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“Rip It Up” by Little Richard
From the album Here’s Little Richard (1957)
“Rip It Up” by Little Richard appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2012 and 2020. It was first released in 1957 on the album Here’s Little Richard. Its best result is #781 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,973 indie & aaa song of all time.
Little Richard's "Rip It Up" hit the stores as a Specialty single in June 1956, with "Ready Teddy" on the flip, and turned up again on the album Here's Little Richard in 1957. Robert "Bumps" Blackwell and John Marascalco wrote it, and it was cut at Cosimo Matassa's J&M studio in New Orleans with Earl Palmer on drums, Frank Fields on bass, Edgar Blanchard on guitar, Alvin "Red" Tyler on baritone sax and Lee Allen blowing the tenor solo, while Richard pounds the piano and hollers over the top.
It went all the way to the top of Billboard's rhythm and blues chart, made 17 on the Hot 100 and reached 30 in Britain.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 781 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1589 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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