Discografia di Little Richard

Segue la discografia di Little Richard.

Good Golly, Miss Molly di Little Richard per la Specialty Records.

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 settanta:

• 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 novanta:

• 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. 1
• 1960: Pray Along with Little Richard, Vol. 2
• 1962: King of the Gospel Singers
• 1964: 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 Live
• 1979: God's Beautiful City
• 1986: Lifetime Friend
• 1992: *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 Spirituals
• 1964: Sings the Gospel
• 1966: The Wild and Frantic Little Richard (Modern)
• 1967: Rock N Roll Forever
• 1968: Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits (Specialty)
• 1968: Forever Yours (Roulette)
• 1969: Good Golly Miss Molly
• 1969: Little Richard
• 1970: Rock Hard Rock Heavy
• 1970: Little Richard
• 1970: Well Alright!
• 1971: Mr. Big
• 1972: Southern Child (Reprise, unreleased)
• 1972: Friends from the Beginning - Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix
• 1972: The Original
• 1973: Rip It Up
• 1974: Talkin' 'Bout Soul
• 1974: Recorded Live
• 1974: Super Hits (Trip)
• 1975: Keep a Knockin'
• 1976: Sings
• 1977: Now
• 1977: 22 Original Hits (Warwick)
• 1983: 20 Greatest Hits (Lotus)
• 1984: Little Richard's Greatest (Kent)
• 1988: Lucille
• 1989: The Speciality Sessions
• 1991: The Georgia Peach
• 1996: Shag on Down by the Union Hall Featuring Shea Sandlin & Richard "The Sex" Hounsome
• 2006: Here Comes Little Richard/Little Richard
• 2008: The Very Best Of Little Richard

Singoli

Data	Titolo	Posizione in classifica
		Classifica USA	Classifica USA R&B	Classifica UK singoli
53	Always/Rice, Red Beans and Turnip Greens (con i Tempo Toppers)	-	-	-
11/55	Tutti Frutti/I'm Just a Lonely Guy	numero 17	numero 2	numero 29
4/56	Long Tall Sally/Slippin' and Slidin'	numero 6	numero 1	numero 3
6/56	Rip It Up/Ready Teddy	numero 17	numero 1	numero 30
10/56	Heeby-Jeebies	-	numero 7	-
10/56	She's Got It	-	numero 9	numero 15
12/56	The Girl Can't Help It	numero 49	numero 7	numero 9
12/56	All Around the World	-	numero 13	-
3/57	Lucille	numero 21	numero 1	numero 10
3/57	Send Me Some Lovin'	numero 54	numero 3	-
6/57	Jenny, Jenny	numero 10	numero 2	numero 11
6/57	Miss Ann	numero 56	numero 6	-
9/57	Keep A-Knockin'	numero 8	numero 2	numero 21
2/58	Good Golly, Miss Molly	numero 10	numero 4	numero 8
6/58	Ooh! My Soul	numero 31	numero 15	numero 22
6/58	True Fine Mama	numero 68	-	-
9/58	Baby Face	numero 41	numero 12	numero 2
2/59	Kansas City	numero 95	-	numero 26
3/59	By the Light of the Silvery Moon	-	-	numero 17
11/61	He's Not Just a Soldier	numero 113	-	-
11/62	He Got What He Wanted	-	-	numero 38
3/63	Crying in the Chapel	numero 119	-	-
7/64	Bama Lama Bama Loo	numero 82	numero 82	numero 20
9/64	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (A-side)	numero 126	-	-
9/64	Goodnight Irene (B-side)	numero 128	-	-
11/65	I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me	numero 92	numero 12	-
6/66	Poor Dog (Who Can't Wag His Own Tail)	numero 121	numero 41	-
5/70	Freedom Blues	numero 47	numero 28	-
9/70	Greenwood Mississippi	numero 85	-	-
8/73	In the Middle of the Night	-	numero 71	-
1/76	Call My Name	numero 106	-	-
3/86	Great Gosh A'Mighty!	numero 42	-	numero 62
10/86	Operator	-	-	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)