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''Great Hits'' (or ''His Greatest His'') is an album of Little Richard songs re-recorded in 1964 and first released by Vee-Jay Records in 1965. It features updated versions of twelve of his best-known songs originally recorded in the 1950s for Specialty Records.〔 〕 Some of these re-recordings use different musical arrangements, including unusual syncopation, tambourine and jazz horns. ==Background== Little Richard recorded forty-six songs for Vee-Jay Records, but nearly half of them were unreleased when the company filed for bankruptcy in January 1966. Eventually, they were compiled onto albums, such as: ''Mr. Big'' (1971), ''Friends from the Beginning - Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix'' (1972), ''Rip It Up'' (1973) and ''Talkin' 'Bout Soul'' (1974). A prominent New York area dee-jay has said that he witnessed Jimi Hendrix playing guitar, and Eskew Reeder (aka Esquerita) playing piano, on the album. This was startling news for historians who have insisted Jimi's contributions to Richard's records are limited to three songs from his Vee-Jay catalogue: "I Don't Know What You've Got But It's Got Me" (Parts I and II), "You'd Better Stop" and "Dancing All Around the World".〔 〕〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Richard's Greatest Hits」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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