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  1. "Greed has taken the whole universe, and nobody is worried about their soul"

    Remembering Richard Wayne Penniman , aka Little Richard who died today 9th May 2020

    #littlerichard #rocknroll #wembley

    📷Jack Kay

  2. On May 9th, 2020: #LittleRichard, American rock 'n' roll pioneer, piano player, #singer-#songwriter ("Tutti Frutti", "Lucille"), and sometime preacher, died at 87.
    #RIP 💔🕊️

  3. "Good Golly, Miss Molly" is a #rocknRoll song first recorded in 1956 by American musician #LittleRichard and released in January 1958 as #Specialty single 624, and later on Little Richard in March 1958. The song, a #jumpBlues, was written by #JohnMarascalco and producer #RobertBumpsBlackwell. Although it was first recorded by Little Richard, Blackwell produced another version by the Valiants, who imitated the fast first version recorded by Little Richard.
    youtube.com/watch?v=AK_jm3Hz1Wk

  4. On 18 April 1975: #JohnLennon gives what becomes his final public performance at a gala salute to British media mogul Lew Grade at the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel, NYC; he performed 3 songs - #LittleRichard’s “Slippin’ and Slidin’”, Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me”, and closed with his own “Imagine”.

  5. "Tutti Frutti" (#Italian for "all fruits") is a song written by #LittleRichard and #DorothyLaBostrie, recorded in 1955, which was Richard's first major hit. With its energetic #refrain and its hard-driving sound and wild lyrics, it became not only a model for many future Little Richard songs, but also for #rockAndRoll itself. Its refrain is often transcribed as "A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!".
    youtube.com/watch?v=F13JNjpNW6c

  6. 40 years ago this week, "Great Gosh A'mighty (Down & Out In Bev. Hills Theme)" by #LittleRichard entered the #Top100 at 87. It peaked at 42 on 12 Apr 1986. It was his first release in seven years, and his last trip up the charts. youtube.com/watch?v=shByPrjAQvI #1980s #MusicHistory #MusicVideo

  7. Just a head’s up: There’s A LOT of intense language that involves slurs, racism, violence, misogyny and homophobia, etc. in this month’s #LaEsoterica. If this isn’t for you I recommend the documentary “Little Richard: The King and Queen of Rock & Roll” (pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/l) or here (archive.org/details/bbc-i-love)
    #LaEsoterica #BlackHistoryMonth #LittleRichard #classicrock

  8. "But the great revelation in David's early life didn't require faith or spirituality in fact, all he needed was a radio or a record player. One day, he turned the dial and found a man yelling wildly over piano, sax and double bass. For David, this moment was an epiphany. 'My heart nearly burst with excitement. I'd never heard anything even resembling this. It filled the room with energy and colour and outrageous defiance. I had heard God.

    That song, "Tutti Frutti' by Little Richard, came out in the UK in 1957. Its release happened to coincide with the start of the long decline of the Church of England."

    — Peter Ormerod: David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God

    #LittleRichard #DavidBowie #God

  9. If you haven’t seen the documentaries “Tina” or “Little Richard: I am Everything” on HBO Max. Please do b/c they’re both really good looks at two phenomenal rock & roll icons
    #RetroView #TinaTurner #LittleRichard #BlackHistoryMonth #classicrock

  10. 40 years ago today, Inaugural class of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees: #ChuckBerry; #JamesBrown; #RayCharles; #SamCooke; #FatsDomino; The Everly Brothers; #BuddyHolly; #JerryLeeLewis; #ElvisPresley; #LittleRichard; #RobertJohnson; #JimmieRodgers; Jimmy Yancey; Alan Freed; John Hammond; and Sam Phillips.