The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Tutti Frutti
  2:27
• 2
  Lucille
  2:27
• 3
  Heebie Jeebies
  2:12
• 4
  Slippin' and Slidin'
  2:44
• 5
  Get Rich Quick
  2:18
• 6
  All Night Long
  2:14
• 7
  Why Did You Leave Me?
  2:34
• 8
  Kansas City
  2:41
• 9
  Taxi Blues
  2:19
• 10
  Little Richard's Boogie
  2:51
• 11
  Every Hour
  2:54
• 12
  True Fine Mama
  2:44
• 13
  I Brought It All on Myself
  2:55
• 14
  Miss Ann
  2:18
• 15
  Ain't Nothin' Happenin'
  2:13
• 16
  I Love My Baby
  2:30
• 17
  Thinkin' 'bout My Mother
  2:54
• 18
  Please Have Mercy on Me
  2:33
• CD 2
• 1
  Long Tall Sally
  2:12
• 2
  Rip It Up
  2:24
• 3
  Ready Teddy
  2:09
• 4
  Lonesome and Blue
  2:19
• 5
  Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey (Goin' Back to Birmingham)
  2:08
• 6
  Always
  2:41
• 7
  Wonderin'
  2:51
• 8
  Baby
  2:08
• 9
  Ain't That Good News?
  2:52
• 10
  I'm Just a Lonely Guy
  2:38
• 11
  Fool at the Wheel
  2:38
• 12
  The Most I Can Offer (Just My Heart)
  2:22
• 13
  Rice, Red Beans and Turnip Greens
  2:33
• 14
  Oh Why?
  2:10
• 15
  Maybe I'm Right
  2:52
• 16
  I Got It
  2:23
• 17
  Shake a Hand
  2:54
• CD 3
• 1
  Good Golly Miss Molly
  2:13
• 2
  Keep-a-Knockin'
  2:13
• 3
  The Girl Can't Help It
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Jenny Jenny
  2:04
  4.5 ★
• 5
  She's Got It
  2:28
• 6
  Directly From My Heart to You
  2:57
• 7
  Can't Believe You Wanna Leave
  2:29
• 8
  All Around the World
  2:28
• 9
  Send Me Some Lovin'
  2:21
• 10
  Baby Face
  2:17
• 11
  By the Light of the Silvery Moon
  2:07
• 12
  Ooh! My Soul
  2:12
• 13
  I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo)
  2:22
• 14
  Early One Morning
  2:16
• 15
  Chicken Little Baby
  1:45
• 16
  She Knows How to Rock
  2:02
• 17
  Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
  1:55

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The Formative Years 1951-53

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Lifetime Friend

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Release credits

• Adolph Smith
  background vocals [3]
• Albert Dobbins
  alto saxophone [5, 7, 9, 11]
• Albert Winston
  double bass [1.10, 1.16, 2.15]
• Alvin “Red” Tyler
  baritone saxophone [3-4]
• Art Neville
  background vocals [3]
• Barry Lee Gilmore
  vocal [6, 9, 11, 13]
• Billy Brooks
  vocal [6, 9, 11, 13]
• Carlos Bermudaz
  alto saxophone [13, 15, 17-18]
• Denis Brownside
  piano [1]
• Devonia Williams
  piano [1.10, 1.16, 2.15]
• Don Johnson
  trumpet [1.10, 1.16, 2.15]
• Don Robey
  producer [1.10, 1.16, 2.6, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15]
• Donald Clark
  drums (drum set) [5, 7, 9, 11]
• Earl Palmer
  drums (drum set) [3-4]
• Eddie Bayers
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Eddie Lee Williams
  guitar [6, 9, 11, 13]
• Frank Fields
  bass guitar [3-4]
• Fred Ford
  baritone saxophone [1.10, 1.16, 2.15]
• Fred Jackson
  tenor saxophone [5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17-18]
• George Holloway Jr.
  double bass [5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17-18]
• George Washington
  trombone [2.15, 1.10, 1.16]
• J. Williams
  drums (drum set) [13, 15, 17-18]
• Jack Jackson
  bass guitar [1]
• James Hudson
  baritone saxophone [5, 7, 9, 11]
• James Van Streeter
  trumpet [1.10, 1.16, 2.15]
• Jimmy Swan
  vocal [6, 9, 11, 13]
• Johnny Otis
  vibraphone [1.10, 1.16, 2.15]
• Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.15, 1.10, 1.16]
• Julius Wimby
  piano [5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17-18]
• Junior Gordon
  background vocals [3]
• Leard 'Kansas City' Bell
  drums (drum set) [2.15, 1.10, 1.16]
• Lee Allen
  tenor saxophone [3-4]
• Little Richard
  lead vocals [1, 3-4], piano [1.10, 3.3-4], vocal [1.5, 1.7, 1.9-11, 1.13, 1.15-18, 2.6, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13, 2.15]
• Lorenzo Holden
  trumpet [1.10, 1.16, 2.15]
• Mildred Taylor
  drums (drum set) [6, 9, 11, 13]
• Pat Patnik
  guitar [1]
• Paul Wormley
  guitar [1]
• Pete "Guitar" Lewis
  guitar [1.10, 1.16, 2.15]
• Raymond Taylor
  organ [6, 9, 11, 13], piano [6, 9, 11, 13], trombone [6, 9, 11, 13], trumpet [6, 9, 11, 13]
• Roy Mays
  trumpet [5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17-18]
• Roy Montrell
  guitar [3-4]
• Stephen H. Sholes
  artists and repertoire [5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17-18], producer [5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17-18]
• Tempo Toppers
  vocal [6, 9, 11, 13]
• Walter Henry
  baritone saxophone [1.10, 1.16, 2.15]
• Wesley Jackson
  guitar [13, 15, 17-18]
• William Tircuit
  background vocals [3]
• Willie Wilson
  trombone [13, 15, 17-18]
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Issues

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  The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

  3x CD
  2016