Here's Larry Williams

Here's Larry Williams
Here's Larry Williams
Studio album by Larry Williams
Released	1959
Genre	R&B; rock and roll;
Length	25:54
Label	Specialty
Larry Williams chronology

Here's Larry Williams is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Larry Williams, released by Specialty Records in 1959.^[1]^[3] The album includes two of Williams's hit singles, "Short Fat Fannie" and "Bony Moronie", and also features the song "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy", which would later be covered by the Beatles.^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]

AllMusic's Stewart Mason wrote of the album: "Listening to these tracks, it's clear why John Lennon was such a huge Larry Williams fan; his rough-and-ready no-bull voice is elastic enough to move from a Little Richard trill to a Ray Charles growl, and songs like 'Dizzy, Miss Lizzy' and 'Short Fat Fannie' are raucous enough to be punk rock nearly a full two decades before the concept was even in existence."^[5]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Short Fat Fannie"	2:21
2.	"Make a Little Love"	1:59
3.	"Hootchy-Koo"	2:32
4.	"Lawdy Miss Clawdy"	2:10
5.	"Peaches and Cream"	1:59
6.	"Give Me Love"	2:00
Total length:		13:01

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bony Moronie"	2:40
2.	"Little School Girl"	1:51
3.	"Dizzy, Miss Lizzy"	2:09
4.	"Teardrops"	2:20
5.	"You Bug Me, Baby"	1:50
6.	"Ting a Ling"	2:03
Total length:		12:53

References

^ ^a ^b Mason, Stewart (2003). Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Thomas Erlewine, Stephen (eds.). All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues (3rd ed.). Backbeat Books. p. 613. ISBN 0-87930-736-6.
^ Pollock, Bruce (2011). If You Like the Beatles...: Here Are Over 200 Bands, Films, Records and Other Oddities That You Will Love. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1617130182.
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 50s Music. Virgin Books. p. 498. ISBN 978-1-85227-937-0.
^ Hilburn, Robert (December 30, 1988). "Specialty Records Releases Set of Little Richard's 1950s Songs". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 26.
^ ^a ^b Mason, Stewart. "Larry Williams - Here's Larry Williams". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

[Bogdanov_et_al._2003-1] Mason, Stewart (2003). Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Thomas Erlewine, Stephen (eds.). All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues (3rd ed.). Backbeat Books. p. 613. ISBN 0-87930-736-6.

[2] Pollock, Bruce (2011). If You Like the Beatles...: Here Are Over 200 Bands, Films, Records and Other Oddities That You Will Love. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1617130182.

[3] Larkin, Colin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 50s Music. Virgin Books. p. 498. ISBN 978-1-85227-937-0.

[4] Hilburn, Robert (December 30, 1988). "Specialty Records Releases Set of Little Richard's 1950s Songs". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 26.

[AllMusic-5] Mason, Stewart. "Larry Williams - Here's Larry Williams". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

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