RIP weird dude
Posted on 05/09/2020 7:00:58 AM PDT by mkleesma
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Little Richard, a founding father of rock and roll whose fervent shrieks, flamboyant garb, and joyful, gender-bending persona embodied the spirit and sound of that new art form, died Saturday. He was 87. The musician’s son, Danny Penniman, confirmed the pioneer’s death to Rolling Stone, but said the cause of death was unknown.
Starting with “Tutti Frutti” in 1956, Little Richard cut a series of unstoppable hits – “Long Tall Sally” and “Rip It Up” that same year, “Lucille” in 1957, and “Good Golly Miss Molly” in 1958 – driven by his simple, pumping piano, gospel-influenced vocal exclamations and sexually charged (often gibberish) lyrics. “I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it,” Elton John told Rolling Stone in 1973. “I didn’t ever want to be anything else. I’m more of a Little Richard stylist than a Jerry Lee Lewis, I think. Jerry Lee is a very intricate piano player and very skillful, but Little Richard is more of a pounder.”
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Well, that bad boy is in Heaven now.
“Grace greater than all my sin.”
Big band in Heaven gets a new member.
And he’ll keep ‘em laughing. I thought that guy was a riot.
RIP weird dude
Duplicate. !!!
Oh, the guy was as queer as a three-dollar bill. But he got saved and that’s all that really matters.
RIP Little Richard. You always were a great performer.
Saw him in concert in 2007 in Anaheim. He was really off his game that night. 2 hours late, talked more than sang. I know the guy had talent because I’d listened to his music for years. But it wasn’t on display that night.
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I remember the short-lived sitcom “That’s My Mama” from the mid-70s, when Clifton Davis was sorting his record album collection by male and female performers. He made a third pile for Little Richard.
“If there’s a rock-n-roll heaven,
You know they have a helluva band”
RIP
One of a kind. An original and pioneer. RIP
The only actual talent in Catalina Caper.
He was always the wildest thing in rock and roll....RIP
Old age?
I always resented his gal Daisy for how she treated him.
Well good for him.
Wasn’t trying to be harsh. It’s just that hollywood and the music industry has been pushing gays, talented as they may be, in front of us for decades and now we have kids who don’t know what sex they are.
I used to fly my sailplane to his music.
RIP Little Richard. You always were a great performer.
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And an influence on the Beatles. They played in the same club in Hamburg.
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