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Episode 54: “Keep A Knockin'” by Little Richard

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Little Richard's Saxophone Solo

Little Richard recorded this song at the same session as another of his best records. The recording is a Frankenstein's monster, but it remains one of Little Richard's greatest tracks. To get it to a usable length, they copied and pasted the whole song from the start of Richard's vocal through to the end of the saxophone solo. But after the second sax solo, was the point where the copy pasting ends.

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