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.
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.
I saw Little Richard at the annual Elvis Festival in Tupelo, MS about 10 years ago. Sitting on lawn chairs in a Parking lot waiting and waiting for Little Richard to perform and damn near leaving because I never cared for him anyhow, I am very glad we stayed. He finally came out and set the tone for his performance when he told the predominately white and older crowd that he was sorry he was late but he was having trouble with his makeup. Brought the place down. Then he really took over and gave show that can only be describes as TERRIFIC. This show came the year following the year they had Charley Daniels and B.B.King. Both of whom were unimpressive. Daniels in particular. Almost like he did not want to be there.