Lucille (Little Richard song)

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"Lucille"
Single by Little Richard[1]
B-side "Send Me Some Lovin"
Released February 1957
Genre Rock and roll
Label Specialty Records
Writer(s) Albert Collins, Little Richard
Little Richard[1] singles chronology
"The Girl Can't Help It"
(1956)
"Lucille"
(1957)
"Jenny, Jenny"
(1957)

"Lucille" is a 1957 rock and roll song which was one of Little Richard's international hits.

Released on Specialty Records in February 1957, Little Richard's single made number 21 on the US pop chart,[2] and number 10 on the UK chart. It was composed by Albert Collins and Little Richard.

As a rock standard, it has been covered live and/or recorded by thousands of artists including AC/DC, Status Quo, Wings, The Beatles, The Hollies, The Animals, Paul McCartney, Van Halen, Johnny Winter, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Peter & Gordon, Queen, Deep Purple, the Ian Gillan Band, The Everly Brothers, Waylon Jennings, Bill Haley & His Comets, Otis Redding, John Entwistle of The Who, and the Detroit band The Rockets.

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[edit] Reception

The song is ranked 670th on Dave Marsh's list of The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.[3]

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Waylon Jennings

Chart (1983) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 4
Preceded by
"You Take Me for Granted"
by Merle Haggard
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

June 4, 1983 by Waylon Jennings
Succeeded by
"Our Love Is on the Faultline"
by Crystal Gayle

[edit] References

  1. ^ Maury Dean, Rock 'n' Roll Gold Rush: A Singles Un-Cyclopedia (Algora Publishing, 2003), 77.
  2. ^ Jay Warner, On this Day in Black Music History (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006), 84.
  3. ^ Dave Marsh, The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (Da Capo Press, 1999), 431.