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Little Richard: “Lucille” 78rpm 10 Inch Single

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Good copy 78rpm “Lucille,” hand signed in black ink to the front cover by Little Richard. Vinyl is broken and repaired with tape.  “Lucille” is a 1957 rock and roll song which was one of Little Richard’s international hits. Released  in February 1957, Little Richard’s single made number 21 on the US pop chart, and number 10 on the UK chart. It was composed by Albert Collins and Little Richard.

Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), better known as Little Richard, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

A pop music and culture icon, Little Richard’s most-celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s when his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship presaged the rise of rock and roll. His music influenced many other popular music genres, including soul, funk and hip hop and shaped generations of rhythm and blues artists.

Little Richard has been honored by many institutions. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of inductees in 1986. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” (1955) was included in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2010, which stated that his “unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music.” Elvis Presley recorded the song and it was included in his first RCA album Elvis Presley March 23, 1956. Presley’s version uses “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom!” for every verse, finishing the phrase with “bam-boom” instead of “bom-bom”. Elvis’ cut of “Tutti Frutti” was also released as part of a four track EP (RCA EPA-747) and as the b-side of “Blue Suede Shoes” (RCA 47-6636) which reached #20 on the ‘Billboard’ chart.

According to eminent author Mark Lewisohn in The Complete Beatles Chronicles (p. 365) The Beatles performed “Tutti Frutti” live from at least 1960 through 1962 (in Hamburg, Liverpool and elsewhere). Reportedly the lead vocal was always by Paul McCartney, but it is unknown whether their version was actually based on the one by Elvis or that of Little Richard. No recorded version is known to survive.

In 2015, the National Museum of African American Music honored Little Richard with a Rhapsody & Rhythm Award for his role in the formation of popular music genres and in helping shatter racial divisions in the music industry.

 

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