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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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Known for his flamboyant performances, Little Richard's hit songs from the mid-1950s were defining moments in the development of rock ‘n’ roll.
May 9, 2020 · Little Richard performs "Tutti Frutti" at the 1995 Concert for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Looking for more Induction Ceremony and Rock Hall memories from Little Richard? Visit his...
May 9, 2020 · Little Richard, the screaming, preening, scene-stealing wild man of early rock ‘n’ roll with hits like “Tutti Frutti” and “Long Tall Sally,” died Saturday at 87, Dick Alen, his former ...
May 9, 2024 · Little Richard (born December 5, 1932, Macon, Georgia, U.S.—died May 9, 2020, Tullahoma, Tennessee) was a flamboyant American singer and pianist whose hit songs of the mid-1950s were defining moments in the development of rock and roll.
May 9, 2020 · Little Richard, the self-described "king and queen" of rock and roll and an outsize influence on everyone from David Bowie to Prince, died Saturday in Tullahoma, Tenn. He...
May 8, 2023 · The new documentary, “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” explores the late singer’s complicated life constantly swinging between the secular and the profane.
May 9, 2020 · Little Richard was the freakiest of all the great rock & rollers — his sexual expressiveness was untempered by Elvis Presley’s down-home charm, Chuck Berry’s sly wit, Jerry Lee Lewis’s ...
May 9, 2020 · Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard, who combined the sacred shouts of the black church and the profane sounds of the blues to create some of the world’s first and most influential...
May 9, 2020 · Flamboyant singer-instrumentalist Little Richard, whose high-voltage, keyboard-shattering R&B singles supplied lift-off for the ’50s rock ‘n’ roll revolution, has died. The musician, whose ...
