Tutti Frutti

E249701
rock and roll song song

"Tutti Frutti" is a 1955 rock and roll song by Little Richard that became one of his signature hits and a foundational record in the development of the genre.

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Label Occurrences
Tutti Frutti canonical 4
Tutti Frutti (cover) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock and roll song ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Little Richard ⓘ
associatedWithMovement birth of rock and roll ⓘ
bSide I’m Just a Lonely Guy ⓘ
chartPerformance hit on R&B charts in the United States ⓘ
hit on pop charts in the United States ⓘ
containsNonsenseSyllables yes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact considered a landmark in popular music ⓘ
helped establish Little Richard’s career ⓘ
describedAs foundational rock and roll record ⓘ
era 1950s rock and roll ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre rock and roll ⓘ
hasCallAndResponse yes ⓘ
hasCoverVersion Pat Boone version of Tutti Frutti ⓘ
hasPianoSolo yes ⓘ
hasSaxophone yes ⓘ
historicalReputation one of the most influential songs in rock history ⓘ
includedIn lists of greatest rock and roll songs ⓘ
influenced development of rock and roll ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 2 minutes 23 seconds ⓘ
musicalFeature boogie-woogie piano ⓘ
driving backbeat ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Pat Boone ⓘ
openingLyric A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom ⓘ
originalLabelCatalogNumber Specialty 561 ⓘ
performer Little Richard ⓘ
producer Bumps Blackwell ⓘ
recordingCity New Orleans ⓘ
recordingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
recordingDate 1955 ⓘ
recordingLocation Cosimo Matassa’s J&M Studio, New Orleans ⓘ
recordingState Louisiana ⓘ
recordLabel Specialty Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1955 ⓘ
rhythm 12-bar blues structure ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
signatureSongOf Little Richard ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
vocalist Little Richard ⓘ
vocalStyle shouted vocals ⓘ
writer Dorothy LaBostrie ⓘ
Little Richard ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Little Richard → notableWork → Tutti Frutti ⓘ
Pat Boone → notableWork → Tutti Frutti ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tutti Frutti (cover)
Richard Wayne Penniman → notableWork → Tutti Frutti ⓘ
Long Tall Sally → precededBySingle → Tutti Frutti ⓘ
Specialty Records → released → Tutti Frutti ⓘ