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The Upsetters (American band), the Glossary

The Upsetters were a band that played with American musician and poet Little Richard from 1953 to the early 1960s.^[1]

31 relations: Art Rupe, Charles Connor, Don't Knock the Rock, Earl Palmer, Fats Domino, Funk, Grady Gaines, Here's Little Richard, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Jump blues, Keep A-Knockin', Lee Allen (musician), Little Richard, Little Richard (album), Little Star Records, Long Tall Sally, Macon, Georgia, Ooh! My Soul, Otis Redding, Ready Teddy, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Saxophone, She's Got It, Specialty Records, The Fabulous Little Richard, The Girl Can't Help It, The Girl Can't Help It (song), Tutti Frutti (song).
African-American rock musical groups
Musical groups established in 1953

Art Rupe

Arthur Newton Rupe (born Arthur Goldberg; September 5, 1917 – April 15, 2022) was an American music executive and record producer.

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Charles Connor

Charles Connor (January 14, 1935 – July 31, 2021) was an American drummer, best known as a member of Little Richard's band.

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Don't Knock the Rock

Don't Knock the Rock is a 1956 American musical film starring Alan Dale and Alan Freed.

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Earl Palmer

Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American drummer.

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Fats Domino

Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist.

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Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.

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Grady Gaines

Grady Gaines (May 14, 1934 – January 29, 2021) was an American electric blues, Texas blues and jazz blues tenor saxophonist, who performed and recorded with Little Richard in the 1950s.

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Here's Little Richard

Here's Little Richard is the debut album by American musician Little Richard, released on March 4, 1957.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer.

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Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo style of blues, jazz, and boogie woogie usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments.

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Keep A-Knockin'

"Keep A-Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)" is a popular song that has been recorded by a variety of musicians over the years.

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Lee Allen (musician)

Lee Francis Allen (July 2, 1927 – October 18, 1994) was an American tenor saxophone player.

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Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter.

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Little Richard (album)

Little Richard (titled Volume 2 in the UK) is the second album by American musician Little Richard, released in July 1958, ten months after Richard announced a retirement from rock and roll to pursue a life in the ministry.

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Little Star Records

Little Star Records was an independent label that was founded by music industry veteran H. B. Barnum in 1961.

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Long Tall Sally

"Long Tall Sally", also known as "Long Tall Sally (The Thing)", is a rock and roll song written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, and Little Richard.

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Macon, Georgia

Macon, officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States.

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Ooh! My Soul

"Ooh! My Soul", sometimes spelled "Oh My Soul", is a 1958 song by Little Richard.

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Otis Redding

Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter.

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Ready Teddy

"Ready Teddy" is a song written by John Marascalco and Robert Blackwell, and first made popular by Little Richard in 1956.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie.

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Saxophone

The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass.

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She's Got It

"She's Got It" is a 1956 song by Little Richard, written by John Marascalco and Little Richard.

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Specialty Records

Specialty Records was an American record label founded in Los Angeles in 1945 by Art Rupe.

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The Fabulous Little Richard

The Fabulous Little Richard was the third album from Little Richard, and the end of his rock and roll period.

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The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It is a 1956 American musical comedy film starring Jayne Mansfield in the lead role, Tom Ewell, Edmond O'Brien, Henry Jones, and Julie London.

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The Girl Can't Help It (song)

"The Girl Can't Help It" is the title song to the film The Girl Can't Help It, with words and music by songwriter Bobby Troup.

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Tutti Frutti (song)

"Tutti Frutti" (Italian for "all fruits") is a song written by Little Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie, recorded in 1955, which was his first major hit.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Upsetters_(American_band)

Also known as The Upsetters (little richard).