Little Richard's first major hit "Tutti Frutti" was recorded in 1955 and considered maybe the birth of rock and roll. Included here with that song are Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1969 cover of his 1965 hit "Good Golly Miss Molly" and his similarly lyrically loose cover of their hit "Born On The Bayou".
Betty Wright's biggest hit was "Clean Up Woman", released before she was technically a woman, a month before she turned 18. She also appears here on as a guest on Lil Wayne's very loose interpolation of The Rolling Stones' hit "Play With Fire".
One song repeats this week: a cover of Neil Diamond's 1971 hit "I Am...I Said" by Bunny Rugs And The Upsetters to accompany the original.
The rest: the jazzy "Josie" by Steely Dan, the Stevie Wonder-produced "Spring High" from Ramsey Lewis' 1977 album Love Notes, the airy "Capricorn Rising" by Richard Evans with Linda Williams, the paranoid "Year Of The Dragon" by Wyclef Jean with Lauryn Hill, After The Fire's English-language cover of Falco's "Der Kommisar", the melodic "Grey Skies" by Turquoise Days, Devo's frantic "Too Much Paranoias", the rollicking "There Goes My Gun" by The Pixies, Ka's mournful "Sins Of The Father" with Roc Marciano, Etta James' wordless lament "Feelin' Uneasy" and Pharoah Sanders jubilant "Love Is Everywhere".
Born On The Bayou Little Richard
Good Golly Missy Molly Creedence Clearwater Revival
Clean Up Woman Betty Wright
Josie Steely Dan
Spring High Ramsey Lewis
Capricorn Rising Richard Evans w/ Linda Williams
I Am, I Said Bunny Rugs And The Upsetters
Year Of The Dragon Wyclef Jean ft. Lauryn Hill
Der Kommisar After The Fire
Grey Skies Turqouise Days
Too Much Paranoias Devo
There Goes My Gun The Pixies
Tutti Frutti Little Richard
Playing With Fire Lil Wayne ft. Betty Wright
I Am....I Said Neil Diamond
Sins Of The Father Ka ft. Roc Marciano
Feelin' Uneasy Etta James
Love Is Everywhere Pharoah Sanders
