Jump to content

Lifetime Friend

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Azaitimtiaz (talk | contribs) at 00:39, 27 March 2020 (add another reference, source and some information in the content). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Lifetime Friend
Studio album by
Little Richard
Released1986
Recorded1985–1986
StudioLondon, England
Genre
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerStuart Colman
Little Richard chronology
God's Beautiful City
(1979) 		Lifetime Friend
(1986) 		Shake It All About
(1992)

Lifetime Friend is an album by Little Richard, and his first album in seven years since the release of the 1979 gospel album and became famous and popular among teenagers and college friends, God's Beautiful City. Following that album's release and some 1981 recordings, Richard had made no recordings while he continued his career in the ministry [1]. Following the release of his autobiography, The Quasar of Rock and Roll, in 1984, Richard reemerged in the public eye and had begun to be recognized for his contributions to popular music as one of the founders of rock and roll music.

Before Richard recorded Lifetime Friend, his mother, Leva Mae, had died; Richard had promised her that he would remain a Christian. For this album, he decided to mix his trademark rock and roll sound with gospel lyrics, in a style that he called "message music" or "messages in rhythm".[2] One track, "I Found My Way", co-written by Richard and one of his young proteges Victor Brooks ll, included a blend of rap vocals and rock and roll.[2] The album was recorded mainly in England, and was issued on WEA in Europe and Warner Bros. Records in the United States.

The song, "Great Gosh A'Mighty", co-written by Richard and Billy Preston, was released as a single after being featured on the soundtrack of Down and Out in Beverly Hills. It just missed making the top 40, peaking at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1986. The song did not receive substantial airplay.[3]

You buy it online at Lifetime Friend Record

Track listing

  1. "Great Gosh A'Mighty" (Billy Preston, Richard Penniman) – 4:48
  2. "Operator" (Jesse Boyce) – 4:52
  3. "Somebody's Comin'" (John David) – 3:40
  4. "Lifetime Friend" (Jesse Boyce, Travis Wammack) – 3:38
  5. "Destruction" (Jesse Boyce, Travis Wammack) – 3:45
  6. "I Found My Way" (Victor L. Brooks ll, Richard Penniman) – 3:40
  7. "The World Can't Do Me" (Jesse Boyce, Richard Penniman) – 3:48
  8. "One Ray of Sunshine" (Darrell Smith, Travis Wammack) – 4:42
  9. "Someone Cares" (Richard Penniman) – 4:30
  10. "Big House Reunion" (Travis Wammack) – 4:05

References

  1. ^ Little Richard
  2. ^ a b White 2003, p. 273.
  3. ^ Little Richard - Lifetime Friend.


Sources

White, Charles (2003). The Life and Times of Little Richard. The Authorised Biography. London: Omnibus Press. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-711997616.

Little Richard (2020). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard

Little Richard - Lifetime Friend. (1986). Retrieved from https://www.discogs.com/Little-Richard-Lifetime-Friend/release/1701786

Stub icon

This 1980s album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lifetime_Friend&oldid=947553447"