Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jorgen Angel/Getty Images Little Richard is remembered as one of the most lively pioneers of rock 'n' roll music. Despite his ...
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 ...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard, is widely respected as one of the architects of rock and roll. But did you know the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer spent time ...
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“What would it do to the American mythology of rock music to say that its pioneers were Black, queer people?” the ethnomusicologist Fredara Hadley asks in the new documentary Little Richard: I Am ...
As part of the 2023 March On Washington Film Festival, a trailblazing documentary titled Little Richard: I Am Everything directed by Emmy Award-winning director Lisa Cortes shone a light on the ...
In 1956, Elvis Presley exploded onto the music scene, changing music history. One of the songs on Presley's introductory album was his rendition of "Tutti Frutti," a song released the previous year by ...
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 ...
Editor’s Note: The CNN Film “Little Richard: I Am Everything” tells the story of rock ‘n’ roll’s Black, queer origins. It illustrates clearly just how the revolutionary pop icon’s career laid the ...
Because the story of Little Richard is inextricable from the story of what other artists took from him, it can be tempting to forget that he, too, absorbed and emulated the talent that came before him ...
He had been tapped to co-present the award for Best New Artist at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in New York City. That evening, he took the stage with Buster Poindexter, the alter-ego of New York ...
Lisa Cortés’ wildly entertaining doc for CNN and HBO Max gives persuasive backup to the Black, queer trailblazer who said, “I am the originator. I am the emancipator. I am the architect of rock ’n’ ...