Rock 'n' roll didn't start with a bang — it started with a wop-bop-a-loo-bop a lop-bom-bom. That's the propulsive beat that drives "Tutti Frutti," the 1955 chart-topping hit that made Richard Penniman ...

Political correctness lessens the music doc Little Richard: I Am Everything. In her mostly adulatory documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything, director Lisa Cortés gives the rock ’n’ roll legend ...

He came down at the same time every day. At 11 a.m., the elevator in the lobby of the Hilton in downtown Nashville would open to reveal Little Richard, looking stage-ready — bouffant wig, sunglasses, ...

Move over Elvis Presley, it's time to take a look at the man who many consider the true king of rock 'n roll. Magnolia Pictures released a new trailer for the Sundance 2023 documentary Little Richard: ...

Deep in the annals of music history are tales about how young talents such as Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, James Brown, Little Richard, and others ran in the same circles. With so many remembering and ...

Little Richard lived a vibrant life. The late rock and roll legend struggled with being a queer Black man in the Jim Crow era South and failed to earn the recognition he believed he deserved as one of ...

He was a challenge to 1950s proprieties, wrapped in a package of pleasure and freedom. Hear 17 of his essential songs. By Jon Pareles Wild and outrageous don’t begin to describe Little Richard. He hit ...

(RNS) — ‘I consider my music sacred,’ the performer of songs like ‘Tutti Frutti’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’ once told an interviewer. (RNS) — Little Richard — the musician known for singing, shouting and ...

When Little Richard entered the music scene in the 1950s, he did so with a flamboyance, charm and musical talent that broke barriers in the world of rock ’n’ roll. Yet, hidden far from the spotlight ...

Little Richard, who died Saturday at age 87, was one of the most influential musicians of all time—but a bad record deal and the pervasive racism of the 1950’s American music industry kept the singer ...