The Explosive Little Richard

~ Release by Little Richard (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Annotation

Copyright: ℗ Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Excluded Regions

🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 🇨🇰 Cook Islands, 🇨🇽 Christmas Island, 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory, 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island, 🇳🇺 Niue, 🇸🇯 Svalbard & Jan Mayen, 🇹🇰 Tokelau

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-30 13:40 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1I Don’t Want to Discuss It
producer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
bass guitar:
Eddie Fletcher
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Glen Willings
piano and lead vocals:
Little Richard
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Discuss It (on 1966-09-02)
writer:
Beth Beatty, Dick Cooper and Ernie Shelby (American soul singer, songwriter, & athlete)
publisher:
April Music Ltd.
2:30
2Land of a Thousand Dances
producer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
bass guitar:
Eddie Fletcher
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Glen Willings
piano and lead vocals:
Little Richard
cover recording of:
Land of 1000 Dances
lyricist and composer:
Chris Kenner
additional writer:
Antoine Domino (Fats Domino)
publisher:
Anatole, EMI Longitude Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Thursday Music Corp. and Tune-Kel
2:15
3The Commandments of Love
producer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
bass guitar:
Eddie Fletcher
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Glen Willings
piano and lead vocals:
Little Richard
recording of:
The Commandments of Love (on 1966-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
2:32
4Money (That’s What I Want)
producer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
bass guitar:
Eddie Fletcher
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Glen Willings
piano and lead vocals:
Little Richard
cover recording of:
Money (That’s What I Want)
writer:
Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Jobete Music (UK), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division and United Partnership Ltd.
2:06
5Poor Dog (Who Can’t Wag His Own Tail)
1:58
6I Need Love
producer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
bass guitar:
Eddie Fletcher
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Glen Willings
piano and lead vocals:
Little Richard
recording of:
I Need Love (on 1966-09-02)
lyricist and composer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
2:44
7Never Gonna Let You Go
producer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
bass guitar:
Eddie Fletcher
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Glen Willings
piano and lead vocals:
Little Richard
recording of:
Never Gonna Let You Go (on 1966-09-02)
writer:
Beth Beatty, Dick Cooper and Ernie Shelby (American soul singer, songwriter, & athlete)
2:46
8Don’t Deceive Me (Please Don’t Go)
producer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
bass guitar:
Eddie Fletcher
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Glen Willings
piano and lead vocals:
Little Richard
cover recording of:
Don’t Deceive Me (Please Don’t Go) (on 1966-09-02)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis (American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Chuck Willis Music Co. and Tideland Music Publishing Corporation
4:42
9Function at the Junction
producer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
bass guitar:
Eddie Fletcher
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Glen Willings
piano and lead vocals:
Little Richard
recording of:
Function at the Junction (on 1966-09-15)
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team) and Frederic Earl ‘Shorty’ Long (soul singer, musician, songwriter and producer)
2:40
10Well
producer:
Lawrence Eugene Williams (1950s rocker)
bass guitar:
Eddie Fletcher
guitar:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson and Glen Willings
piano and lead vocals:
Little Richard
recording of:
Well Alright (on 1966-02-05)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
3:00