Trading 8s » American music http://www.anthonyworlando.com A blog by Anthony W. Orlando and friends Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:05:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Greatest Songs, #442: “Keep a Knockin’” by Little Richard http://www.anthonyworlando.com/2010/01/22/greatest-songs-442-keep-a-knockin-by-little-richard/ http://www.anthonyworlando.com/2010/01/22/greatest-songs-442-keep-a-knockin-by-little-richard/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:18:25 +0000 Anthony W. Orlando http://www.anthonyworlando.com/?p=2463 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Year: 1957
Written by: Richard Penniman
Billboard Hot 100: #8

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 From Rolling Stone:

Richard was a huge fan of Louis Jordan, who recorded this song in 1939 (he got it from James Wiggins and 1930s bluesman Kokomo Arnold). Jordan’s version was smooth jump blues, but Richard changed the rhythm from swing to stomp and packed in whooping vocals, a roaring saxophone and unbridled energy.

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