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TIL Robert Blackwell co-wrote many of Little Richard's rock and roll hits including "Long Tall Sally"; "Good Golly Miss Molly"; "Ready Teddy"; and "Rip It Up". They have subsequently been covered by hundreds of artists including Elvis Presley, the Beatles

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