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'''''The Fabulous Little Richard''''' was the third album from [[Little Richard]], and the end of his [[rock and roll]] period. Released seventeen months after he had left the [[Specialty Records]] label, Richard had returned to religion and turned his back on the music that made him famous. Though he would briefly rescind that decision in 1962, and sporadically throughout his career, this album marked the end of his peak period. In order to make the record more accessible to listeners, over half of the tracks featured an overdubbed female backing group. The record was put together including out-takes and other leftover studio tracks, which saw Richard in a somewhat more mellow styling.<ref name="Music">{{cite book
'''''The Fabulous Little Richard''''' was the third album from [[Little Richard]], and the end of his [[rock and roll]] period. Released seventeen months after he had left the [[Specialty Records]] label, Richard had returned to religion and turned his back on the music that made him famous. Though he would briefly rescind that decision in 1962, and sporadically throughout his career, this album marked the end of his peak period. In order to make the record more accessible to listeners, over half of the tracks featured an overdubbed female backing group. The record was put together including out-takes and other leftover studio tracks, which saw Richard in a somewhat more mellow styling.<ref name="Music">{{cite book
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It was voted number 483 in the third edition of [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' (2000).<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2006|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=171}}</ref>
In 2013, [[David Bowie]] included it in a list of 25 of his favourite albums, "Confessions of a Vinyl Junkie".<ref>http://scallemang.ca/bowie25albums/</ref>


==History==
==History==
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==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Richard Penniman; except where indicated
All tracks composed by Richard Penniman; except where indicated
# "Shake a Hand" ([[Joe Morris (trumpeter)|Joe Morris]]) o
# "Shake a Hand" ([[Joe Morris (trumpeter)|Joe Morris]]) *
# "Chicken Little Baby" o
# "Chicken Little Baby" *
# "All Night Long"
# "All Night Long"
# "The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart)" o
# "The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart)" *
# "Lonesome and Blue"
# "Lonesome and Blue"
# "Wonderin'" o
# "Wonderin'" *
# "She Knows How to Rock" (Willie L. Perryman)
# "She Knows How to Rock" (Willie L. Perryman)
# "[[Kansas City (Leiber and Stoller song)|Kansas City]]" ([[Jerry Leiber]], [[Mike Stoller]]) o
# "[[Kansas City (Leiber and Stoller song)|Kansas City]]" ([[Jerry Leiber]], [[Mike Stoller]]) *
# "Directly From My Heart" o
# "Directly From My Heart" *
# "Maybe I'm Right" o
# "Maybe I'm Right" *
# "Early One Morning"
# "[[Early One Morning (Little Richard song)|Early One Morning]]"
# "I'm Just a Lonely Guy" ([[Dorothy LaBostrie]]) o
# "I'm Just a Lonely Guy" ([[Dorothy LaBostrie]]) *
# "[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On]]" (Dave Williams, Sunny David)
# "[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On]]" (Dave Williams, Sunny David)

o = Overdubbed track by The Stewart Sisters, a female vocal group
[*] = Overdubbed track by The Stewart Sisters, a female vocal group


==Personnel==
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*[[Earl Palmer]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Earl Palmer]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Edgar Blanchard]] – guitar
*[[Edgar Blanchard]] – guitar
*[[Charles Connor]] – drums
*[[The Stewart Sisters]] – overdubbed girl group


==References==
==References==
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The Fabulous Little Richard
Studio album by
Little Richard
Released1958 (UK & Canada)
March 1959 (U.S.)
RecordedSeptember 13, 1955–October 18, 1957
GenreRock and roll
Length30:37
LabelSpecialty
ProducerBumps Blackwell
Little Richard chronology
Little Richard
(1958) 		The Fabulous Little Richard
(1958) 		Pray Along with Little Richard
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

The Fabulous Little Richard was the third album from Little Richard, and the end of his rock and roll period. Released seventeen months after he had left the Specialty Records label, Richard had returned to religion and turned his back on the music that made him famous. Though he would briefly rescind that decision in 1962, and sporadically throughout his career, this album marked the end of his peak period. In order to make the record more accessible to listeners, over half of the tracks featured an overdubbed female backing group. The record was put together including out-takes and other leftover studio tracks, which saw Richard in a somewhat more mellow styling.[4]

It was voted number 483 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[5]

History

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Richard had received a vision of a plane on fire, and took it as a sign from God to leave showbusiness. He recalled that in 1957: "There were ten days of the tour left to run, but I would not work any more. Our tickets home were bought on the basis of a two-week tour, but I demanded passage back to the States for the total entourage ten days early. The incredible thing is that the plane we were originally scheduled to return on crashed into the Pacific Ocean. That's when I felt that God really had inspired me to do the things I did at the time."[6]

The liner notes of the album observed that Little Richard "is at present deeply engrossed in religious activities, thus sacrificing the millions of dollars he could be earning through personal appearances on television, in motion pictures, and in concerts."[7] The sleeve notes also claimed that the overdubbed tracks were Little Richard's decision, stating that "Little Richard has added voices on several of these numbers, bringing him closer to the type of church singing he was brought up on, and to which he is now returning."[7]

The track "Kansas City" would also feature lyrics from his own "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey", something which The Beatles had to credit on album pressings after covering it for Beatles for Sale and not realising the addition. This hit version by Richard was originally credited only to Leiber and Stoller, although the lyrics are completely different.

Six months after the release of this album, Richard would begin to record gospel music, a genre he continued in — barring a brief dalliance with the Little Star Records label in 1962 — for the next four years. In April 1963 he entered Sam Cooke's studio to begin recording new tracks for Specialty. The official return to Specialty came in March 1964, and included a Cooke song tried out in 1963.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Richard Penniman; except where indicated

  1. "Shake a Hand" (Joe Morris) *
  2. "Chicken Little Baby" *
  3. "All Night Long"
  4. "The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart)" *
  5. "Lonesome and Blue"
  6. "Wonderin'" *
  7. "She Knows How to Rock" (Willie L. Perryman)
  8. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) *
  9. "Directly From My Heart" *
  10. "Maybe I'm Right" *
  11. "Early One Morning"
  12. "I'm Just a Lonely Guy" (Dorothy LaBostrie) *
  13. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" (Dave Williams, Sunny David)

[*] = Overdubbed track by The Stewart Sisters, a female vocal group

Personnel

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Fabulous Little Richard.
  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 428.
  4. ^ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music (1st ed.). Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
  5. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 171. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  6. ^ White, Charles. (2003). The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography. Omnibus Press, page 94.
  7. ^ a b Specialty Records. (1959). The Fabulous Little Richard sleeve notes Specialty Records.
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