Rip It Up is a song written by
Robert BlackwellRobert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles and Quincy Jones at the start of their music careers...
and
John MarascalcoJohn Marascalco is an American songwriter, who is most noted for his collaborations with Robert Blackwell...
. It was first released by Bill Haley and his Comets and
Little RichardRichard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and recording artist, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s...
in 1956. The Little Richard version hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks and peaked at number seventeen on the pop chart
Rip It Up is a song written by
Robert BlackwellRobert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles and Quincy Jones at the start of their music careers...
and
John MarascalcoJohn Marascalco is an American songwriter, who is most noted for his collaborations with Robert Blackwell...
. It was first released by Bill Haley and his Comets and
Little RichardRichard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and recording artist, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s...
in 1956. The Little Richard version hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks and peaked at number seventeen on the pop chart
Rip It Up is a song written by
Robert BlackwellRobert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles and Quincy Jones at the start of their music careers...
and
John MarascalcoJohn Marascalco is an American songwriter, who is most noted for his collaborations with Robert Blackwell...
.
Rip It Up is a song written by
Robert BlackwellRobert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles and Quincy Jones at the start of their music careers...
and
John MarascalcoJohn Marascalco is an American songwriter, who is most noted for his collaborations with Robert Blackwell...
. It was first released by Bill Haley and his Comets and
Little RichardRichard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and recording artist, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s...
in 1956. The Little Richard version hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks and peaked at number seventeen on the pop chart
Rip It Up is a song written by
Robert BlackwellRobert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles and Quincy Jones at the start of their music careers...
and
John MarascalcoJohn Marascalco is an American songwriter, who is most noted for his collaborations with Robert Blackwell...
. It was first released by Bill Haley and his Comets and
Little RichardRichard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and recording artist, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s...
in 1956. The Little Richard version hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks and peaked at number seventeen on the pop chart
Rip It Up is a song written by
Robert BlackwellRobert "Bumps" Blackwell was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles and Quincy Jones at the start of their music careers...
and
John MarascalcoJohn Marascalco is an American songwriter, who is most noted for his collaborations with Robert Blackwell...
. It was first released by Bill Haley and his Comets and
Little RichardRichard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and recording artist, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s...
in 1956. The Little Richard version hit number one on the R&B Best Sellers for two weeks and peaked at number seventeen on the pop chart
.
Cover Versions
It was covered in 1975 by
John LennonJohn Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles...
on his album
Rock 'n' RollRock 'n' Roll is a 1975 album of late 1950s and early 1960s-era rock songs covered by John Lennon. The recording of the album spanned a year and its dramatic sessions have since entered into rock music folklore. Rock 'n' Roll became another hit for Lennon, reaching #6 in both the UK and US, where...
in a Medley together with Ready Teddy, The Beatles in a medley with
Blue Suede Shoes"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955. The 12-bar blues is considered one of the first rockabilly records and incorporated elements of blues, country and pop music of the time....
and Shake, Rattle and Roll on The Beatles Anthology 3 album, in 1978 by Billy "Crash" Craddock on the
Turning Up And Turning OnTurning Up And Turning On is a country album by Billy "Crash" Craddock. It was released in 1978 on the Capitol label.-Track listing:#You Are Everything I Wanted You To Be#If I Could Write A Song As Beautiful As You#Delilah#What Are Memories Made Of...
album, by
Elvis PresleyElvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
, and Chuck Berry. Little Richard also sang this song on the PBS special, Doo Wop 51.
The Everly BrothersThe Everly Brothers are brothers and country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The Everlys are the most successful U.S...
released a cover version of this song in 1959 (#57 in Australia, it did not chart in USA/UK).