Short Fat Fanny Ep

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Larry Williams was born in 1935 in New Orleans. He learned piano when he was seven and when he was ten his family moved to California. In 1954 he returned to NO and began to work to work with Roy Brown and Fats Domino (as a chauffeur) while hanging out with drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes. He soon was part of the underworld. In 1955 Little Richard became his best client and a close friend. Richard always had two big suitcases in the trunk of his Cadillac. One was full of dollar bills of every denomination. The other one was full of cocaine. In 1956 he met Specialty's house producer Robert Blackwell, and he signed a contract with the label as a singer so he could go on tour with Little Richard and keep on providing drugs to him without looking suspicious. Richard suddenly decided to leave all his sins behind him and he gave up fame and success to become a minister. He was the biggest seller for Specialty at that time, so Bumps Blackwell started to look around for a replacement. He convinced Larry to record wild rock and roll songs in a Little Richard style. Williams recorded some of the most exciting rock n roll numbers ever captured on magnetic tape. The single Short Fat Fannie became a #1 R&B hit and made # 5 on the pop charts in May 1957, followed by Bony Moronie in October 1957 that reached # 4 on R&B and # 14 on the pop charts. Both records sold millions. Tracks>> A1.Short Fat Fanny A2.Bony Maronie B1Slow Down B2.Give Me Love