ McDermott, John (2010). West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology (CD set booklet). Jimi Hendrix. Legacy. p. 7. 88697769272.
  5. ^ a b Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Cesar (1990). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy. St. Martin's Press. pp. 574–575. ISBN 0-312-05861-6.
  6. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (26 March 1966). "Little Richard: Great Hits" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 263. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ^ White, Charles (2003). The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography. Omnibus Press. p. 127.
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