Rip It Up

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"Rip It Up" is a 1956 rock and roll song by Little Richard that became one of his signature high-energy hits and a classic of the early rock era.

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Rip It Up canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rock and roll song ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Little Richard ⓘ
associatedWith Specialty Records era of Little Richard ⓘ
bSide Ready Teddy ⓘ
characteristic driving piano ⓘ
high-energy performance ⓘ
shouted vocals ⓘ
chartPerformance hit on the Billboard R&B chart ⓘ
hit on the Billboard pop chart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy Bill Haley & His Comets ⓘ
surface form: Bill Haley and His Comets

Elvis Presley ⓘ
The Beatles (live performances) ⓘ
criticalReputation classic of early rock and roll ⓘ
danceability high ⓘ
era early rock era ⓘ
firstReleaseFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
genre rock and roll ⓘ
hasMood celebratory ⓘ
hasSignatureLine Well, it's Saturday night and I just got paid ⓘ
hasTheme partying ⓘ
weekend celebration ⓘ
includedIn various Little Richard compilation albums ⓘ
influenceOn subsequent rock and roll artists ⓘ
instrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 2 minutes and 20 seconds ⓘ
notableFor being one of Little Richard's signature songs ⓘ
influence on early rock and roll ⓘ
partOf Little Richard's classic 1950s singles ⓘ
performer Little Richard ⓘ
producer Bumps Blackwell ⓘ
recordedAt New Orleans ⓘ
recordingLabelCatalogNumber Specialty 579 ⓘ
recordLabel Specialty Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
rhythmStyle strong backbeat ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
vocalist Little Richard ⓘ
vocalStyle gospel-influenced rock and roll vocals ⓘ
writer John Marascalco ⓘ
Robert Blackwell ⓘ

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

Little Richard → notableWork → Rip It Up ⓘ
Elvis (1956 album) → hasPart → Rip It Up ⓘ