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"Tutti Frutti" (meaning "all fruits" in Italian) is a song written by Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) along with Dorothy LaBostrie that was recorded in 1955 and became his first major hit record. With its opening cry of "A-wop-bom-a-loo-mop-a-lomp-bom-bom!" (a verbal rendition of a drum pattern that Little Richard had imagined)〔White, Charles (2003), pp.49-51 ''The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography.'' Omnibus Press.〕 and its hard-driving sound and wild lyrics, it became not only a model for many future Little Richard songs, but also a model for rock and roll itself. The song introduced several of rock music's most characteristic musical features, including its loud volume and vocal style emphasizing power, and its distinctive beat and rhythm.〔 In 2007, an eclectic panel of renowned recording artists voted "Tutti Frutti" No. 1 on Mojo's ''The Top 100 Records That Changed The World,'' hailing the recording as "the sound of the birth of rock and roll." In 2010, the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry added the recording to its registry, claiming the "unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Full National Recording Registry: National Recording Preservation Board (Library of Congress) )〕 In April 2012, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine declared that the song "still contains what has to be considered the most inspired rock lyric ever recorded: 'A-wop-bom-a-loo-mop-a-lomp-bom-bom!!'"〔()〕 ==Original recording by Little Richard== Although "Little Richard" Penniman had recorded for RCA and Peacock Records since 1951, his records for them had been relatively undistinguished, and they had not resulted in the commercial success for which his producers had hoped. In February 1955, he sent a demo tape to Specialty Records, which was heard by Specialty owner Art Rupe. Rupe heard promise in the tapes and arranged a recording session for Little Richard at Cosimo Matassa's J & M Studio in New Orleans in September 1955, with Fats Domino's backing band and Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell as producer. The band included Lee Allen and Alvin "Red" Tyler on saxophones, Huey Smith on piano, Frank Fields on bass, Justin Adams on guitar and Earl Palmer on drums.〔Jim Dawson and Steve Propes, ''What Was The First Rock'n'Roll Record,'' 1992, ISBN 0-571-12939-0〕〔Penniman, Richard Wayne. "Little Richard." Little Richard 24 Jan 2008. GroveMusic.com (subscription only)〕 However, as the session wore on, Little Richard's anarchic performance style was not being fully captured on tape. In frustration during a lunch break, he started pounding a piano and singing a ribald song that he had written and composed, and which he had been performing live for a few years.〔White, Charles (2003), p.55 ''The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography.'' Omnibus Press.〕 According to some accounts, he first wrote and performed the song while working as a janitor in a bus station.〔Cox, Michael (1997). ''Mind-Blowing Music'' Scholastic Press. ISBN 0590195700〕 The song that he sang was a piece of music that he “had polished in clubs across the South."〔Lhamon, W.T.. Deliberate Speed: The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s. USA: The Smithsonian Institution, 1990.〕 Little Richard sang: :""A-wop-bom-a-loo-mop-a-lomp-bom-bom!! :Tutti Frutti, good booty" After this lively performance, Blackwell knew the song was going to be a hit, but recognized that the lyrics, with their "minstrel modes and sexual humor," needed to be revised for lyrical purity.〔 Blackwell contacted local songwriter Dorothy LaBostrie to revise the lyrics, with Little Richard still playing in his characteristic style. According to Blackwell, LaBostrie "didn't understand melody," but she was definitely a “prolific writer."〔Brackett, David. The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates. New York: Oxford, 2004〕 The original lyrics: :"Tutti Frutti, good booty :If it don't fit, don't force it :You can grease it, make it easy"〔White, Charles. The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Quasar of Rock". New York: Harmony, 1984〕 were replaced with: :"Tutti Frutti, aw rooty :Tutti Frutti, aw rooty." In addition to Penniman and LaBostrie, a third name—Lubin—is credited as co-writer. Some sources considered this a pseudonym used by Specialty label owner Art Rupe to claim royalties on some of his label's songs,〔 but others refer to songwriter Joe Lubin.〔(allmusic ((( Joe Lubin > Overview ))) )〕 Songwriter LaBostrie was quoted as saying, "Little Richard didn't write none of 'Tutti Frutti.'" She was still receiving royalty checks on the average of $5,000 every three to six months from the song in the 1980s. Blackwell said time constraints prevented the development of a new arrangement, so Little Richard recorded the revised song in three takes, taking about 15 minutes, with the original piano part. The song was recorded on September 14, 1955.〔 Released on Specialty 561, the record entered the ''Billboard'' Rhythm and Blues chart at the end of November 1955 and rose to No. 2 early in 1956. It also reached No. 17 on the Billboard pop chart. In the UK, it only scraped into the top 30 in 1957, as the B-side of "Long Tall Sally." The song, with its twelve-bar blues chord progression, provided the foundation of Little Richard's career. It was seen as a very aggressive song that contained more features of African American vernacular music than any other past recordings in this style.〔 Richard's contract with Peacock had been purchased by Specialty Records owner Art Rupe, who also owned the publishing company that bought Richard's songs. Specialty's deal with Richard was typical of most record companies's dealings with their artists.〔''The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Quasar of Rock.'' Charles White. Contributor Paul McCartney. Edition: 2, illustrated. Da Capo Press. 1994. page 57. ISBN 0-306-80552-9, ISBN 978-0-306-80552-3〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tutti Frutti (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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