Good Golly Miss Molly - The Valiants.m4v

The Valiants manic take on Good Golly Miss Molly on Keen Records. This was the B side of the Doo Wop tune 'This Is The Night'.

"Rip, Brice, Chester and Billy got their break: the first record released on Keen (in November 1957), "This Is The Night," took off. With Billy in the lead of this pretty ballad, it reached #43 on the R&B charts and #69 Pop. This may not sound like much, but consider that the vast majority of songs never make the charts at all. The flip was a tune that had been co-authored by Bumps Blackwell: "Good Golly, Miss Molly." While Little Richard had recorded the song earlier, the Valiants' version was actually released first. That's Billy doing his best Little Richard imitation on it. The song was recorded at a much faster tempo than Little Richard's, and they kept singing it take after take after take (Don and Dewey were present at the session: Don as bassist, and Dewey on piano and overdubbed guitar). Rip says, "Bumps was experimenting with "Good Golly, Miss Molly" even though he'd already recorded Little Richard with it. Boy, was it ever fast! Whew, I mean fast!"

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[DavisNetPromos5550]

I thought Little Richard wrote that...are you sure he wasn't ripped off?

[ensconse]

Not really R & R. This is Louis Primo jump and jive. Stick with the King with his first and second Specialty versions. I'll add this arrangement is messed up - the vocal is out of sync.

[TopazDupree]

Song written by John Marascalco and Robert "Bumps" Blackwell. It was first recorded by Little Richard, but Blackwell produced another version by The Valiants, who imitated Little Richard, but sang the song even faster. Although the Valiants' version was released first, Little Richard had the hit (#10 in 1958).

[phillydog17]

Bad assed version MFKR!@!

[phillydog17]

The best version of this song in my opinion.

I have the 45. It says by Bumps Blackwell.