1959 studio album by Larry Williams
Here's Larry Williams |
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Studio album by Larry Williams |
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Released | 1959 |
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Genre | |
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Length | 25:54 |
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Label | Specialty |
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Larry Williams chronology |
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| 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
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AllMusic | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) [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 oneNo. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Short Fat Fannie" | 2:21 |
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2. | "Make a Little Love" | 1:59 |
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3. | "Hootchy-Koo" | 2:32 |
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4. | "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" | 2:10 |
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5. | "Peaches and Cream" | 1:59 |
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6. | "Give Me Love" | 2:00 |
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Total length: | 13:01 |
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Side twoNo. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bony Moronie" | 2:40 |
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2. | "Little School Girl" | 1:51 |
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3. | "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" | 2:09 |
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4. | "Teardrops" | 2:20 |
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5. | "You Bug Me, Baby" | 1:50 |
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6. | "Ting a Ling" | 2:03 |
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Total length: | 12:53 |
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References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 50s Music. Virgin Books. p. 498. ISBN 978-1-85227-937-0.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (December 30, 1988). "Specialty Records Releases Set of Little Richard's 1950s Songs". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 26.
- ^ a b Mason, Stewart. "Larry Williams - Here's Larry Williams". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2023.