September 13-14, 1955 : Two days are set aside for Little Richard's first Specialty session, at J&M Studio in New Orleans, supervised by Bumps Blackwell. On the first day he records "Lonesome And Blue", "Wonderin'", "All Night Long", "The Most I Can Offer" and "Kansas City" and on September 14 "Maybe I'm Right", "Directly From My Heart", "Baby" (first released on Richard's debut LP, Here's Little Richard" in March 1957), "I'm Just A Lonely Guy" and "Tutti Frutti". Selected for single release is "Tutti Frutti"/"I'm Just A Lonely Guy" (Specialty 561, late October). Almost all the other tracks are held in the can until 1959, when they are released on various Specialty singles and / or on Richard's third LP, some of them overdubbed with a female chorus. Personnel : Richard Penniman (vocals, piano on "Tutti Frutti") ; Lee Allen (tenor sax) ; Red Tyler (baritone sax) ; Huey Smith (piano) ; Justin Adams (guitar) ; Frank Fields (bass) ; Earl Palmer (drums)

Lonesome and Blue

Wonderin´