On February 10, 1956 at J&M Studio in New Orleans, Little Richard recorded “Long Tall Sally”, a rock’n’roll song written by Robert “Bumps” Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, and Little Richard. Richard recorded it for Specialty Records, which released it as a single in March 1956, backed with “Slippin’ and Slidin’“. Beide nummers zouden later ook op zijn debuutalbum staan, Here’s Little Richard uit 1957. Long Tall Sally stond 19 weken op 1 in de Rhythm and Blues–hitlijst in de Verenigde Staten while peaking at number six on the pop chart. The song as sung by Little Richard is listed at number 55 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It became one of the singer’s best-known hits and has become a rock’n’roll standard covered by hundreds of artists, including Elvis Presley and the Beatles.