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Tutti Frutti is een nummer van de Amerikaanse artiest Little Richard. Het is geschreven door Richard en Dorothy LaBostrie. Het werd uitgebracht in 1955 en werd de eerste grote hit van Richard. Het nummer is vooral bekend om het refrein "A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!", een patroon waarvan Richard oorspronkelijk vond dat het op de drums gespeeld moest worden, maar uiteindelijk gezongen wordt. Het is een van de meest invloedrijke nummers in de geschiedenis van de rock-'n-roll.

"Tutti Frutti" (Italian for "all fruits") is a song written by Little Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie, recorded in 1955, which was Richard's first major hit. With its energetic refrain, often transcribed as "A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!" (a verbal rendition of a drum pattern that Little Richard had imagined), and its hard-driving sound and wild lyrics, it became not only a model for many future Little Richard songs, but also for rock and roll itself. The song introduced several of rock music's most characteristic musical features, including its loud volume, powerful vocal style, and distinctive beat and rhythm.

In 2007, an eclectic panel of renowned recording artists ranked "Tutti Frutti" at No. 1 on Mojo's "The Top 100 Records That Changed The World" and hailed the recording as "the sound of the birth of rock and roll". In 2009, the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry added the recording to its registry, claiming the "unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music". In April 2012, Rolling Stone magazine declared the refrain "the most inspired rock lyric ever recorded". It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.