Little Richard

2 songs covered by the Beatles

Rock and roll pioneer who co-wrote Long Tall Sally and Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!, both recorded by the Beatles in the early 1960s.

Analysis

Every song on this page, across all of them: writer and music influence.

Song count per year

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

Early4 · 50%

Mid-period1 · 13%

Late3 · 38%

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Role	Notes	Tags
1	Twist and Shoutcover	1963	Please Please Me	John	Music influence	Lennon's raw vocal scream	361
2	Long Tall Sallycover	1964	Past Masters	Paul	Writer	-	314
3	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	Music influence	Paul imitating Little Richard vocal style	401
4	Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!cover	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Writer	Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey	342
5	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	Music influence	Paul's Little Richard scream style	394
6	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Music influence	McCartney cited Little Richard's screamed vocal style	179
7	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	Music influence	Belting vocal style	320
8	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Music influence	Roughened vocal style	405