One of the most flamboyant personalities in the world of rock and roll, whose music hugely influenced generations of rock musicians who among other things copied his signature high-pitched ‘woo’, died today at the age of 87.
Here he is performing in 1995.
Here is a supercut of bits of his greatest hits.
Heh. You have no idea just how sanitized the released version of “Tutti Frutti” is. The original was, um… somewhat explicit and very, very queer.
WMDKitty,
I had not known until I read the link I gave above that gave the original lyrics and the explanation.
My favorite part of the Little Richard story was that he had a religious conversion when he saw a sign in the heavens. A sign that turned out to be — wait for it — Sputnik I.
“little richard’ can be expressed as “small dick”.
Oh, man, come on! If you’re going to post a video it’s got to be vintage. 😉
Nothin’ “Little” about his contribution to rock music.