Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop.
I got a girl named Sue.
She knows just what to do.
I got a girl named Sue.
She knows just what to do.
She rocks to the east, she rocks to the west,
But she's the girl that I love best.
She knows just what to do.
I got a girl named Sue.
She knows just what to do.
She rocks to the east, she rocks to the west,
But she's the girl that I love best.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop.
Got a girl named Daisy.
She almost drives me crazy.
Got a girl named Daisy.
She almost drives me crazy.
She knows how to love me, yes indeed.
Boy, you don't what she do to me.
She almost drives me crazy.
Got a girl named Daisy.
She almost drives me crazy.
She knows how to love me, yes indeed.
Boy, you don't what she do to me.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a. Ow!
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a. Ow!
Oh, tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bop-bop.
Got a girl named Daisy.
She almost drives me crazy.
Got a girl named Daisy.
She almost drives me crazy.
She knows how to love me, yes indeed.
Boy, you don't know what she do to me.
She almost drives me crazy.
Got a girl named Daisy.
She almost drives me crazy.
She knows how to love me, yes indeed.
Boy, you don't know what she do to me.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty. Oooh.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Tutti frutti, oh rooty.
Wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom.
song info:
Verified yes
Language
GenreR&B, Rock & Roll
Rank−
Duration00:02:23
Charts
Copyright ©Sony/ATV Music Publishing
WriterDorothy Labostrie, Joe Lubin, Richard Penniman
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
AddedFebruary 8th, 2007
Last updatedMarch 8th, 2022
About"Tutti Frutti" (meaning "all fruits" in Italian) is a song written by Little Richard along with Dorothy LaBostrie that was recorded in 1955 and became his first major hit record. With its opening cry of "A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!" (a verbal rendition of a drum pattern that Little Richard had imagined) and its hard-driving sound and wild lyrics, it became not only a model for many future Little Richard songs, but also a model for rock and roll itself. The song introduced several of rock music's most characteristic musical features, including its loud volume and vocal style emphasizing power, and its distinctive beat and rhythm.
In 2007, an eclectic panel of renowned recording artists voted "Tutti Frutti" No. 1 on Mojo's The Top 100 Records That Changed The World, hailing the recording as "the sound of the birth of rock and roll." In 2010, the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry added the recording to its registry, claiming the "unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music". In April 2012, Rolling Stone magazine declared that the song "still contains what has to be considered the most inspired rock lyric ever recorded: 'A wop bop alu bop, a wop bam boom!'
Although "Little Richard" Penniman had recorded for RCA and Peacock Records since 1951, his records had been relatively undistinguished and did not result in the commercial success for which his producers hoped. In February 1955, he sent a demo tape to Specialty Records, which was heard by Specialty owner Art Rupe. Rupe heard promise in the tapes and arranged a recording session for Little Richard at Cosimo Matassa's J & M Studio in New Orleans in September 1955, with Robert "Bumps" Blackwell as producer and Fats Domino's backing band. The band included Lee Allen and Alvin "Red" Tyler on saxophones, Huey Smith on piano, Frank Fields on double bass, Justin Adams on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums.
In 2007, an eclectic panel of renowned recording artists voted "Tutti Frutti" No. 1 on Mojo's The Top 100 Records That Changed The World, hailing the recording as "the sound of the birth of rock and roll." In 2010, the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry added the recording to its registry, claiming the "unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music". In April 2012, Rolling Stone magazine declared that the song "still contains what has to be considered the most inspired rock lyric ever recorded: 'A wop bop alu bop, a wop bam boom!'
Although "Little Richard" Penniman had recorded for RCA and Peacock Records since 1951, his records had been relatively undistinguished and did not result in the commercial success for which his producers hoped. In February 1955, he sent a demo tape to Specialty Records, which was heard by Specialty owner Art Rupe. Rupe heard promise in the tapes and arranged a recording session for Little Richard at Cosimo Matassa's J & M Studio in New Orleans in September 1955, with Robert "Bumps" Blackwell as producer and Fats Domino's backing band. The band included Lee Allen and Alvin "Red" Tyler on saxophones, Huey Smith on piano, Frank Fields on double bass, Justin Adams on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums.
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