There is no question that Little Richard was a hit-making machine. Between 1955 and 1958, Little Richard bopped into the Top 5 on the Billboard R&B charts nine times. His work prior to that, on RCA ...

Little Richard: I Am Everything (now streaming on Max, formerly known as HBO Max), directed and co-produced by Emmy winner Lisa Cortés (The Apollo), tackles the life and legacy of the man born Richard ...

The death of Little Richard, a flamboyant founding father of rock 'n' roll, led to an outpouring of tributes. The singer, who influenced musicians from The Beatles to Prince, died at 87, it was ...

He was a challenge to 1950s proprieties, wrapped in a package of pleasure and freedom. Hear 17 of his essential songs. By Jon Pareles Wild and outrageous don’t begin to describe Little Richard. He hit ...

Little Richard and the Space Age got into gear at roughly the same time. They both administered hefty shots of heebie-jeebies to a complacent 1950’s world, whose citizens, depending on where they were ...

Experience the meteoric rise and enduring legacy of Little Richard. American Masters – Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll explores the music icon’s influence and advocacy for the rights ...

That battle cry — the opening holler of “Tutti Frutti” — kicked off Little Richard’s career in 1955. It was the sound of a poor gay black kid in Macon, Georgia, announcing to the world that his time ...

Originally published in Uncut Take 279 [August 2020] following his death, we honoured one of the founding fathers of rock’n’roll: Little Richard, whose music career was brief, but his influence was ...

Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock 'n' roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, ...

Little Richard, a founding father of rock & 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 first time I truly understood the kinetic, roof-raising meaning of the phrase “rock’n’roll” was when I attended a Little Richard concert in the summer of 2012. The bouffant-haired icon was 79 then ...