Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman
Producer
Bumps Blackwell
Little Richard singles chronology
"Tutti Frutti"
(1955)
"Long Tall Sally"
(1956)
"Rip It Up"
(1956)
"Long Tall Sally"
Single by The Kinks
B-side
"I Took My Baby Home" (R. Davies)
Released
February 7, 1964
Format
7"
Recorded
January 24, 1964 at Pye Studios (No .1), London
Genre
Beat
Label
Pye 7N15611 (UK)
Cameo 308 (US)
Producer
Shel Talmy
The Kinks singles chronology
"Long Tall Sally"
(1964)
"You Still Want Me"
(1964)
"Long Tall Sally"
Song by The Beatles from the album Long Tall Sally
Released
June 19, 1964
Recorded
March 1, 1964
Producer
George Martin
Long Tall Sally track listing
Side one
"Long Tall Sally"
"I Call Your Name"
Side two
"Slow Down"
"Matchbox"
"Long Tall Sally"
Song by Eddie Cochran from the album Never To Be Forgotten
Released
January 1962
Recorded
May/June 1956
Genre
Rock and roll
Length
1:44
Label
Liberty Records
Writer
Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman
Producer
Eddie Cochran
Never To Be Forgotten track listing
"Weekend"
(1)
"Long Tall Sally"
(2)
"Lonely"
(3)
"Long Tall Sally" is a rock and roll 12-bar blues song written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman (known as "Little Richard"), recorded by Little Richard and released March 1956 on the Specialty Records label.
The flip side was "Slippin' and Slidin'". Both songs were subsequently released in the LP Here's Little Richard (Specialty, March 1957). The single reached number one on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart, staying at the top for six of 19 weeks, while peaking at number six on the pop chart. It received the Cash Box Triple Crown Award in 1956. The song as sung by Little Richard is #56 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
It became one of the singer's best-known hits and has become a rock and roll standard covered by hundreds of artists.
The song was originally called "The Thing", recorded in New Orleans by Little Richard.
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