Segue la discografia di Little Richard.
Discografia Registrazioni originali Registrazioni in stile Jump blues per la RCA/Peacock Records: Otto singoli (Every Hour, Get Rich Quick, Why Did You Leave Me, Taxi Blues, Ain't Nothin' Happenin, Please Have Mercy On Me, I Brought It All On Myself, Thinkin''' Bout My Mother ) per la RCA (1951/1952) Due singoli per la Peacock Records (1953) La prima pubblicazione su CD con bonus tracks: The Formative Years (1989)
Prime registrazioni Rock and roll per la Specialty Records:Here's Little Richard (1957)Little Richard (1958)The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Prime registrazioni Gospel:Pray Along with Little Richard (1960)Pray Along with Little Richard Vol. 2 (1960)King of the Gospel Singers (1962)
Nuove registrazioni Rock and roll per la Specialty Records: Due singoli (1964, distribuito in Well Alright! + bonus tracks, 1970)
Registrazioni per la Vee Jay Records – nuovo materiale ed ulteriori versioni di vecchie hits, dalla forte influenza soul:Little Richard Is Back (And There's a Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!) (1964)Little Richard's Greatest Hits (1964)
Registrazioni per la Modern Records – nuovo materiale ed ulteriori versioni di vecchie hits, dalla forte influenza funk:The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits - Live! (1966)The Wild and Frantic Little Richard (1966)
Registrazioni per la Okeh Records – nuovo materiale ed ulteriori versioni di vecchie hits, dalla forte influenza soul-funk:The Explosive Little Richard (1967)Little Richard's Greatest Hits: Recorded Live! (1967)
Registrazioni funk per la Reprise Records e i lavori degli anni 1970:The Rill Thing (Reprise, 1970)The King of Rock and Roll (Reprise, 1971)The Second Coming (Reprise, 1972)Southern Child (album country, Reprise, registrato nel 1972, distribuito nel 2005)Right Now! (United, 1973)Little Richard Live (Nonostante il titolo, si tratta di riproposizioni studio di 20 grandi hits (K-Tel, 1976)
Nuove registrazioni Gospel:God's Beautiful City (World, 1979)Lifetime Friend (Warner Brothers, 1986)
Gli anni 1990:Shake It All About (Disney, 1992)Little Richard Meets Masayoshi Takanaka (Distribuito solamente in Giappone) (Toshiba, 1992)
Album 1957: Here's Little Richard (Specialty) 1958: Little Richard (Specialty) 1959: The Fabulous Little Richard (Specialty) 1960: Pray Along with Little Richard, Vol. 11960: Pray Along with Little Richard, Vol. 21962: King of the Gospel Singers1964: Little Richard Is Back (And There's A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On!) (Vee-Jay) 1965: Little Richard's Greatest Hits (Vee-Jay) 1967: The Explosive Little Richard (Okeh) 1970: The Rill Thing (Reprise) 1971: The King of Rock and Roll (Reprise) 1972: The Second Coming (Reprise) 1974: Right Now! (United Records) 1976: Little Richard Live1979: God's Beautiful City1986: Lifetime Friend1992: *Shake It All About (Disney) 1992: *Little Richard Meets Masayoshi Takanaka (Toshiba) 2005: *Southern Child (Rhino Handmade, registrato nel 1972 e pubblicato per la prima volta nel 2005)
Album Live 1966: The Incredible Little Richard Sings His Greatest Hits - Live! (Modern) 1967: Little Richard's Greatest Hits: Recorded Live! (Okeh)
Raccolte 1960: Little Richard Sings: Clap Your Hands (Spinarama M119) 1963: Sings Spirituals1964: Sings the Gospel1966: The Wild and Frantic Little Richard (Modern) 1967: Rock N Roll Forever1968: Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits (Specialty) 1968: Forever Yours (Roulette) 1969: Good Golly Miss Molly1969: Little Richard1970: Rock Hard Rock Heavy1970: Little Richard1970: Well Alright!1971: Mr. Big1972: Southern Child (Reprise, unreleased) 1972: Friends from the Beginning - Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix1972: The Original1973: Rip It Up1974: Talkin' 'Bout Soul1974: Recorded Live1974: Super Hits (Trip) 1975: Keep a Knockin'1976: Sings1977: Now1977: 22 Original Hits (Warwick) 1983: 20 Greatest Hits (Lotus) 1984: Little Richard's Greatest (Kent) 1988: Lucille1989: The Speciality Sessions1991: The Georgia Peach1996: Shag on Down by the Union Hall Featuring Shea Sandlin & Richard "The Sex" Hounsome2006: Here Comes Little Richard/Little Richard2008: The Very Best Of Little RichardSingoli Data TitoloPosizione in classifica Classifica USA Classifica USA R&B Classifica UK singoli 53Always/Rice, Red Beans and Turnip Greens (con i Tempo Toppers) - - - 11/55Tutti Frutti/I'm Just a Lonely Guynumero 17numero 2numero 29 4/56Long Tall Sally/Slippin' and Slidin'numero 6numero 1numero 3 6/56Rip It Up/Ready Teddynumero 17numero 1numero 30 10/56Heeby-Jeebies -numero 7 - 10/56She's Got It -numero 9numero 15 12/56The Girl Can't Help Itnumero 49numero 7numero 9 12/56All Around the World -numero 13 - 3/57Lucillenumero 21numero 1numero 10 3/57Send Me Some Lovin'numero 54numero 3 - 6/57Jenny, Jennynumero 10numero 2numero 11 6/57Miss Annnumero 56numero 6 - 9/57Keep A-Knockin'numero 8numero 2numero 21 2/58Good Golly, Miss Mollynumero 10numero 4numero 8 6/58Ooh! My Soulnumero 31numero 15numero 22 6/58True Fine Mamanumero 68 - - 9/58Baby Facenumero 41numero 12numero 2 2/59Kansas Citynumero 95 -numero 26 3/59By the Light of the Silvery Moon - -numero 17 11/61He's Not Just a Soldiernumero 113 - - 11/62He Got What He Wanted - -numero 38 3/63Crying in the Chapelnumero 119 - - 7/64Bama Lama Bama Loonumero 82numero 82numero 20 9/64Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (A-side)numero 126 - - 9/64Goodnight Irene (B-side)numero 128 - - 11/65I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Menumero 92numero 12 - 6/66Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)numero 121numero 41 - 5/70Freedom Bluesnumero 47numero 28 - 9/70Greenwood Mississippinumero 85 - - 8/73In the Middle of the Night -numero 71 - 1/76Call My Name numero 106 - - 3/86Great Gosh A'Mighty!numero 42 -numero 62 10/86Operator - -numero 67
Bibliografia Rick Coleman: Little Richard: The Formative Years 1951–53 (Bear Family BCD 15448) Charles White: Little Richard: Get Down With It: The Okeh Sessions (Epic/Legacy 516003 2) Tom Wickers: Little Richard: King Of Rock And Roll: The Complete Reprise Recordings'' (Rhino Handmade RHM2 7888)
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