Little Richard

Little Richard Martinez came through a six-hour heart surgery very well yesterday at Hospital Bloom, San Salvador. Maria, his mother, said that the surgeon was pleased with how things had gone.

Robert Palmer Rock 'n' roller Little Richard will perform live on the Capitol lawn Monday with three Muscle Shoals musicians. The concert — which will be broadcast live at 7 pm on PBS as part of Independence Day celebrations
Little Richard, a native of Macon, Ga., and one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was part of the first wave of rock ’n’ roll artists who altered the course of popular music, beginning in 1955. In the course of just two years, he charted a collection of hit singles that remain influential. Among them are “Tutti Frutti,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” “Lucille,” “Rip It Up” and “Slippin’ and Slidin.’
He recorded his 1970 come-back album, “The Rill Thing,” at FAME Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals. It contained the single, “Freedom Blues,” which briefly re-established him as a hit-maker after being out of the music business for years........But when it comes to playing and singing, he’s still on top of his game.”We are praying for richard....

Georgia, United States

Little Richard (born Richard Wayne Penniman, December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, and an early pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of R&B and rock artists. Many of his fans have proclaimed Richard as The Real King of Rock ‘n’ Roll . He has also been called the King of Rockin ‘n’ Rollin, Rhythm & Blues Soulin’. His original injection of funk into the rock and roll beat in the mid-1950’s also had a profound influence on the development of that genre of music.

One of twelve children, Little Richard grew up in a Seventh-day Adventist family, but he mostly attended the New Hope Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia (Turner, Hungry for Heaven, p. 19). He also attended Holiness/Pentacostal churches of the U.S. South, where he learned Gospel music.
EARLY YEARS

Richard Penniman was inspired by black gospel music greats of the 1930’s and 1940’s. Nearly all of his dramatic phrasing and swift vocal turns are derived from gospel artists, such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, whom he referred to as his “favorite singer” when he was a child (she invited him to sing a song with her onstage in 1944, after she heard him sing her hit “Strange Things Happening Everyday”).......

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