Good Golly, Miss Molly

E249703
single song

"Good Golly, Miss Molly" is a classic 1958 rock and roll song by Little Richard, renowned for its energetic piano, exuberant vocals, and lasting influence on popular music.

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Label Occurrences
Good Golly, Miss Molly canonical 2
Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Little Richard ⓘ
associatedAct The Upsetters ⓘ
associatedWithArtistCareerPhase peak period of Little Richard's 1950s hits ⓘ
bSide Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey ⓘ
chartPerformance US Billboard pop chart hit ⓘ
US R&B chart hit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 1950s rock and roll ⓘ
featuresInstrument drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
firstReleaseFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
followedByInArtistSinglesChronology Ooh! My Soul ⓘ
genre rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact influential in development of rock and roll piano style ⓘ
widely used in film and television soundtracks ⓘ
hasMusicalCharacteristic energetic piano ⓘ
exuberant vocals ⓘ
fast tempo ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Creedence Clearwater Revival ⓘ
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels ⓘ
The Swinging Blue Jeans ⓘ
hasOpeningLyric Good Golly, Miss Molly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball
hasRhythmicStyle shuffle rhythm ⓘ
hasSignatureElement Little Richard's wailing vocal interjections ⓘ
driving boogie-woogie piano ⓘ
influencedGenre rock and roll ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
isConsidered classic 1950s rock and roll song ⓘ
rock and roll standard ⓘ
isPartOf Little Richard's classic Specialty recordings catalog ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme celebration and partying ⓘ
performer Little Richard ⓘ
precededByInArtistSinglesChronology Keep A-Knockin' ⓘ
producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1956–1957 ⓘ
recordLabel Specialty Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1958 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
vocalist Little Richard ⓘ
vocalStyle gospel-influenced rock and roll singing ⓘ
writer John Marascalco ⓘ
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell ⓘ

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Little Richard → notableWork → Good Golly, Miss Molly ⓘ
Richard Wayne Penniman → notableWork → Good Golly, Miss Molly ⓘ
Good Golly, Miss Molly → hasOpeningLyric → Good Golly, Miss Molly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like to ball