Little Richard Tutti Frutti Lyrics
It was a popular flavor of ice cream.
Little richard tutti frutti lyrics. Little richard did not invent the name tutti frutti. According to history it is a phrase little richard developed during his pre fame dash as a dishwasher. Got a girl named daisy she almost drives me crazy got a girl named daisy she almost drives me crazy she knows how to love me yes indeed boy you don t know what she s doing to me. In 1938 the jazz duo slim gaillard and slam stewart who recorded as slim and slam released a popular song called tutti frutti which was about the ice cream.
Tutti frutti oh rutti tutti frutti oh rutti tutti frutti oh rutti awop bop a loo mop alop bom bom i got a girl named sue she knows just what to do i got a girl named sue she knows just what to do she rock to the east she rock to the west but she s the girl that i love best tutti frutti oh rutti. Tutti frutti oh rutti tutti frutti woo. All fruits is a song written by little richard and dorothy labostrie that was first recorded in 1955 becoming little richard s first major hit record. On one hand certain lyrics of little richard s tutti fruiti don t necessarily make sense.
With its energetic refrain often transcribed as a wop bop a loo bop a wop bam boom. That of course would be its most famous line a whop bop b lum b lop bam bom. Tutti frutti was the seminal little richard hit that not only became his first hit record it also gave rise to the genre of rock n roll as we know it. Here s what he said to john waters in 1987.
Tutti frutti aw rutti tutti frutti aw rutti tutti frutti aw rutti tutti frutti aw rutti tutti frutti aw rutti awop bop a loo mop alop bom bom i got a girl named daisy she almost drives me crazy i got a girl named daisy she almost drives me crazy she knows how to love me yes indeed boy you don t know what she s doing to me tutti. In 1984 an authorized biography of little richard revealed a whole lot of dirt including stories of sexual trysts.