Beatles - Long Tall Sally (Live at NME - 1964) [FULL HD]

"Long Tall Sally" is a rock and roll 12-bar blues song written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman (known as "Little Richard"), recorded by Little Richard and released March 1956 on the Specialty Records label. The flip side was "Slippin' and Slidin'". Both songs were subsequently released in the LP Here's Little Richard (Specialty, March 1957). The single reached number one on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart, staying at the top for six of 19 weeks,[1] while peaking at number six on the pop chart. It received the Cash Box Triple Crown Award in 1956. The song as sung by Little Richard is #56 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It became one of the singer's best-known hits and has become a rock and roll standard covered by hundreds of artists. The song was originally called "The Thing", recorded in New Orleans by Little Richard.

"Tutti Frutti" had been a big hit for Little Richard and Specialty in October 1955, reaching #2 in the R&B charts. Pat Boone's cover version of the song reached #1 in the pop charts. Although this meant an unexpected cash income for the Specialty publishing firm, A&R man and producer "Bumps" Blackwell and a proud Richard decided to write a song that was so up-tempo and the lyrics so fast that Boone would not be able to handle it (Boone eventually did record his own version, getting it to #8). Not wishing to upset an influential disc-jockey, Blackwell "accepted" the offer and took the idea to Richard, who was reluctant at first. Nevertheless, the line "ducked back in the alley" was exactly what they were looking for, and Richard kept practicing until he could sing it as fast as possible. They worked on the song, adding verses and a chorus, until they got the hit they wanted.

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[nanipotter]

1:42 Ringo's on fire!!!

1:38 Paul... i wonder if he sounds like that in bed, oh my, what a perver i am!!! LOL

[SoiDogJet]

Easy enough to play...but try singing it.! Actually Paul owned this, he owned Little Richard on this song, the way Lennon owned Twist and Shout!

[TheGameRaider1]

@jentyler2001 i have gone through 3 different performances of this song and none of them show john's solo.... But this version was just awesome.

[Proverbs1533]

@SoiDogJet Like fuck he did.

[Proverbs1533]

@2012Grizz Really...I'm not a rock expert but I'm pretty sure that I could think of 5 drummers off the top of my head that could play what Ringo did in their sleep

[pigurine]

I heard this live in 65

[videogiver1]

I`ve learned to sing this song almost like Paul, can never be good enough to even talk about copying The Beatles but its no shame in tryin, is it?

[jentyler2001]

3 people were mad because they couldnt see lennons solo.

[chino1874]

EXTRAORDINARIO, que gran fuerza de interpretación de los beatles, Ringo está furioso.

[StanTheGuitarGuy]

Ringos going apeshit

[rock4ever764]

poor replay button...