The Fabulous Little Richard

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

The Fabulous Little Richard · The Fabulous Little Richard is Little Richard's third studio album and the last from his rock and roll period. It was released seventeen months after he left Specialty Records. Richard had returned to his faith and turned away from the music that had made him famous. He would later reverse that decision briefly, but this album ended his peak period.

The record was assembled from outtakes and other leftover recordings, on which Richard sounds somewhat softer than before. On just over half of the tracks a female chorus, the Stewart Sisters, was added to make the music more accessible. The sleeve notes said this came closer to the church singing he had grown up with. Kansas City also contains lyric lines from his own Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, something The Beatles later had to credit when they covered the song.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Shake a Hand2:50Apple Music ↗
2. 2Chicken Little Baby1:00Apple Music ↗
3. 3All Night Long2:14Apple Music ↗
4. 4The Most I Can Offer2:21Apple Music ↗
5. 5Lonesome and Blue2:16Apple Music ↗
6. 6Wonderin'2:49Apple Music ↗
7. 7She Knows How to Work2:00Apple Music ↗
8. 8Kansas City2:40Apple Music ↗
9. 9Directly from My Heart2:20Apple Music ↗
10. 10Maybe I'm Right2:09Apple Music ↗
11. 11Early One Morning2:15Apple Music ↗
12. 12I'm Just a Lonely Guy2:37Apple Music ↗
13. 13Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On1:55Apple Music ↗

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