Here's Little Richard, Little Richard, 1957, :29
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The debut album of the man who, along with Chuck Berry, can most fairly be described as an inventor of rock and roll. The Penniman whoop and wail, the fuzzy guitar, the sultry sax, the crashing drums: every song announces that Little Richard is going to fly rock's freak flag high. The unrelenting staccato buzz of "Jenny Jenny" is garage before there was garage. Good gawd! Favorite tracks: Slipping' and Sliding' (Peepin' and Hidin')," "Tutti Frutti," "Rip It Up," "Jenny, Jenny."
