Here's Larry Williams

Here's Larry Williams
Studio album by
Larry Williams
Released1959
Genres
Length25:54
LabelSpecialty
Larry Williams chronology
Here's Larry Williams
(1959)		 Slow Down with Larry Williams (The Missing and Unissued Sides)
(1960)

Here's Larry Williams is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Larry Williams, released by Specialty Records in 1959.[1][3] The album includes two of Williams's hit singles, "Short Fat Fannie" and "Bony Moronie", and also features the song "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy", which would later be covered by the Beatles.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[5]

AllMusic's Stewart Mason wrote of the album: "Listening to these tracks, it's clear why John Lennon was such a huge Larry Williams fan; his rough-and-ready no-bull voice is elastic enough to move from a Little Richard trill to a Ray Charles growl, and songs like 'Dizzy, Miss Lizzy' and 'Short Fat Fannie' are raucous enough to be punk rock nearly a full two decades before the concept was even in existence."[5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Short Fat Fannie"2:21
2."Make a Little Love"1:59
3."Hootchy-Koo"2:32
4."Lawdy Miss Clawdy"2:10
5."Peaches and Cream"1:59
6."Give Me Love"2:00
Total length:13:01
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Bony Moronie"2:40
2."Little School Girl"1:51
3."Dizzy, Miss Lizzy"2:09
4."Teardrops"2:20
5."You Bug Me, Baby"1:50
6."Ting a Ling"2:03
Total length:12:53

References

  1. 1 2 Mason, Stewart (2003). Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Thomas Erlewine, Stephen (eds.). All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues (3rd ed.). Backbeat Books. p. 613. ISBN 0-87930-736-6.
  2. ↑ Pollock, Bruce (2011). If You Like the Beatles...: Here Are Over 200 Bands, Films, Records and Other Oddities That You Will Love. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1617130182.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 50s Music. Virgin Books. p. 498. ISBN 978-1-85227-937-0.
  4. ↑ Hilburn, Robert (December 30, 1988). "Specialty Records Releases Set of Little Richard's 1950s Songs". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 26.
  5. 1 2 Mason, Stewart. "Larry Williams - Here's Larry Williams". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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