Little Richard Signed Specialty Record Album Here’s Little Richard – COA JSA

Little Richard, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Described as the “Architect of Rock and Roll”, Richard’s most celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s, when his charismatic showmanship and dynamic music, characterized by frenetic piano playing, pounding backbeat, and raspy shouted vocals, laid the foundation for rock and roll. Richard’s innovative emotive vocalizations and uptempo rhythmic music also played a key role in the formation of other popular music genres, including soul and funk.

Specialty Records was an American record label founded in Los Angeles in 1945 by Art Rupe. It was known for rhythm and blues, gospel, and early rock and roll, and recorded artists such as Little Richard, Guitar Slim, Percy Mayfield, and Lloyd Price. Rupe established the company under the name Juke Box Records but changed it to Specialty in 1946 when he parted company with a couple of his original partners. Rupe’s daughter, Beverly, restarted the label in the 1980s.

Presented is a “Here’s Little Richard” on a vintage rare Specialty record album signed by Little Richard in the black felt tip (“8-9” ) on the front cover. The original records are included and show mild wear from play.

Here’s Little Richard is the debut album by American musician Little Richard, released on March 4, 1957. Promoted as “six of Little Richard’s hits and six brand new songs of hit caliber”, the album compiles many of the A-sides and B-sides from Richard’s hit singles including the Billboard top 40 entries “Tutti Frutti”, “Long Tall Sally”, “Slippin’ and Slidin'”, “Rip It Up” and “Jenny, Jenny” and the top 10 Rhythm and Blues Best-Sellers hits “Ready Teddy”, “She’s Got It” and “Miss Ann”.

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Little Richard Signed Record Album