music · 14 September 1955 · 69 years ago
Little Richard entered a New Orleans recording studio to begin two days of recording. Things were not going well and during a break, Richard and his producer; Bumps Blackwell went to the Dew Drop Inn for lunch. Richard started playing the piano in the bar like crazy, singing a loud and lewd version of Tutti Frutti. With only fifteen minutes left in the session, Richard recorded the song and coined the phrase, a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom.
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