1950a

In alternate 1955 the piano of Little Richard trumps the guitar of Link Wray. He certainly is an energetic performer. Unfortunately, this is from one of those TV shows in the 50's where you would lip sync to your record instead of performing live. So the band looks a little lethargic here.

What was Richard really saying? "I got a girl named Sue... I got a girl named Daisy." Tutti Frutti means multi fruit flavors. "All rooty" was hep cat slang for "it's all right." So what's really going on here is; Little Richard is bragging about all the different ho's he slept wit!

These lyrics were famously cleaned up because the original words are so filthy I can't type them here. While guys like Little Walter and Muddy Waters were singing about girls they had lost, Little Richard was singing about all the girls he had bedded, and that's why he's my pick to kick off the alternate musical timeline.