''Little Richard Meets Masayoshi Takanaka'' is a
rock and roll
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album recorded by American rock pioneer
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Described as the " ...
and Japanese
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and ke ...
guitarist
Masayoshi Takanaka
is a Japanese guitarist, composer, and producer. He was born in 1953 in the Shinagawa ward in Tokyo, Japan. Takanaka's music was influential in the city pop genre of the late 1970s and '80s.
Early life
Takanaka was born to a Chinese father ...
. Released on the
Eastworld
Eastworld is a Japanese jazz and pop music record label owned by EMI Music Japan (former Toshiba-EMI), under Universal Music Group.
Artists
*Minako Honda
*Jennifer Connelly
*Marvin Peterson
*Original Love
*RC Succession
*Sadistic Mika Band
* San ...
label in
1992
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,
it was Little Richard's final studio album before his death in 2020.
The record features re-recordings of some of Little Richard's biggest hits.
Track listing
#"
Good Golly Miss Molly" – 3:42
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Tutti Frutti
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" – 3:39
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Miss Ann
''Miss Ann'' is an expression used inside the African-American community to refer to a European-American woman (or sometimes a black woman) who is arrogant and condescending in her attitude.
The characteristics associated with someone called a "M ...
" – 4:43
#"
Lucille" – 3:49
#"
Long Tall Sally" – 3:30
#"
Send Me Some Lovin'
"Send Me Some Lovin'" is a 1957 rock and roll standard recorded by Little Richard. John S. Marascalso co-wrote "Send Me Some Lovin'" with Leo Price.
Background
Little Richard recorded the song October 16, 1956, at J&M Music Shop in New Orlea ...
" – 3:32
#"
Jenny, Jenny" – 3:09
#"
Rip It Up" – 3:10
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Kansas City
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Hey Hey Hey Hey" – 3:52
#"
Ready Teddy" – 3:52
References
External links
1992 albums
Little Richard albums
Collaborative albums
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