Specialty also was home to Price´s 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy' (with Fats Domino on piano) Don and Dewey´s 'Farmer John' Larry Williams´ 'Dizzy Miss Lizzy,' which the Beatles later covered and music by such leading gospel acts as Dorothy Love Coates, the Swan Silvertones and the Pilgrim Travelers. Above, the legendary blues artist pictured in 1970
John Lee Hooker, above, is another one of those whose talent was recognized by Art Rupe. Little Richard´s other hits with Specialty included such rock classics as 'Long Tall Sally,' 'Good Golly Miss Molly' and 'Rip it Up' before he abruptly (and temporarily) retired in 1957. 'The neck bone connected to the knee bone or something his voice and his playing sort of gave it a lift.'Ĭritic Langdon Winner would liken Little Richard´s Specialty recordings to Elvis Presley´s Sun Records sessions as 'models of singing and musicianship that have inspired rock musicians ever since.' 'Up that up to that point Bumps (producer Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell) was having Little Richard just be a vocalist,' Rupe said. Released in September 1955 and one of rock n' roll´s first major hits, 'Tutti Frutti' was a manic, but cleaner version of the raunchy original, which featured such rhymes as 'Tutti Frutti/good booty.' Rupe noted that Little Richard's performance was transformed when he accompanied himself on piano. Lupe founded Specialty in Los Angeles in 1946 and gave early breaks to such artists as Sam Cooke, pictured above
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