Wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom

Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
A wop bop a loo bop a lop ba ba

I got a gal, named Sue, she knows just what to do
I got a gal, named Sue, she knows just what to do
She rock to the East, she rock to the West
But she's the gal that I love best

Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie, ooh
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
A wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom

I got a gal, named Daisy, she almost drives me crazy
Got a gal, named Daisy, she almost drives me crazy
She knows how to love me, yes indeed
Boy you don't know what she do to me

Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie, ooh
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Wop bop a loo bop, ow

Oh tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie, ooh
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
A wop bop a loo bop a lop bom bom

I got a gal, named Daisy, she almost drive me crazy
Got a gal, named Daisy, she almost drive me crazy
She knows how to love me, yes indeed
Boy you don't know what she do to me

Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie, ooh
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
Tutti frutti, oh rootie
A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Dorothy Labostrie, Joe Lubin, Richard Penniman

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Comments from YouTube:

the rockabillie

1y↑643

They're gonna have some fun tonight in heaven.

Teri Lewis

6w↑1

Here we go! Go Utes .😇🙏🏽🏈🤘🍲☕🤠🌻🌹🤠

Chase Davis

LaDivinaLover

11w↑2

@beatleme2 society and morality existed before your Bible dipshit.

Clifftonic Studios

18w

With Buddy, Ritchie and the Bopper, Eddie Cochran.

Joe Vail

19w↑1

I played in punk bands as a kid. Little Richard inspired us to play it FAST AND LOUD. A whomp bomp a loom bop a lomp bam bam!

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Wutaii1 Nostalgia

3w↑5

Damn this was electric.

Nathan Parsons

1y↑762

Love the dancing couple. There’s something elegant about a big man who’s light on his feet.

Ilse

I find that quality very attractive.

Switch Blade

7w↑2

@Ashleigh Jaima Osborne I think he jelous because he can’t dance like the big guy

Ashleigh Jaima Osborne

13w

@Khan Cerbero odd sense of humour. Do you laugh at people hurting themselves too?

Nameless Games

21w

Uncle Phil

Ernest Tucker

29w↑10

the man is light on his feet and loved to eat. life accomplished

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Menthur

41w↑441

the actual king of rock n roll. michael jackson purchased his publishing rights which were included in his atv purchase from 1985. drove to little richard and handed richard his rights to his music back. jackson was a gangsta.

Emontre waters

I been knew mike was gangster

Switch Blade

@Charisma's freaky mind running your mouth about shit you know nothing about or did you delete the comment trying to be slick

Switch Blade

@Charisma's freaky mind I think your mad because you got called out and blamed or on your sister bro that’s low 😎

Switch Blade

@Charisma's freaky mind why the hell you coming down on me

Switch Blade

@Charisma's freaky mind 😂

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Kelly Blackwell

1y↑272

Today is the 65th Anniversary (September 14th, 1955) of Tutti Frutti being recorded at J&M. Produced by my father, the great Bumps Blackwell!

Bruce Lee careca

@Kelly Blackwell 😁🙌

Kelly Blackwell

2w↑1

@Bruce Lee careca 😁😁😁😁

Bruce Lee careca

3w↑1

@Kelly Blackwell incredible!!

Kelly Blackwell

3w↑1

@Bruce Lee careca, I'm his daughter!!!

Bruce Lee careca

3w↑2

@Kelly Blackwell and are you the daughter of the guy who made this song?? tuti fruti, wow, this is amazing

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Guy Surname

46w↑209

It's weird, it almost seems like little richard is enjoying himself the absolute least in crowd, but still hits every note he needs to. if i wasnt listening and just watching him, it'd seem like he's just phoning it in

Dyme the Artist

I noticed he is definitely dissociating.

Stoner 69

13w

@UCAYfLqyHoTj9XCIU0DgTutw no proof those people were racists, not all of them were back then dumbass

Guy Surname

20w↑1

@Johnathan Lewis weird. big boy, his date, and the band are having a grand ol' time, someone should have told them. lmao, it wasn't some esoteric question or observation. simply, the headliner appeared to me to be the least invested in the moment.

Johnathan Lewis

20w↑1

Racism and Jim Crow/segregation was at this time

Vesline Fran

22w

@OhHelloThere... Um it’s well documented that it was very racist then

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Joel Weber

1y↑669

Fun fact: this is the only footage of a white audience clapping on the offbeat

corc1130

@Micheal Jonex now that was actually funny!

Micheal Jonex

@Seth Berry off beat is the upbeat like 2&4 not 1&3

Seth Berry

As a white person, I must ask: what’s an off beat? Is it like a downbeat?

Micheal Jonex

The song is so fast they're aiming for the one 😉

radioseppe

10w

Clapping on the first and third is known as ”a congressman in jazz fest audience”

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KayLa Douglas

1y↑310

He looks annoyed 😂😂 but I love it

Youtube censors My comments

14w↑3

Different time but you can clearly see segregation taking place! You can see how Little Richard wanted to let loose but held back tremendously. Not to lose his anger towards the Dance Floor!!! My feeling was at least twice during the song. Just to let everyone know this is how Legends are born! Understanding there is a place and time...

Oscar Walton

22w↑18

They made him lip sync it for the tv show and he didn't like it

Roderick Sutton

23w↑4

@Rebel Razors Nobody asked you

S McLean

31w↑12

that's the first thing I noticed. even in the zoomed out shot

Rebel Razors

33w↑4

No he loves it

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Malachai Wallace

18w↑24

The real king of rock n' roll 👑

Frankie Flores

1y↑219

REST IN PEACE LITTLE RICHARD!

I need pussy.. but not the dry kind the wet kind

16w↑2

Indeed 😞

pampam696969

1y↑7

im so heartbroken to hear of him passing.. i love his music and other musics and musicians of his generation and eras.

James Carrington

1y↑266

Rest in Peace. Such an Up beat song. I first heard it in The Bravest Little Toaster ,😓

Crissy G

OMG Me too.

Mango

34w

I first heard it in a derpixon animation
And l Iiked the song

James Carrington

39w

Soo cool to share this memory

Stacey Louise

39w↑1

Same 😂 it’s one of my favourite movies! Brings back memories of being at my childhood home with my brother ❤️

Moon Pleiades

51w↑2

@FOO FOO "The Brave Little Toaster" - it's a really awesome cartoon movie with this song in it.

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Missy Moo

1y↑52

Rest Peacefully Tutti Frutti! Music lost one of its greatest today! It’s incomprehensible to think where music would’ve gone without him. A true legend and an icon who made the world a better place with his music and charisma! Also, he gave us two of the greatest words ever spoken in music:
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom!
Thank you,
Little Richard.
Play the keys among the stars now, sir.
You will be missed.

C Web

1y↑48

Uncle Phil is killing it

Switch Blade

😂😂😂😂

melksnor lol

Huh... he does look like him doesn't he?

eclectica1

And all before dinner too.

Karl_3

50w↑3

lol

Jason B

1y↑23

Literally a timeless song, still listening to this almost 70 years later

Goni Kassif

1y↑15

I love how the reaction I have to this is the exact same as those people 50 years ago. This is simply timeless, and that makes it so much more enjoyable to me. The fact that something this old can still be so cool and such a bop is charming and very impressive

king hobo

1y↑2

I'm 13 years old and I'm listening to this

CG Phillips

41w↑60

0:50 I just love that little "Whoo!"

vance suggs

35w↑4

1:21 and 1:53

Gino Sanchez

1y↑38

RIP this would still be a hit today

Saliq Williams

51w↑117

This man invented rock and roll

Clifftonic Studios

@corc1130 R&R Is from the Gods

corc1130

No one person "invented" R&R, it developed out of blues, honky-tonk and gospel and its roots go way back. But there is an argument to be made that Ike Turner's Rocket 88 is the first R&R recording.

Clifftonic Studios

10w↑3

@rather knotty Yes it roots are even Further back

rather knotty

10w↑2

You will find Boogie Woogie of the 1940's became Rock and Roll of the 50's.

LDSRaichuguy

19w↑1

Nope, the true inventor is Sister rosetta tharpe

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Thomas Weeks

36w↑34

Chuck Berry and Little Richard the real pioneers of Rock and Roll.

Nah Bruh

13w↑2

@Ai Mo Nah

Ai Mo

33w↑1

Hank Williams also

Hippodimus

46w↑15

Rip to the legend . The real king 👑 of rock

Charisma's freaky mind

13w↑1

It's terrible that he never got the proper credit or respect for his music. I would love to see if he has gotten into the music hall of fame, because it belongs to him.

Jesse Hanson

2y↑14

John Higgs in *Stranger Than We Can Imagine*: "Little Richard was a 25-year-old dishwasher from a poor town in Georgia, but on that song he announced himself, all hair and attitude, as a force of nature. Who had ever sounded that alive before? ... The record itself lasted little over two minutes, but its impact still echoes. When MOJO magazine produced a 'Top 100 Records that Changed the World' chart, 'Tutti Frutti' had to be number one."

Cabbie Bowie

34w↑6

David Bowies father brought home a pile of singles one day and when listening to them this song played. David was so filled with joy and amazement, Richard was his and alot of other rockstars inspiration and hero. What a legend

Firat K

22w↑4

That fact that my music teacher put this on today was a blessing

Richard & Margaret Banyard

1y↑13

One of the greats. R.I.P. 'Georgia Peach'. There's only The Killer left of the true R'n'R originals.

Yusuke Knight

1y↑4

As a fellow Georgia boy my family loved his music salute to a Legend RIP Little Richard

Chorizo_on_Milfs *

37w↑4

He out lived everybody in this video 🔥

honkytonkwomen69

1y↑9

Today one of the greatest artists in the history of Music has left. Not only because of how great he was in himself (for his voice, his talent, his energy, his charisma ...) but also for being a pioneer of a musical genre, Rock and Roll, which ended up becoming the most cultural movement important from the second half of the 20th century. Without Little Richard there would be no Rolling Stones, Elvis, Beatles ...
This man is a legend and the influence of his music on the musical culture of the 20th century is incalculable.
Thanks so much, Rest in Peace Little Richards (Richard Wayne Penniman).

Harry Schaefer

1y↑3

RIP Little Richard, Thanks for all the great music and bringing everyone together the way you did.

Karl Oarsch

1y↑41

Requiescat in pace, founder of Rock&Roll!

Thoroughbred Writer

1y↑3

Let Light Perpetual shine upon him, O Lord.

Melody Sanger

1y↑146

REST IN PARADISE
THE ORIGINATOR
RICHARD PENNIMAN
"LITTLE RICHARD"
(December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020)
[05/08/2020]

Jennifer Arechiga

24w

We never forget about you.,

Michael Mitchell

1y↑58

He started it all...one of the first records I purchased was “good golly miss molly “...my parents were mortified!!

corc1130

@Godson Well, yea, because it was lol

Godson

44w

@Angell Mariaaxoxo rock at that time was considered negero music.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1pXw1DmsA&t=107s

Michael Mitchell

45w↑4

Angell Mariaaxoxo they tied the whole thing to juvenile delinquency which was a huge problem at the time.

Angell Mariaaxoxo

45w↑6

@Michael Mitchell yea cause I heard when Elvis came out the parents were mad I didn’t understand why 😂

Michael Mitchell

45w↑4

Angell Mariaaxoxo not the adults anyway!

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adriana rueda serrano

49w↑1

Otro de los grandes del rock and roll , su voz era unica y con un rasgado unico

John P.

42w↑5

Rest in peace, little richard. Such talent 👍😎🕺

dawg nation

21w↑3

Love how music brings people together

corc1130

when it doesn't drive them apart

Mindoman SHORTYSEVEN

49w↑2

These tunes never get old just get even better in time, I loooooooovvvvvvvvvve it xxxxxxx

Misty

1y↑21

he looked the coolest outta the whole room

Charisma's freaky mind

13w

The sexiest too.

mspraggins

1y↑13

Check out that electric bass in '56. Early adopter. A little ahead of the masses. Good goin'!

mspraggins

45w

@BreeIrby Looks like a Gibson EB-1 Violin Electric Bass.

BreeIrby

45w

GREAT EYE!

Kaden Watts

1y↑4

My music teacher lo9ves this man and i am starting to love his music.

Iván Iraheta

“I’d been singing ‘Tutti-Frutti’ for years,” said Richard, “but it never struck me as a song you’d record.” Producer Robert Blackwell asked Dorothy LaBostrie, a young songwriter who had been pestering him for work, to clean up the filthy original lyrics (“Tutti-Frutti, good booty/If it don’t fit, don’t force it/You can grease it, make it easy”). “Fifteen minutes before the session was to end, the chick comes in and puts these little trite lyrics in front of me,” said Blackwell. Richard cleaned up his own “Awop-bop-a-loo-mop a-good-goddamn” and loaded LaBostrie’s doggerel with sexual dynamite.

Lucas H. Araújo

38w↑3

O melhor músico do rock’n’roll

Bee JayGee

17w↑1

if I was a teenager in the 1950's, l would have rocked out to Little Richard all the time !

Olumide Iluyomade

This was it - the song that began the whole rock and roll movement. This is the foundation of rock and Roll!

M C

3y↑69

Love little Richard, but I was most surprised to see fat albert come out to dance. Hey hey hey!

porshia glass

1y↑1

Yessss! And killed it!

Hank Proctor

1y↑10

Audience laughing throughout at the fat man dancing is cringeworthy. Rare enough to be a circus freak back then.

John Heinrich

1y↑5

That guy could cut a rug, wow!!!

Phil Vaclavik

1y↑12

Fat Albert is pretty light on his feet.

Félix Ramos

1y↑4

This guy was the Father of Rock & Roll. Rest in Peace, my dear brother in Christ.

Javier Bernal Giraldo

1y↑2

Rest in peace. He os true king of the Rock adn roll

Oniichan UwU

1y↑14

Quite odd to know almost all these people are either dead or nearing the end..

Stuart Perry

1y↑1

This young man's music came across like a thunderclap on the American music scene of the 50's. It was a seismic event- and the world was never the same. R.I.P. to the Quasar of Rock and Roll. This brother made some serious noise, took no prisoners- and made a lot of people deliriously happy. And that's what it's all about!

Ben L

3y↑160

I'm laughing at how much he's had to slow this down for the white audience there and at home.

Ben L

1y↑1

@Zachary Spencer (too reply I had to tag someone so this isn't necessarily aimed at you) generally black musicians at the time had to slow the music down to meet with white audience approval, but for the black audience they could play the music at its proper speed.which is much more exciting and rousing and makes anyone want to dance around. (I'm very pissed as in drunk atm so that may not make sense).

Zachary Spencer

"slow it down"? This is at 182 bpm. The original studio version wanders between 184-186 bpm (obviously not using a click track back in 1955 at J & M Studio). The difference is barely perceptible. Live was another story. You can find concert video from 1966 (@196 bpm) and from the 1995 R&R HoF (@168 bpm).

Ben L

@darrellw dobson is it, that's good.

justice

@Laverne Johnson wow you really just came out here and said some racist 💩

Volta TV

And long live Rock 'N' Roll!! \,,/

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Betty Olivia Clark

1y↑3

Little Richard, I'm sure glad you came along when you did. Thanks for all you gave us.

Carlos Andino

21w

A great register of history of rock!

Aranjuez44

1y↑1

Another LEGEND gone from us!! RIP Little Richard. YOU SUREEEEE ROCKED! Thanks for the good ole day’s memories!! 😢😢☹️☹️

Sujal Gupta

39w↑5

This song is mentioned in Stephen King's It, chapter 13 The Apocalyptic Rockfight.
And the account which uploaded this video is called "the rockabillie"

American Fitty

1y↑5

The real king of rock and roll!
Yeah I am going there 💯!

Charisma's freaky mind

13w

Rightfully so, because he's earned it. He got a raw deal ppl back then🤮. Well some I can't say that all of them, because some of them are pretty decent.

bhdctn

1y↑3

RIP Little Richard. You changed the 🌎 for the better!

Nicolito Listo.

13w↑1

Genial, ya la encontré!

Rafa de França

Contagious to this day 🥳

kaylane

46w↑4

É pra isso que to aprendendo a dançar.

Z. M. Stewart

13w↑2

personally i’m watching the grinning white people in the background clap along while thinking about the original lyrics and laughing my ass off

Devin Heinrich

28w↑5

On my opinion

One ☝️ of the best songs In the world 🌎

Ƭαℓ√૯z αทѳทiʍѳ

27w

True

ROSTAFA

1y↑5

Rest In Paradise Little Richard!!!!

Laughing Lark

3y↑140

David Bowie's idol....

kenny brown

22w

And lemmy God rest his soul

Hareka Tysiri

40w

@Joey Harper okay then.. almost

Hareka Tysiri

48w↑3

every rock musician in the 70s are a fan of his

Will Holmes

51w

@Tom Sunderland and dave grohl

Tom Sunderland

@Advanced Raymondology and lemmy

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thefrecklepuny

1y↑1

RIP L R. One of Rock 'n Roll's pioneers!

Malkuth X

Fun fact: wiki says the original lyrics of this song was “tuitti fruity good booty”

Fiyah!Fury 77

36w

Wow what a voice, what a dude. Love it. RiP

jhinober Ramita

46w↑2

Viva siempre Little Richard

John Browning

1y↑1

Rest in Peace Little Richard. A good long life of Rockin' and Rollin'

JohnR22926

Want to see more of the dancers. They’re great.

Bryan Baker

1y↑2

RIP LITTLE RICHARD PENNIMAN.
ONE MAN, ONE PIANO, ENTERTAINED THE WHOLE FOR 70 YEARS

Tio Taylor

31w↑4

ESTOU COM UM ÓCULOS DE SOL E UM PIANO???

Don Dyzzle

1y↑2

Rest in Peace to the Legend Little Richard

kostyakirov

1y↑2

Эпоха. Кажется всё это было давно, а вчера он был ещё жив.

kirillrudensky

1y↑1

From Russia with love . Покойся с миром, Наш дорогой...

John Tomik

4y↑4

I love this song it is awesome

Fred Floyd

1y↑1

Even in 1956 bands didn’t really play their songs on tv. They were the studio recordings and they lip sung.

JJbt

36w

2021 y no superó este temazo

Erick Silva

Descanse en paz uno de los pioneros del rock n roll

angry bull

40w↑4

If you know you know if your a 90s baby an watch brave little toaster part one or 2 an heard this song you automatically became a fan of little richard .. r.i.p to the legendary little Richard

angry bull

29w↑1

@Stacey Louise my bad its brave little toaster go to Mars

Stacey Louise

29w

angry bull Thank you I’ll look it up 😊

angry bull

31w↑1

@Stacey Louise its brave little toaster goes to outer space

Stacey Louise

39w↑1

80s baby here 🙋🏻‍♀️ love little brave toaster, didn’t know there was a second one though, Will have to check it out. RIP LITTLE RICHARD you are a legend 💕

Ramel Mil

1y↑1

RIP King...your work is done❤

Darkbro

5w↑1

LEGAND YOUR THE BEST PERSON WHO CAN SING THIS

Carolyn Zaremba

1y↑1

Thank you, Little Richard! RIP

Renanao Gumiremhete

24w

It's been a year since his death RIP Innovator, Originator, and Architect of Rock n Roll 🙏

Ancient Indigenous One

36w

Real classic!

Geoff Walker

Rock on Richard - top bloke.

Miracle 19

31w↑7

You see THE PEOPLE clapping, but after the show it was back to the business of hatred 🤔

Chris B

15w↑1

Not everyone was racist bro. Remember Lincoln and the north fought and freed the slaves! Many whites harbored and helped the slaves reach freedom on the Underground Railroad! Love you man and remember love is stronger than hate!

Mr P

20w↑1

How do you know? Lol

FluffyTombi

1y↑1

May he rest in peace!

Suely Sampaio

39w

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🎶🎶✨

Kossta Schnip

1y↑26

In loving memory

garcia adrian

13w↑1

Rest in peace little Richard

ScyberVEVO

40w↑6

1:02 Aye yo! Uncle Phil's got some moves! 😂🤣

Dom

18w

Bruh 😂

SempiternalScientist

35w

Great music. Catchy tune!

Maddy G

13w

Men's suits were very loose in the 1950s. Was this meant to be a "relaxed" style? Any retired tailors out there?

Marija Dobrić

1y↑1

RIP LEGEND😔❤️

Joaquín Eduardo Lopéz Jiménez

32w↑1

Arnie Cunningham escuchando esta rolita en su "PLYMOUTH FURY" Del 58

Arlette Philbois

24w

Extra j'adore...merci

Елена Новикова

Эффект разорвавшейся бомбы СУППЕР СУППЕР !!! 👍👍👍💖💖💖👏👏👏💣💣💣💥💥💥

coolguy0291

1y↑1

R.i.p King of Rock

anterosia

48w↑1

i wish i lived in this era

Ricardo Mancera Torres

32w

...SONG OF THE DAY!!!
LITTLE RICHARD - TUTTI FRUTTI (1955)
Es momento que las nuevas generaciones conozcan cómo fue que nació el famoso "Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom". Little Richard escribió esta canción en 1955 cuando trabajaba como lavaplatos en una estación de autobuses Greyhound en su ciudad natal de Macon, Georgia. Y cuando se le preguntaba cómo estaba el respondía con el eslogan que a la postre lo reflejaría en su CLÁSICA CANCIÓN 😎. Y aún la disquera literalmente modificó la letra por sus connotaciones sexuales, la canción habla sobre un par de mujeres por las que el cantante siente algo. 🤘🏿ULTRAMEGAROLOTA🤘🏿05/02/2021

xd PsychoMantis

45w

Ahhhh this is the life man

Stop motion Bros

35w

Back when people could really sing

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