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One the all-time greats; dead at 87.
He's one of those people I kind of assumed was already dead. 87 is not a bad score.
Sadly underrated today. When Florian Schneider died the other day people were talking about his huge influence on music, and wether it was as big as the Beatles. I didn't really want to derail the threads so I didn't post, but I was thinking of pointing out that Little Richard probably had a bigger influence than either of them.
Rip
Always remember him in Down and out in Beverley Hills 😂
+1 to all of the above. An awesome talent.
Not my quote but sums it up for Me
James Brown got his big break as a Little Richard impersonator. Hendrix got his start playing guitar in Little Richard’s band. The Beatles formed around his work. Bob Dylan and Freddie Mercury began with his music. It’s impossible to overstate Little Richard’s influence.
The OG his contribution to music is immeasurable.
Hendrix got his start playing guitar in Little Richard’s band.
Thought he started mainstream with the Isley Bros. Lasted only 8 months with LR and only ended up on one lowly successful hit.
Prince may have been familiar with him too
It's mindboggling how many he influenced have come and gone. He was 30 in 1962! He's the last of the first wave of rock n roll, and outlived almost everyone else
I was thinking of pointing out that Little Richard probably had a bigger influence than either of them.
No one would dispute that.
Imagine, a black, gay, make-up wearing performer coming to prominence in the 1950s! Almost beyond comprehension.
The Hendrix stuff is all here, incredible story: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Richard
Proper legend, RIP
Are there any good documentaries out there on the man himself?
I only really know tidbits, and always seen him as a slightly crazy, properly eccentric and arrogant human, but I imagine he has done some fascinating interviews.
Just watched a Letterman one and you can see so much stuff ticking over inside that head of his, constantly in thought with who knows what kind of off-the-wall stuff. I bet he has a story or two.
"There was nothing, and then there was this"
In 2014, AC/DC’s then singer Brian Johnson told the Guardian about the experience of seeing Little Richard on television for the first time: “It was a Saturday, it was one o’clock and it was sunny day. And this woman was going, ‘And now, from America, we have Little Richard.’ And it was this * black guy with this * ridiculous hairdo and teeth. He was * prettier than a woman. And it was Tutti Frutti …”
At this point, Johnson mimed slack-jawed amazement. “What the *? There was nothing, and then there was this.”
The band’s guitarist, Angus Young, said of Richard: “The way he plays and the way he sings, it’s art and science, everything together.”