The Very Best of Little Richard

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Long Tall Sally
  2:10
• 2
  Baby Face
  2:15
• 3
  The Girl Can't Help It
  2:26
• 4
  By the Light of the Silvery Moon
  2:06
• 5
  Good Golly Miss Molly
  2:10
• 6
  I Got It
  2:18
• 7
  Lucille
  2:25
• 8
  Keep a Knockin'
  2:19
• 9
  Send Me Some Lovin'
  2:20
• 10
  Ready Teddy
  2:08
• 11
  Kansas City
  2:18
• 12
  Shake a Hand
  2:53
• 13
  Heeby-Jeebies
  2:17
• 14
  She Knows How to Rock
  2:02
• 15
  Ain't That Good News
  2:49
• 16
  Baby
  2:05
• 17
  I Brought It on Myself
  2:53
• 18
  Every Hour
  2:52
• 19
  Fool at the Wheel
  2:37
• 20
  I'll Never Let You Go
  2:20
• 21
  Ain't Nothin' Happenin'
  2:11
• 22
  Little Richard Boogie
  2:49
• 23
  Rice, Beans and Turnip Greens
  2:32
• 24
  True Fine Mama
  2:43
• 25
  Why Did You Leave Me?
  2:33
• CD 2
• 1
  Tutti Frutti
  2:26
  4.1 ★
• 2
  She's Got It
  2:26
• 3
  Jenny, Jenny
  2:04
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Ooh! My Soul
  1:47
• 5
  Early One Morning
  2:15
• 6
  All Night Long
  2:14
• 7
  Wonderin'
  2:50
• 8
  Lonesome and Blue
  2:16
• 9
  Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
  1:53
• 10
  Rip It Up
  2:23
• 11
  Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')
  2:42
• 12
  Can't Believe You Wanna Leave
  2:27
• 13
  Get Rich Quick
  2:16
• 14
  Directly From the Heart
  2:55
• 15
  I'm Just a Lonely Guy (All Alone)
  2:37
• 16
  Miss Ann
  2:16
• 17
  Thinkin' About My Mother
  2:52
• 18
  Maybe I'm Right
  2:49
• 19
  All Around the World
  2:27
• 20
  Always
  2:39
• 21
  Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Goin' Back to Birmingham)
  2:07
• 22
  I Love My Baby
  2:29
• 23
  Oh Why?
  2:08
• 24
  Please Have Mercy on Me
  2:31
• 25
  Taxi Blues
  2:26

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The Formative Years 1951-53

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Lifetime Friend

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Release credits

• Albert Dobbins
  alto saxophone [1.18, 1.25, 2.13]
• Albert Winston
  double bass [2.18, 2.22, 1.22]
• Alvin “Red” Tyler
  baritone saxophone [2.1, 2.3, 1.12]
• Barry Lee Gilmore
  vocal [2.20, 1.15, 1.19]
• Billy Brooks
  vocal [2.20, 1.15, 1.19]
• Carlos Bermudaz
  alto saxophone [1.21, 2.24]
• Charles Connor
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Clifford Burks
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Denis Brownside
  piano [5]
• Devonia Williams
  piano [1.22, 2.18, 2.22]
• Don Johnson
  trumpet [1.22, 2.18, 2.22]
• Don Robey
  producer [1.15, 1.19, 1.22, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22]
• Donald Clark
  drums (drum set) [2.13, 1.18, 1.25]
• Earl Palmer
  drums (drum set) [1.12, 2.1, 2.3]
• Eddie Bayers
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Eddie Lee Williams
  guitar [2.20, 1.15, 1.19]
• Frank Fields
  bass guitar [2.3, 1.12], double bass [1]
• Fred Ford
  baritone saxophone [2.18, 2.22, 1.22]
• Fred Jackson
  tenor saxophone [2.13, 2.24, 1.18, 1.21, 1.25]
• George Holloway Jr.
  double bass [1.18, 1.21, 1.25, 2.13, 2.24]
• George Washington
  trombone [1.22, 2.18, 2.22]
• Grady Gaines
  tenor saxophone [5]
• J. Williams
  drums (drum set) [1.21, 2.24]
• Jack Jackson
  bass guitar [5]
• James Hudson
  baritone saxophone [1.18, 1.25, 2.13]
• James Van Streeter
  trumpet [1.22, 2.18, 2.22]
• Jimmy Swan
  vocal [1.15, 1.19, 2.20]
• Johnny Otis
  vibraphone [1.22, 2.18, 2.22]
• Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.18, 2.22, 1.22]
• Julius Wimby
  piano [1.18, 1.21, 1.25, 2.13, 2.24]
• Justin Adams
  guitar [1]
• Leard 'Kansas City' Bell
  drums (drum set) [2.18, 2.22, 1.22]
• Lee Allen
  tenor saxophone [1.12, 2.1, 2.3]
• Little Richard
  lead vocals [1.5, 1.12, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5], piano [2.3, 2.5, 1.12, 1.22], vocal [2.13, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22, 2.24, 1.15, 1.18-19, 1.21-22, 1.25]
• Lorenzo Holden
  trumpet [2.18, 2.22, 1.22]
• Melvin Dowden
  piano [1]
• Mildred Taylor
  drums (drum set) [2.20, 1.15, 1.19]
• Nathaniel Douglas
  guitar [5]
• Olsie Robinson
  bass guitar [5]
• Pat Patnik
  guitar [5]
• Paul Wormley
  guitar [5]
• Pete "Guitar" Lewis
  guitar [1.22, 2.18, 2.22]
• Raymond Taylor
  organ [2.20, 1.15, 1.19], piano [2.20, 1.15, 1.19], trombone [1.15, 1.19, 2.20], trumpet [2.20, 1.15, 1.19]
• Robert “Bumps” Blackwell
  producer [1]
• Roy Mays
  trumpet [1.18, 1.21, 1.25, 2.13, 2.24]
• Roy Montrell
  guitar [3]
• Stephen H. Sholes
  artists and repertoire [2.13, 2.24, 1.18, 1.21, 1.25], producer [1.18, 1.21, 1.25, 2.13, 2.24]
• Tempo Toppers
  vocal [1.15, 1.19, 2.20]
• The Stewart Sisters
  background vocals [12], choir vocals [12]
• Walter Henry
  baritone saxophone [1.22, 2.18, 2.22]
• Wesley Jackson
  guitar [1.21, 2.24]
• Wilbert Smith
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Willie Wilson
  trombone [1.21, 2.24]
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Issues

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  The Very Best Of "Little Richard"

  Digital Media
  11 September 2008
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  T
  The Very Best of Little Richard

  2x CD
  25 July 2011