SEPTEMBER 14, 1955 – Little Richard entered a New Orleans recording studio to begin two days of recording. Things were not going well and during a break, Richard and his producer Bumps Blackwell went to the Dew Drop Inn for lunch. Richard started playing the piano in the bar like crazy, singing a loud and lewd version of “Tutti Frutti.” With only fifteen minutes left in the session, Richard recorded the song and coined the phrase “a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom.”
LYRICS:
Awop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bom-bom
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, woo!
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Awop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bom-bom
I got a girl named Sue
She knows just what to do
I got a girl named Sue
She knows just what to do
She rock to the east
She rock to the west
But she’s the girl that I love best
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, woo!
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Awop-bop-a-loo-mop alop-bom-bom
I got a girl named Daisy
She almost drive me crazy
I got a girl named Daisy
She almost drive me crazy
She knows how to love me
Yes, indeed
Boy, you don’t know what she do to me
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, woo!
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
Tutti frutti, oh rutti
