Directly From My Heart

11 cited facts

1989
2:21

What connects this song

Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.

Released on Specialty Records, also Long Tall Sally, Jenny, Jenny and Tutti Frutti
Part of The Specialty Sessions, also Chicken Little Baby, Poor Boy Paul (false start, announcement & master - take 8) (stereo) and Gene Nobles' 'Royal Crown' Hairdressing Ad

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Little Richard wrote 65 songs on fono
Little Richard’s most frequent co-writer is Enotris Johnson (6 songs together)
Little Richard first appears on fono in 1955, 34 years before this song

Credits

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Written by: Little Richard
Performed by: Alvin “Red” Tyler, Earl Palmer, Frank Fields, Justin Adams, Lee Allen, Little Richard and Melvin Dowden
Part of: The Specialty Sessions
Released on: Specialty Records

Written by: Little Richard
Performed by: Alvin “Red” Tyler, Earl Palmer, Frank Fields, Justin Adams, Lee Allen, Little Richard and Melvin Dowden
Part of: The Specialty Sessions
Released on: Specialty Records

Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.

Same label: Specialty Records
Long Tall Sally
Little Richard
1956
Same release: The Specialty Sessions
Chicken Little Baby
Little Richard
1989
Same label: Specialty Records
Jenny, Jenny
Little Richard
1957
Same release: The Specialty Sessions
Poor Boy Paul (false start, announcement & master - take 8) (stereo)
Little Richard
1989
Same label: Specialty Records
Tutti Frutti
Little Richard
1955
Same release: The Specialty Sessions
Gene Nobles' 'Royal Crown' Hairdressing Ad
Little Richard
1989

Elsewhere

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1MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart was performed by Alvin “Red” Tyler
Directly From My Heart was performed by Alvin “Red” Tyler
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2MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart was performed by Earl Palmer
Directly From My Heart was performed by Earl Palmer
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3MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart was performed by Frank Fields
Directly From My Heart was performed by Frank Fields
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4MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart was performed by Justin Adams
Directly From My Heart was performed by Justin Adams
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5MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart was performed by Lee Allen
Directly From My Heart was performed by Lee Allen
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6MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart was performed by Little Richard
Directly From My Heart was performed by Little Richard
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7MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart was performed by Melvin Dowden
Directly From My Heart was performed by Melvin Dowden
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8MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart was written by Little Richard
Directly From My Heart was written by Little Richard
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9MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart is part of the release The Specialty Sessions
Directly From My Heart is part of the release The Specialty Sessions
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10MusicBrainz Specialty Records is the label of the song Directly From My Heart
Specialty Records is the label of the song Directly From My Heart
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11MusicBrainz Directly From My Heart was released on 1989
Directly From My Heart was released on 1989
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