When a 1964 album proclaimed Little Richard<\/strong><\/a> Is Back, <\/i>it was one thing of a matter of opinion. The Georgia Peach had truly returned to the rock\u2019n\u2019roll scene two years earlier, after a self-imposed<\/strong><\/a> interval of singing gospel. But on November 20, 1965, he did make a extra emphatic comeback to the R&B charts.<\/p>\n The single \u201cI Don\u2019t Know What You\u2019ve Got (But It\u2019s Got Me),\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0written by Atlantic soulman Don Covay, adopted Richard\u2019s cowl<\/strong><\/a> of Jerry Lee Lewis\u2019 \u201cWhole Lotta Shakin\u2019 Goin\u2019 On.\u2019\u201d That had reached No.42 on the Cashbox<\/em> R&B chart in September 1964. The new 45 was notable in being one among a number of of his studio classes of the time to function a younger guitarist for rent known as Jimi Hendrix<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Hendrix had began taking part in reside dates with Little Richard earlier in 1965, below the identify Maurice James. He made a mark, because the rock pioneer later admitted in an interview with VH1 Legend<\/i>s. \u201cOn the stage he would actually take the show. People would scream and I thought they were screaming for me. I look over and they\u2019re screaming for Jimi! So I had to darken the lights. He\u2019d be playing the guitar with his teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n By the time of \u201cI Don\u2019t Know\u2026,\u201d Billboard<\/em> had resumed publication of its personal soul listings, on which Richard duly appeared on November 20, 1965, at a assured No.21. Fontella Bass was persevering with her No.1 run with \u201cRescue Me,\u201d whereas the 2 different new entries on the Top 40 chart had been the Four Tops<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 \u201cSomething About You\u201d and Wilson Pickett<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Fight It.\u201d<\/p>\n Richard\u2019s single, his final on Vee-Jay to chart, went on to succeed in No.12 on the R&B aspect, his greatest place since, on the finish of his preliminary prominence of rock\u2019n\u2019roll\u2019s first flush, \u201cBaby Face\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>additionally reached No.12. By now, sadly, his days of pop crossover had been at an finish, and the 1965 single solely reached No.92 on the Billboard<\/em> Hot 100.<\/p>\n