Southern Child is an unreleased album by Little Richard, scheduled to be released in 1972 as his fourth and final album for Reprise Records. For unconfirmed reasons the album was shelved, and the tracks comprising the album were released in 2005 from Rhino Records as part of their Complete Reprise Recordings collection.

Little Richard – vocals, piano
Lee Allen – tenor saxophone
Jim Horn – saxophone
Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar
Earl Palmer – drums
Michael Deasy - slide guitar
Bob Love – unknown instrument according to Reprise Records