Little
Richard, alias Richard Wayne Penniman, født 5. December, 1932 I Macon
Georgia. Brød igennem med ”Tutti Frutti” i 1955 og er i dag 79 år gammel og
fortsat aktiv. Har over årene bevæget sig inden for genrerne Rock and roll, R&B,
soul og gospel. Little Richard
kalder sig selv ”The architect of rock and roll". Spiller piano,
keyboard og saxofon.
Han er biseksuel. Led i perioder af alkohol- og cocainmisbrug og var på et tidspunkt både ved at blive skudt og styrte ned med et fly. I 1957-62 og 1977-84 helligede han sig kristendommen og blev præst, hvilket han ikke mener, er i modstrid med rock and roll. Han har over årene blandt mange andre viet Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Willis, Tom Petty og Bruce Springsteen og begravet Wilson Pickett og Ike Turner. Little Richard opdagede i øvrigt Jimi Hendrix, der i 1965 blev medlem af hans band og havde ham som forbillede.
5. December, 2012
Han er biseksuel. Led i perioder af alkohol- og cocainmisbrug og var på et tidspunkt både ved at blive skudt og styrte ned med et fly. I 1957-62 og 1977-84 helligede han sig kristendommen og blev præst, hvilket han ikke mener, er i modstrid med rock and roll. Han har over årene blandt mange andre viet Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Willis, Tom Petty og Bruce Springsteen og begravet Wilson Pickett og Ike Turner. Little Richard opdagede i øvrigt Jimi Hendrix, der i 1965 blev medlem af hans band og havde ham som forbillede.
Little Richard celebrates 80th birthday
Little Richard, the American singer-songwriter behind rock and roll staples Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally, celebrates his 80th birthday today.
Little Richard performing at the Riverbend Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee on June 13, 2009.
Photo: Sipa Press / Rex Features
5. December, 2012
The
artist's 1957 debut album 'Here's Little Richard' was one of the albums added
in 2013 to the Grammy Museum Album Hall Of Fame in Los Angeles.
Born
Richard Wayne Penniman, Little Richard was instrumental in the development of
the classic rock and roll sound, coupling pounding piano playing with
screeching vocals and ushering in a new sound in the process.
In particular his record Tutti Frutti has been repeatedly singled out as the genre-defining sound of the birth of rock and roll.
His music was not the only thing that set him apart from his peers: with his rebellious demeanour, mascara-coated eyelashes and androgynous stylings, Richard Wayne Penniman was a new kind of star.
He was raised in a devout Seventh-Day Adventist family as one of 12 children, singing gospel and learning piano at a local church.
In particular his record Tutti Frutti has been repeatedly singled out as the genre-defining sound of the birth of rock and roll.
His music was not the only thing that set him apart from his peers: with his rebellious demeanour, mascara-coated eyelashes and androgynous stylings, Richard Wayne Penniman was a new kind of star.
He was raised in a devout Seventh-Day Adventist family as one of 12 children, singing gospel and learning piano at a local church.
He was
thrown out of his family home at 13 and moved in with a white family - Ann and
Johnny Johnson - who ran the club where he first performed.
Tutti
Frutti was recorded as a between-song filler piece, but it was released as a
single and sold millions of copies. It was enormously successful and set the
template for seven subsequent gold singles for Little Richard, including Long
Tall Sally, Rip It Up, Lucille and Good Golly, Miss Molly.
2012 marks his
67th year of public performing.
En 1995 version af gennembrudshittet "Tutti Frutti" ansigtet er plastopereret men sjælen lever i den grad. Falsetten har han lært af den fantastisk gospelsangerinde Marion Williams.
Little
Richard & The Shirelles med gospelnummeret "Joy, Joy, Joy" fra
1963
Interview med Little Richard 1985.
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