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Released on Vee-Jay Records, also Big Girls Don’t Cry (The Four Seasons), Time Is Marching (John Lee Hooker) and No Shoes (John Lee Hooker)
Written by Big Joe Turner, also Honey Hush (Big Joe Turner), The Chill Is On (Big Joe Turner) and Roll ’em Pete (Big Joe Turner)
Part of Little Richard Is Back (and There’s a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!), also Going Home Tomorrow and Groovy Little Suzy
Written by Pete Johnson, also Roll ’em Pete (Big Joe Turner), Johnson and Turner Blues (Big Joe Turner) and Watch That Jive (Big Joe Turner)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Big Joe Turner wrote 11 songs on fono
Big Joe Turner’s most frequent co-writer is Pete Johnson (5 songs together)
Big Joe Turner first appears on fono in 1945, 19 years before this song
Pete Johnson first appears on fono in 1945, 19 years before this song
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
- Performed by
- Little Richard and [unknown]
- Released on
- Vee-Jay Records
- Written by
- Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
- Performed by
- Little Richard and [unknown]
- Released on
- Vee-Jay Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Big Joe Turner
Same writer: Pete Johnson
Same label: Vee-Jay Records
Same release: Little Richard Is Back (and There’s a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!)
Same writer: Big Joe Turner
Same writer: Pete Johnson
Same label: Vee-Jay Records
Same release: Little Richard Is Back (and There’s a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!)
Elsewhere
Sources (7)
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1MusicBrainz Cherry Red was performed by Little Richard
Cherry Red was performed by Little Richard
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Cherry Red was performed by [unknown]
3MusicBrainz Cherry Red was written by Big Joe Turner
Cherry Red was written by Big Joe Turner
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Cherry Red was written by Pete Johnson
5MusicBrainz Cherry Red is part of the release Little Richard Is Back (and There’s a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!)
Cherry Red is part of the release Little Richard Is Back (and There’s a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Vee-Jay Records is the label of the song Cherry Red
Vee-Jay Records is the label of the song Cherry Red
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Cherry Red was released on 1964-10