Long Tall Sally
Little Richard * Track #7 On Here’s Little Richard
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Long Tall Sally by Little Richard
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Little RichardProduced by
Robert BlackwellAbout
Little Richard’s 1956 song “Long Tall Sally” started with a piece of paper a young girl gave Little Richard’s producer Robert “Bumps” Blackwell. Popular disc-jokey Honey Chile introduced Blackwell to a girl who wanted to write a song in order to raise money for her ailing aunt Mary.
The song the gi...
Long Tall Sally Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John
He claim he has the misery but he has a lot of fun
[Chorus]
Oh, baby
Yes, baby
Whoo, baby
Having me some fun tonight, yeah
[Verse 2]
Well, long tall Sally, she's built for speed
She got everything that Uncle John need
[Chorus]
Oh, baby
Yes, baby
Whoo, baby
Having me some fun tonight, yeah
[Verse 3]
Well, I saw Uncle John with bald-head Sally
He saw Aunt Mary coming and he ducked back in the alley
[Chorus]
Oh, baby
Yes, baby
Whoo, baby
Having me some fun tonight, yeah ow
[Saxophone solo]
[Verse 2]
Well, long tall Sally, she's built for speed
She got everything that Uncle John need
[Chorus]
Oh, baby
Yes, baby
Whoo, baby
Having me some fun tonight, yeah
[Verse 3]
Well, I saw Uncle John with bald-head Sally
He saw Aunt Mary coming
And he ducked back in the alley
[Chorus]
Oh, baby
Yes, baby
Whoo, baby
Having me some fun tonight, yeah
[Outro]
We're gonna have some fun tonight
Gonna have some fun tonight, wooh
Have some fun tonight
Everything's all right
Have some fun, have me some fun tonight
Long Tall Sally Q&A
Who wrote Long Tall Sally's ?
Long Tall Sally was written by Little Richard & Robert Blackwell & Enotris Johnson.
Who produced Long Tall Sally's ?
Long Tall Sally was produced by Robert Blackwell.
When did Little Richard release Long Tall Sally?
Little Richard released Long Tall Sally on Thu Mar 01 1956.
What has the producer said about the song?
The white radio stations wouldn’t play Richard’s version of “Tutti Frutti” and made Boone’s cover #1. So we decided to up the tempo on the follow-up and get the lyrics going so fast that Boone wouldn’t be able to get his mouth together to do it!
Was Long Tall Sally a real person?
Yeah … it was a lady who used to drink quite a bit, she always like pretend she had a cold when she came to our house. She would call up and she would say “Oh Miss Penniman I got this awful cough here!” She’d put sugar in her whiskey, and they called it a toddy, so she toddied all day, and when she’...