Ready Teddy

E249705

"Ready Teddy" is a high-energy rock and roll song popularized by Little Richard in the 1950s, known for its driving rhythm and exuberant vocal style.

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Ready Teddy canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock and roll song ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Little Richard and his Band ⓘ
surface form: Little Richard and His Band
associatedWithMovement 1950s rock and roll era ⓘ
backingMusicians New Orleans session musicians ⓘ
composer John Marascalco ⓘ
Robert Blackwell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalStatus rock and roll standard ⓘ
decadeOfRelease 1950s ⓘ
era early rock and roll ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1956 ⓘ
genre rock and roll ⓘ
hasChorus repetitive, catchy refrain ⓘ
hasTempo fast ⓘ
includedInAlbum Here’s Little Richard ⓘ
influencedGenre rock and roll ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
instrumentation drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
keyCharacteristic boogie-woogie piano style ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme dance and excitement ⓘ
youthful energy ⓘ
lyricist John Marascalco ⓘ
notableFor exuberant vocal style ⓘ
influential early rock and roll sound ⓘ
originalArtist Little Richard ⓘ
performanceEnergy high-energy ⓘ
performedBy Buddy Holly ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
performedOnTVShow The Ed Sullivan Show ⓘ
The Milton Berle Show ⓘ
performer Little Richard ⓘ
producer Robert Blackwell ⓘ
recordedAt J&M Studio, New Orleans ⓘ
recordingArtist Little Richard ⓘ
recordLabel Specialty Records ⓘ
rhythmCharacteristic driving rhythm ⓘ
side B-side ⓘ
styleCharacteristic call-and-response patterns ⓘ
driving backbeat ⓘ
vocalist Little Richard ⓘ
vocalStyle shouted vocals ⓘ
vocalType high-energy vocal style ⓘ

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

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