LITTLE RICHARD - 'Keep A Knockin' - 78rpm 1957

[RKBearPrductions]

Leave Christine alone...

[undertow1985]

serves u right dennis, leave christine alone.:)

[UFCWARRIORification]

been a long time since I rock & rolled, been a long time been a long time been a long lonely lonely lonely time....

[some1schannel]

@UFCWARRIORification i know right??? i thought this sounded just like led zeppelin's "Rock 'n' Roll"

[foolonthehill73]

How much better does that sound on vinyl....Just wish I was there lol ;-)

[Rabbitthateats]

ahaha, i love his screams of "woooo" and "yeah", etc

[willpn100]

In 1957, Little Richard recorded "Keep-a-Knocking", the hardest "rock and roll" song of the fifties. All "heavy metal" vocalists sing like him, in other words, at a full volume!. This song was ahead of its time. Eddie Cochran and Led Zeppelin used the intro of this song in their records. Listen to "Something Else" by Eddie Cochran and "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin.

[lordvespatron]

best song ever fucking written.

[mtv70pn]

my feets moves by themselves with this music :-)

[kevinherbert]

gr8 energy...thanx

[sunrecords56]

the alternate version in 1957 was your drinking Gin and you cant come in...really sound cool

[sunrecords56]

Very Interesting Great Sound, i didnt know Speciality gave the right to LYMIE for this Great Collectable

[freak1380]

i love this song

[robinsaaan]

WHY THE FUCK THOSE THIS SOUNDS BETTER THAN TODAYS SHIIIIIIT ajajajaj even the old fucking disc and devices soun awsome

[AltamontKiller]

fuckin wild this is real music any metalhead has to love this

[JeffTheNorse]

@AltamontKiller I am one, & I do!

[agirlyman]

I use to sing this to my evil stepmother when she was trying to kick open my locked bedroom door, ah good times.

[patrick9648]

I used to have a record player just like this. the cartridge went bad so I chunked it. I wish I had kept it.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

yes the drum beat was used for 'rock and roll" by led zeppelin. 

[hero0fdarkthepker]

Classy as hell !

[rockandrollsax]

As I recall the song started as a short 8 bar version that was used for a commercial then it was "spliced" together to make the hit recording on Specialty label. Not sure if the "splice" was done at the point where Grady Gaines is playing or if he is simply slowing down a little? But you are correct, it does sound like the recording is slower at that point.

[tacoburn11]

Black Dog. Love how John Bonham just started playing this and the rest is history.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

@tacoburn11

rock and roll....

[sslink1]

Bohnam starting playing this song while they where trying to record another song. Jimmy Page just started played a riff and Plant came in with vocals. They liked it, recorded it and it became huge. They have great influences, it is not stealing and I am sick of people saying that. There is no such thing as an original thought, so stop saying Zeppelin stole this. All they did was make it better.

[hershdogg88]

woooohooo hell yeah this is music at its finest straight recorded live no cut n paste bullshit! hell yea this makes you wanna just dance

[bigmanoooo1]

i first heard this song yesterday and its awesome how did i miss it for so long?

[eoj2495]

just another fantastic Little Richard side.. thanks for putting it on..

[OOVERKILL14]

great job posting that song. love the sound of those old records. god bless.

[PullinEasy]

this song is awesome

[snowberrybug]

what is the little orange thing on the bottom???? LOL you sick people!!!

[snowberrybug]

this is boring

[MonsieurLeSenateur]

Chanson que l'on retrouve dans le Film "Christine" de John Carpenter.

[CannabisHeals]

I keep getting love songs sent to me like this. :o)

[diddywahdaddy]

I've always felt that something is happening at 0:39 - almost right after the sax solo (mr. Gaines) comes in, the original recording IS slowing down a bit, or what?

[78s4FR]

I hear what you mean. Play CrisVangel's original US copy and it does the same!

[123jlp]

@78s4FR it is that way also on the speciality cd box set

[pukes138]

it doesn't slow down at 39 secs, little richard does his 'woo' a little on the early side and it makes the whole band skip about a 16th of a beat, and in result they all rush the part right after. Sax solo comes in a hair early.

[PullinEasy]

thank you

[peterpels2]

@diddywahdaddy Shit, I never heard this, and now I can never hear it again without hearing it.. :)

[ensconse]

@diddywahdaddy

Slowed down effect probably because Specialty Records chose to use a splice in the master.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

@diddywahdaddy

oh i hear what you mean

[jehovahuponyou]

@diddywahdaddy - Little Richard was always looking for a charge, at the 0:39 mark, he stuck his finger in a light socket, thus reducing the current flow in the entire studio - BUT IT WORKED - listen how much better he screams sound after this 0:39 mark. Ever since then all studios took the light sockets out of the vocal area of the studios - thus the popularity of cocaine increased by twenty fold - see, everybody needs a charge!

ROFL!

[ausfan100]

@diddywahdaddy - The slowing down at 39 secs was the result of a splice catching momentarily on a capstan. This caused a minor tape stretch at that point on the original tape sent out by Specialty.

[ausfan100]

@diddywahdaddy - No worries. On most CDs nowadays it's been corrected, however the original 'faulty version' appears on Ace's "Little Richard, Vol.2" CDCHM 131. I kinda like it as it originally appeared.

[diddywahdaddy]

@ausfan100 I fully agree with you. That was the way it sounded when it came out, that was the killer version which made a difference to so many creative people and fans out there. I don't mind that it has been 'corrected' as long as both versions are available. Any serious reissue should contain both versions. In an ideal world, of course. No matter what, mister Penniman has a lot to be proud of, and I'm happy to know that he's still among us. Medals aren't good enough for him!

[rockandrollsax]

Actually it is Grady Gaines playing the tenor solo on this recording. The fantastic Lee Allen was on all of the others and many of Fats Domino's hits along with Herb Hardesty.

[lionking95013]

hahahah got this frm john carpenter's CHRISTINE :D

[karkev]

@lionking95013

best car alarm ever!

[jsilence418]

It's been a long time since i rock and roll... sorry wrong song.

[88keckers]

Led Zeps Rock and Roll stemmed from a jam session during the recording of Four Sticks I think, which evolved from John Bonham playing this drum intro. So yeah it was 'stolen', but you could also say it was the greatest compliment that could be paid to such an incredible song.

[steveconn]

Zep stole everything wasn't nailed down.

[koppergtr]

@steveconn who gives a s*** if he did!!!

[steveconn]

Artists like Willie Dixon who sued Zep for stealing his lyrics without credit, that's who.

[rodentcafeteria]

My God, did John Bonham cop the beginning drum beat of this song for Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll"? I believe he did.

[ThePokefan100]

I wish it went from the '50s right to the

'80s! I love the '50s and the '80s when Rock 'n' Roll was at its peak! Everything started going down hill in the '60s especially when the hippies and the Acid music came in and that stupid funky Disco music of the '70s sucked too. It wasn't until the '80s when everything got better.

(At least that's my opinion.)

[Wehategod]

@ Pokefan100 you forgot about Punk Rock thats what made the 70's so exciting towards the end

[78s4FR]

Got to agree with you there, matey

[ThePokefan100]

Yeah, about the end of 1979 (close enough to say '80s).

[gknopp1]

This is little richard singing 1960 with his great tenor sax man Lee Allen

[ThePokefan100]

What? I thought this was 1957.

The EARLY '60s weren't so bad (minus the Beach Boys).

[ThePokefan100]

@Wehategod

Punk Rock was alright. There was some good music here and there in 1978-79 such as Queen and Elvis Costello, but unfortunately Disco music was still dominating the world at the time. That's why I'm saying closer to 1979-80 (when Disco ended with "Dance" music taking its place).

[williambrown007]

The song from Christine where Dennis is trying to break in Christine but the door wouldnt open. Is like Christine telling him he can try another night but he still wont get in.

[rep2291]

And Fogerty's Traveling Band owes a lot to Richard also.

[Salguine]

I feel deeply sorry for all the kids who can't feel how great this is.

[luko12345678910]

@Salguine

I'm 15 and i love this kind of music?

[nicodagger]

@Salguine Not to mentiion all those Elvis fans who think Elvis is the Kind of Rock.

[yoshtodd]

The KING of rock!

[TheAgentChaos]

I was dancin' like a FOOL to this at Trader Joe's yesterday--I forgot what a cool song it was.

[AltamontKiller]

keep a knockin motherfucker! love this song sonics did also a good job

[jfab64]

I often wondered if John Bonham was influenced by the opening drum part to do the same for Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll."

[78s4FR]

Yeah, a lot of music pundits reckon that too!

[nicodagger]

@78s4FR sounds the same to me! But Zep used many classic riffs and re-worked them....nicked them, really....

[palehorse44]

haha, i heard this song today and thought the same thing so thats why i looked it up!!! too funny :D

[heyheymymy78]

Clearly.

[NapalmWeed]

i went and listened to "rock and roll" after i heard this song and i think you may be right.

[adds102]

It did indeed, also the riff of "Rock n Roll" sounds like good golly miss molly

[darrenshearerness]

@jfab64

good point. Yeah, I believe that he was a big fan of this music.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

@jfab64

yes

[JimmyPage97]

@jfab64 I would say probably... But I wouldn't doubt that Little Richard (or whoever wrote that part) was influenced by some Big Band song. I figured Bonham kind of stole the drum part from that genre somewhere along the line

[ironman5454]

@jfab64 Note the label 'London - Made in England'. No doubt JHB was a spinnin' the grooves of this one daily as a teen, back in the day. "R&R' was a great tribute to these guys. The roots of R & R ... You da man Richard !!

[peregrinations95]

@jfab64 yes, i understand he was directly 'quoting'

..a spontaneous jam that occurred whilst at work on "Led Zep IV "lp. .."Rock n Roll" was made up almost on the spot ..but it was 'this drumming on this great ol' song' that was the ispiration ..the spirit of it breathed life into the other.

[FunWithFlipCam]

@jfab64 Yes, Zep was originally jamming to this song when they got the idea for Rock And Roll...

[benjbache]

Yeaaaah énorme!!!

[kennyrocksable]

An all-time classic!! Love it 2 dizeath, y'all! And let me know if u got tiny topsy's 'cha cha sue' on a parlophone 78, I'd like that!

[rockandrollsax]

Fantastic tenor solo by Grady Gaines!!

[88niklas]

Christine :)

[AirRavers723]

Greta movie

[fantaorangecan]

I gave you a thumbs up because it wasn't fair someone marked you down over it. I associate this song with the novel/film of Christine too. It isn't a bad thing

[Lorys0107]

THIS is rock'n'roll !!! THIS will never die ...

[Wehategod]

This is fucking Rock and Roll !!!!!

[leoseries]

I used to leave the autochanger arm up so this played repeatedly on the family gramophone back in 1957. Unfortunately this meant that the steel needle wore my copy out pretty quickly. Only Little Richard could make such a rocker with just three lines.

[aldiakaroofus]

Christine!

[78s4FR]

Great movie. Great soundtrack. Proof rock kills! ;-)

[RussX5Z]

I just saw the whole movie last night for the first time and it was fuckin AWESOME!! One of the reasons why I wanted to see that movie because it reminiscent memories and music clips of the 1950's and the car was amazing and brilliant also. And of course it was a Stephen King horror movie directed by John Carpenter. The best of both worlds. Yeah!! By the way I love this song!

[Taisto]

I forgot how awesome this song is!

[pgup002]

Elivs, Who ???

[crowdedenz87]

A true living legend!!

[nicodagger]

The opening drum beat was later used by Led Zeppelin on their song "Rock n Roll"...also, this song dates to the 1920's, when the words were "you keep a-knockin but you can't come in, I got an all-night trick again, so come back tomorrow 'bout half-past ten". A hooker is singing.

[78s4FR]

Oo-er....I didn't know that!

Thanks for the info though

Liz x

[rbound827]

The drum beat was also used on Eddie Cochrans hit 'Somethin Else"