Posted on 09/03/2013 9:59:16 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Done hell, I thought he was dead.
Good for him.
Tutti Frutti, indeed.
Good!!!!!!!!!!!
A little Tutti Frutti goes a long way.
“I Don’t Want to Discuss It” - Okeh Records (1966)
Seriously, if Elvis Presley was still alive today, he'd be younger than Little Richard. Little Richard was making records before Elvis even came on the scene! Now that's longevity.
And not a word about racism, God bless him.
t’aint easy being a legend.. but he pulled it off pretty good for a long long time..
Some of these modern performers have one hit and are instantly millionaires. Some of the people from the 50’s had hit after hit and really didn't come away with much at all.
A true legend and talent. For almost 60 years.
Youtube has all his hits and early videos of them.
He could always “rip it up”.
Another one of the “hardest working man in Rock and Roll.”
He performed here in Atlanta in 2005 or 2006 and my wife and I went to the show. He put on a great performance, played for about 90 minutes or so and did a lot of his hits of course. Even at his age, he could still play that piano, I thought the keys would start smoking at several points. What a great, great artist, I’m glad we saw him when we did.
He was making records when they were on blue wax tubes!
That dog in the old RCA ads? It was his!
My uncle loves doo-wop music and likes to attend a big annual festival with multiple acts on stage.
The organizers have announced that next year’s will be the last one, because they don’t expect anyone from the original acts to be alive much longer.
IMO, he had the greatest Rock and Roll band in the 50’s, The Upsetters. Having Grady Gains as lead sax man didn’t hurt either. His ‘Ready Teddy’ and ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ drove all of us teenagers into a frenzy. Great top down convertible music.
Never quite one of my favorites, but he’s a legend, and he certainly could have spent time pushing a couple of political agendas, and instead all he did was push the music. I take my hat off to him!
Hahahaha....that gave me a much-needed laugh today. How I used to get a kick out of doing that with songs...but back then we had record players that had that feature.. :-)
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