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{{Infobox song
| name       = Tutti Frutti
| cover      = 
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Little Richard]]
| album      = [[Here's Little Richard]]
| B-side     = I'm Just a Lonely Guy
| released   = 1955<ref name=DawsonPropes/>
| recorded   = September 14, 1955
| studio     = J & M Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana<ref name=DawsonPropes>Jim Dawson and Steve Propes, ''What Was The First Rock'n'Roll Record,'' 1992, {{ISBN|0-571-12939-0}}</ref>
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Rock and roll]]
| length     = 2:23
| label      = [[Specialty Records|Specialty]] 561
| writer     = [[Little Richard]], [[Dorothy LaBostrie]]
| producer   = [[Robert Blackwell]]
| prev_title = Always
| prev_year  = 1954
| next_title = [[Long Tall Sally]]
| next_year  = 1956
}}
"'''Tutti Frutti'''" is a 1955 song by [[Little Richard]] and taken from his debut studio album ''[[Here's Little Richard]]''. It was his first major hit of his career. It was covered by [[Elvis Presley]] for the B-side to his 1956 hit single ''[[Blue Suede Shoes]]'' and went to number 20 in the United States.  It has also been  covered by [[Peter Kraus]], [[Adriano Celentano]], [[Johnny Hallyday|Johnny Hallyday;,]] the [[MC5]], [[Fleetwood Mac]] and [[Queen (band)|Queen]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hann|first=Michael|date=2017-09-04|title=‘Tutti Frutti’ — the sound rock’n’roll was built on|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/486cfad4-8daf-11e7-9580-c651950d3672|access-date=2023-09-02}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Little Richard}}
{{Elvis Presley singles}}
{{The Beach Boys singles}}
{{Pat Boone}}
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[[Category:1955 songs]]
[[Category:Little Richard songs]]
[[Category:Elvis Presley songs]]
[[Category:The Beatles songs]]
[[Category:The Beach Boys songs]]
[[Category:Pat Boone songs]]