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Bob Dylan said of Boone's cover, "Of all the people who sang 'Tutti Frutti,' Pat Boone was probably the only one who knew what he was singing about." [30] Little Richard admitted that though Boone "took [his] music", Boone made it more popular due to his high status in the white music industry. [37]
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone [1] (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, television personality, radio host and philanthropist. During his recording career, he sold nearly 50 million records and had 38 Top 40 hits; he also appeared in various Hollywood films.
During his career as a singer and composer, Pat Boone released 63 singles in the United States, [better source needed] mostly during the 1950s and early 1960s when Boone was a successful pop singer and, for a time, the second-biggest charting artist behind Elvis Presley according to Billboard. [1]
One of Boone’s biggest records of the era was a cover version of Little Richard’s rock classic “Tutti Frutti,” but the references to Boone weren’t all positive, and the term “cultural ...
Pat Boone is the debut album by Pat Boone. [1] Released by Dot Records in 1956, it compiled his recent hits such as "Ain't That a Shame", ... "Tutti Frutti" ...
"Tutti Frutti" was a big hit for Little Richard and Specialty in early 1956, reaching number two in the R&B charts. Pat Boone's cover version of the song reached number 12 in the pop charts.
Boone's version was released as a single with "Tutti Frutti" as the B-side in January, 1956. Boone's version peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard chart. [ 5 ] Overseas, it was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart , spending five weeks at No. 1, [ 2 ] [ 6 ] and 24 weeks on the charts altogether.
Rock 'n' roll didn't start with a bang — it started with a wop-bop-a-loo-bop a lop-bom-bom.That's the propulsive beat that drives "Tutti Frutti," the 1955 chart-topping hit that made Richard ...