Little Ike
She Can Rock
7" (penniman)
Besides phoning Little Richard every December 5th to wish him a happy birthday, the Master should be acknowledged for all those songs inspired by his sound and singing style that came after the Tutti Frutti boom. One of the best and the WILDEST is Little Ikes She Can Rock, released by Champion Records in Nashville in 1957. Little is known about Isaac Little Ike Hamilton: Champion signed him up while he was the lead singer for the Bubba Suggs Band, he waxed this single, his only known one, and then vanished into obscurity. Perhaps because he was aware that such a masterpiece could never be surpassed. We have taken the liberty of replacing the B-side from the original single, the ballad Am I Losing You with a rocker by the great Earl Hines: the obscure Now Do You Hear, recorded during these same sessions and released by Champion on that same year.
Además de felicitar a Little Richard por su cumpleños cada 5 de Diciembre, démosle también las gracias por todos los temas que -inspirados en su sonido y forma de cantar- se publicaron a raíz del boom de "Tutti Frutti". Uno de los mejores y más SALVAJES fue este "She Can Rock", de Little Ike, editado por el sello de Nashville Champion Records en 1957. Poco se sabe acerca de Isaac "Little Ike" Hamilton: Champion lo fichó cuando ocupaba el puesto de cantante solista en la Bubba Suggs Band, grabó éste, su único single, y desapareció totalmente del mapa. Lógico...es insuperable. Nos hemos tomado la libertad de sustituir la cara B del single original -la balada "Am I Losing You"- por un tema rápido de R&B a cargo del maestro Earl Hines. Nada menos que el oscuro Now Do You Hear, grabado en la mismas sesiones y editado también por Champion ese mismo año.
