218 Little Richard (1932- ) “Long Tall Sally” 1956

His hit “Tutti Frutti” was recorded by Pat Boone, “the exact opposite of the homo/ambi-sexual twilight world from which the song orginated….Richard raised his tempo for his next release, Long Tall Sally. ‘Let’s see Pat Boone get his mouth together to do this song,’ he quipped and developed the ‘Ooooooh’ vocalizing which became his trademark” (Clayton Goodwin, New African, 2005).

Little Richard “Long Tall Sally”