Little Richard - True Fine Mama - 1957

As you may already know, Little Richard passed away recently. He passed quietly at his Tennessee home at the age of 87.
Born Richard Penniman, Little Richard was one of rock 'n' roll's founding fathers who helped shatter the color line on the music charts, joining Chuck Berry and Fats Domino in bringing what was once called "race music" into the mainstream. He sold more than 30 million records worldwide, and his influence on other musicians was equally staggering, from the Beatles and Otis Redding to Creedence Clearwater Revival and David Bowie
"Here's Little Richard" is the debut album from Little Richard, released on 4 March 1957. He had scored six Top 40 hits the previous year, some of which were included on this recording. It was his highest charting album. The album contained two of Richard's biggest hits, "Long Tall Sally", which reached No. 6, and "Jenny, Jenny", which reached No. 10 in the U.S. Pop chart. It also contained "Tutti Frutti" (his first hit), "Slippin' and Slidin'", and "Rip It Up," all of which were Billboard top 40 hits; and "Ready Teddy"
I offer the following song in tribute to Little Richard's great contribution and influence on today's music. However, instead of one of his biggest hits, I've chosen a lesser known song that he wrote which set the stage for the songs that he would later record. This song, "True Fine Mama" was included on Side 1 of the above album but was not a big Billboard hit.
Unfortunately, the only copy of this song that I have has almost no bass and very little mid range. But fortunately, through the magic of my modern home studio music software, I was able to add a rhythm for mid range and bass for the bottom and then re-master the entire song which turned out pretty good. At the very end, you can hear pretty much what I had to work with.
The video is from a 1960s American Bandstand.
Hope you Enjoy !