Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. People also ask

  2. Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades.

  3. May 9, 2024 · Little Richard, flamboyant American singer and pianist whose hit songs of the mid-1950s, such as ‘Tutti Frutti’ and ‘Good Golly, Miss Molly,’ were defining moments in the development of rock and roll. Learn more about Little Richard’s life and career.

  4. May 9, 2020 · Little Richard was an audacious showman in everything he did: movies like Down and Out In Beverly Hills, music for children and commercials. But above all, he was a pioneer of rock and roll,...

    • Elizabeth Blair
  5. May 9, 2020 · Little Richard, the Great Innovator of Rock and Roll. By David Remnick. May 9, 2020. The core of Little Richard’s music career was brief, but his influence was, and is, everywhere....

  6. May 10, 2020 · Musical icon Little Richard, an architect and pioneer of rock 'n' roll, a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient and a GRAMMY Hall Of Fame inductee, died Saturday (May 9). He was 87.

  7. Jul 1, 2023 · Little Richard became known for his explosive stage presence and a larger than life persona. A new documentary, Little Richard: I am Everything by filmmaker Lisa Cortes,...

    • 7 min
  8. May 9, 2020 · Little Richard, who has died at the age of 87, was the self-styled "king and queen of rock 'n' roll". Off stage, he set the benchmark for wild and debauched behaviour. He was the devout...