Artist
Little Richard
Little Richard appears once in our Rock and Roll list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Rock and Roll
- Year
- 1955
- Highest placing
- No. 2 in Rock and Roll
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Tutti Frutti
1955 · Specialty
Ranked No. 2 in Rock and Roll
The most explosive four seconds of introduction anybody has recorded. The original lyric was unprintable, the cleaned-up version is still barely contained, and nothing has ever sounded this free.