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Rip It Up (Little Richard song)






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"Rip It Up"
SinglebyLittle Richard
B-side"Ready Teddy"
ReleasedJune 1956 (1956-06)
StudioJ&M Recording Studio
GenreRock and roll
Length2:20
LabelSpecialty
Songwriter(s)Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco
Producer(s)Robert Blackwell
Little Richard singles chronology
"Long Tall Sally"
(1956) 		"Rip It Up"
(1956) 		"She's Got It"
(1956)
Official audio
"Rip It Up"onYouTube

"Rip It Up" is a rock and roll song written by Robert Blackwell and John Marascalco. In June 1956, Specialty Records released it as a single by Little Richard with "Ready Teddy" as the B-side. The song reached the top position on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues Records chart as well as number 17 on the magazine's broader Billboard Hot 100.[1] The version peaked at number 30 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The song was also recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956.

In the Richards recording, the tenor saxophone solo is by Lee Allen.[3]

Also in 1956, Bill Haley & His Comets released a version of the song which reached number 25 on the Hot 100,[citation needed] and number four in the UK Singles Chart.[2]

The song, which was recorded at J&M Recording StudioinNew Orleans,[4] is included as a full-length performance by Earl Palmer with guest vocalist Ivan Neville and house band in the 2005 documentary film Make It Funky!, which presents a history of New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm and blues, rock and roll, funk and jazz.[5][6] Los Lobos recorded the song for the 1987 Ritchie Valens biography film La Bamba. The song hasn't been officially released on the album but is released on their album El Cancionero Mas y Mas.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 356.
  • ^ a b "Rip It Up | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  • ^ White, Charles (2003). The Life and Times of Little Richard. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1783230143.
  • ^ "Here's Little Richard: Credits". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  • ^ "IAJE What's Going On". Jazz Education Journal. 37 (5). Manhattan, Kansas: International Association of Jazz Educators: 87. April 2005. ISSN 1540-2886. ProQuest 1370090.
  • ^ Make It Funky! (DVD). Culver City, California: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 2005. ISBN 9781404991583. OCLC 61207781. 11952.
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