Little Richard - Biography - IMDb Little Richard Biography Showing all 27 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (12) | Personal Quotes (6) Overview (4) The Real King of Rock 'n' Roll The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll The Emancipator 5' 10" (1.78 m) Mini Bio (1) Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "Architect of Rock 'n' Roll", traveled in his early days with the legendary vaudeville star Spencer "Snake" Anthony. One of Richard's early bands had the young, then unknown singer James Brown (the Godfather of Soul), a fourteen-year-old keyboardist named Billy Preston , and the famous and legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix . His first recording session took place at WGST in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; he was backed by a local band led by Billy Wright. This session produced a local hit called "Every Hour" which enjoyed heavy airplay on Atlanta's WERD radio station which was the first completely Black-owned radio station in the United States.

Little Richard was backed up by his idol Billy Wright, once referred to him as the most fantastic entertainer he had ever seen. Indeed, it was Wright who used a brand of makeup called Pancake 31. Little Richard admitted to copying Wright's penchant for heavy makeup and wild stage theatrics. With a public persona and personal life marked by sexual ambiguity, he would make his mark with later hits such as the suggestive "Tutti Frutti" and "Good Golly Miss Molly". Unbeknownst to many fans, Richard overcame a debilitating drug habit and eventually became an ordained minister. Beginning in the 1980s, he saw a resurgence in his popularity as he acquired small acting roles where he impressed fans, old and new, with his unique comedic timing. As versatile and ageless as ever, Little Richard continues to delight fans the world over with his extraordinary stage presence and flamboyant antics. Now inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the American Songwriters Hall of Fame, he remains one of the most popular entertainers in the world.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Community Spouse (1) ( 11 July 1959 - 1963) (divorced) (1 child) Trade Mark (3) Frequently and humorously tells audiences (or anyone in earshot) to "SHUT UP!" Powerful voice punctuated by high-pitched screams and moans His beaming, wide smile Trivia (12) He appeared in the music video and sang lead vocals on the song "Voices That Care". Presided over the 1987 Las Vegas marriage of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore at the Golden Nugget Hotel. Former brat packer Ally Sheedy was a bridesmaid. He was voted the 8th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. He was one of the greatest musical influences on Paul McCartney and David Bowie . According to producer Nile Rodgers , Richard was the initial inspiration for Bowie's biggest ever album, "Let's Dance", in 1983. Jimi Hendrix was a member of one of his touring bands, before Hendrix launched his solo career. Befriended The Beatles when he toured England in the early 1960s.

He and Beatles manager Brian Epstein got along especially well; Epstein persuaded him to lend his personal microphone to another singer when the stage mike failed, and to perform an extra concert. Lifelong friends with the late James Brown since they were teenagers. Has one leg three inches shorter than the other; would sometimes wake up from a night of partying, with one pant-leg cuff noticeably frayed from walking barefoot. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6840 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 21, 1990. He was awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee in November 2008. Inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. Inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Personal Quotes (6) The band hated that makeup. If we didn't put on makeup, they wouldn't have let us in those white clubs. They figured we weren't gonna bother the white girls.

[on Elvis Presley ] Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen. [on Elvis Presley ] He was an integrator, Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn't let black music through. He opened the door for black music. The grass may look greener on the other side, but it's just as hard to cut. I'm a conductor of revivals. The only minister in the whole package. Little Richard, the evangelist. I am the architect of rock 'n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms. See also Little Richard - IMDb IMDb Soundtrack | Actor | Music Department Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "Architect of Rock 'n' Roll", traveled in his early days with the legendary vaudeville star Spencer "Snake" Anthony. One of Richard's early bands had the young, then unknown singer James Brown (the Godfather of Soul), a fourteen-year-old keyboardist named Billy Preston , ...

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(performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) 2016 Mafia III (Video Game) (performer: "Long Tall Sally" - uncredited) / (writer: "Long Tall Sally" - uncredited) 2016 Vinyl (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes) - Cyclone (2016) ... (performer: "Keep A Knockin") - Episode #4.11 (2015) ... (writer: "Tutti Frutti") Britain's Got Talent (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015) - 2015: Live Semi-Final 4 - The Results (2015) ... ("Tutti Frutti", uncredited) / (performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) - 2015: Live Semi-Final 4 (2015) ...

(performer: "Long Tall Sally" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally" - uncredited) 2015 Ochéntame... otra vez (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode) - La juventud canta y baila (2015) ... (writer: "Tutti Frutti") WPC 56 (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2013 - 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2013) - The Wayward Wind (2015) ... (performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) - Little Boy Lost (2013) ... (performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) The Doctor Blake Mysteries (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015) - My Brother's Keeper (2015) ...

(performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 2015 Fresh Dressed (Documentary) (performer: "Long Tall Sally") / (writer: "Long Tall Sally") Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) (3 episodes, 2012 - 2014) (writer - 6 episodes, 2008 - 2013) (performer - 4 episodes, 2008 - 2009) - Blind Auditions 1 (2013) ...

(writer: "Long Tall Sally" - uncredited) 2013 Good Ol' Freda (Documentary) (performer: "Long Tall Sally") / (writer: "Long Tall Sally") 2013 When Albums Ruled the World (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) Vegas (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2012 - 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013) - Road Trip (2013) ... (performer: "Bama Lama Bama Loo") / (writer: "Bama Lama Bama Loo" - as Richard Penniman) - Exposure (2012) ...

(performer: "Rip It Up") 2012 The Joy of the Single (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "The Girl Can't Help It" - uncredited) / (writer: "Lucille" - uncredited) 2012 Love Me Do: The Beatles '62 (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Good Golly Miss Molly") 2012 Ginger & Rosa (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 2012 The Expendables 2 (performer: "Rip it Up") Metal Evolution (TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes, 2011 - 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2011) - Shock Rock (2012) ... (performer: "Whole Lotta Shaking Going On") - Pre-Metal (2011) ...

(performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 2011 War of the Buttons (performer: "Jenny Jenny") / (writer: "Jenny Jenny" - as R. Penniman) So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011) - Top 18 Results (2011) ... (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 2011 The Roaring 20s: Mick Jagger's Glory Years (Video documentary) (performer: "Long Tall Sally") / (writer: "Long Tall Sally" - as Richard Penniman) Waking the Dead (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011) - Harbinger: Part 2 (2011) ...

(performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") Rock & Chips (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010) - Five Gold Rings (2010) ... (performer: "Long Tall Sally" - uncredited) / (writer: "Long Tall Sally" - uncredited) 2010 Rock Suomi (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode) - Amerikan ääni (2010) ... (writer: "Keep on Knockin'") Willkommen Österreich (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 2010) (writer - 3 episodes, 2010) - Episode #1.121 (2010) ... (performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) - Episode #1.120 (2010) ...

(performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) - Episode #1.119 (2010) ... (performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) 2010 Mafia II (Video Game) (performer: "KEEP A KNOCKIN'", "LONG TALL SALLY", "LUCILLE", "RIP IT UP" (uncredited)) / (writer: "KEEP A KNOCKIN'" - as Penniman) / (writer: "LONG TALL SALLY", "LUCILLE" - as Richard Penniman) 2010 Predators (performer: "Long Tall Sally") / (writer: "Long Tall Sally" - as Richard W. Penniman) 2010 Treme (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 2010 I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode) - The Singer (2010) ...

(performer: "Tutti Fruitti" - uncredited) 2009 Hitchhiker Munchkins (Short) (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 2009 Planet 51 (writer: "Long Tall Sally" - as Richard Penniman) 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (Video) (performer: "Tutti Frutti", "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay", "I Can't Turn You Loose") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 2009 Change of Plans (performer: "Lucille") 2008 Hell Ride (writer: "Jenny Take A Ride" - as Richard Penniman) 2007 Ganes (writer: "KEEP ON KNOCKIN'") 2007 Danny - Tähti ja tähtien tekijä (Video documentary) (writer: "Long Tall Sally", "Tutti Frutti") RBD: La familia (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2

007) (writer - 1 episode, 2007) - Confesiones (2007) ...

(performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Penniman) 2007 Elvis - Up Close and Personal (Video documentary) (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 2007 Hounddog (performer: "Rip It Up") 2007 Introducing the Dwights (performer: "Jenny Jenny") / (writer: "Jenny Jenny" - as Richard Penniman) 2006 Cold Case (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Static (2006) ... (performer: "Ready Teddy") 2006 Hollywoodland (performer: "The Girl Can't Help It") 2006 Elvis: Broadcasting Live (Video) (writer: "Tutti Frutti") Uvolnete se, prosím (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2006) (music - 1 episode, 2006) - Episode dated 17 March 2006 (2006) ...

(lyrics: "Lucille") / (music: "Lucille") 2005 Yours, Mine & Ours (performer: "Slippin' and Slidin' (Itaal Shur Remix)") / (writer: "Slippin' and Slidin' (Itaal Shur Remix)" - as Richard Penniman) 2005 The Simpsons (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 2004 Mosca y Smith en el Once (TV Mini-Series) (performer: "I Don't Want To Discuss It") 2004 Las Vegas (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - New Orleans (2004) ... (performer: "Slippin' & Slidin'") The Blues (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2003) (writer - 1 episode, 2003) - The Road to Memphis (2003) ... (performer: "Lucille") / (writer: "Lucille" - as Richard W.

Penniman) 2003 Festival Express (Documentary) (writer: "Slippin' & Slidin'" - as R. Penniman) 2003 The Night We Called It a Day (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 2002 Secretary (performer: "Directly from My Heart to You") / (writer: "Directly from My Heart to You" - as Richard W.

Penniman) 2001 Classic Albums: Elvis Presley (Video documentary) (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 2000 Greenfingers (performer: "The Power") 2000 Running Mates (TV Movie) (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 2000 The Replacements (writer: "Jenny Take A Ride!" - as Richard Penniman) 2000 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Long Tall Sally", "Ready Teddy", "The Girl Can't Help It") / (writer: "Long Tall Sally", "Tutti Frutti") 2000 The New Country (TV Movie) (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 1999 Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (TV Movie) (writer: "Slippin' And Slidin'", "Long Tall Sally") 199

9 Mystery, Alaska (performer: "Star Spangled Banner", "Oh Canada") 1999 Crazy in Alabama (performer: "Lucille") / (writer: "Lucille" - as Richard Penniman) 1998 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy (Video documentary) (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) 1998 Marriages (performer: "Tutti Frutti" (1957)) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" (1957) - as Richard Penniman) 1998 Why Do Fools Fall in Love (performer: "Tutti Frutti", "Keep a Knockin") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Benjamin, mis-transcription of Richard Penniman) 1998 Velvet Goldmine (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) Tohuwabohu (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 1990 - 1998) (performer - 2 episodes, 1995 - 19

98) - 2x23 (1998) ...

(performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) - Montreux-Mix II (1995) ... (performer: "Send Me Some Lovin'" - uncredited) - Episode #1.1 (1990) ...

(writer: "Long Tall Sally" - uncredited) 1996 The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (TV Series) (performer: "Casper the Friendly Ghost") 1995 It Takes Two (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 1995 Casino (performer: "Slippin' and Slidin'") / (writer: "Slippin' and Slidin'" - as Richard Penniman) 1995 The Beatles Anthology (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer: "Long Tall Sally", "Ready Teddy", "The Girl Can't Help It") / (writer: "Hey Hey Hey Hey (Going Back to Birmingham)", "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) / (writer: "Long Tall Sally") 1995 Lo zio di Brooklyn (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Pennyman) 1995 Casper (performer: "Casper The Friendly Ghost") / (producer: "Casper The Friendly Ghost") 1995 Circle of

 Friends (performer: "The Girl Can't Help It") 1994 I.Q.

(as Richard Penniman, "TUTTI FRUTTI") / (performer: "TUTTI FRUTTI") 1994 The Magic School Bus (TV Series) (performer: "On The Magic School Bus") 1994 Rebel Highway (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994) ... (performer: "The Girl Can't Help It") 1994 Shake, Rattle and Rock! (TV Movie) (performer: "THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT") 1994 Foreign Student (performer: "Keep-a-rockin") / (writer: "Keep-a-rockin") 1994 WrestleMania X (TV Special) (performer: "America The Beautiful") 1994 Backbeat (writer: "Long Tall Sally") 1993 We're Back!

A Dinosaur's Story (performer: "Roll Back The Rock (To The Dawn Of Time) (Finale Version)") 1993 The Pickle (performer: "Good Golly Miss Molly") 1992 Mo' Money (performer: "I Got It") / (writer: "I Got It" - as Richard Penniman) 1990 Young Guns II (performer: "You Really Got Me Now") 1990 Northern Exposure (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Pilot (1990) ...

(performer: "Good Golly, Miss Molly") 1990 Berkeley in the Sixties (Documentary) (performer: "Keep a Knockin'") / (writer: "Keep a Knockin'") 1989 The Delinquents (performer: "Lucille", "Slippin' and Slidin") / (writer: "Lucille", "Slippin' and Slidin" - as Penniman) Quantum Leap (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 1989) (writer - 2 episodes, 1989) - Blind Faith - February 6, 1964 (1989) ...

(performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) 1989 Heavy Petting (Documentary) (performer: "Ready Teddy") 1989 Road House (writer: "Long Tall Sally" - as Richard Penniman) 1989 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 1989 Her Alibi (performer: "TUTTI FRUTTI") / (writer: "TUTTI FRUTTI" - as Richard Penniman) 1988 Purple People Eater (performer: "Good Golly Miss Molly") 1988 Twins (performer: "TWINS") 1988 Red Scorpion (lyrics: "Jenny, Jenny" - as Penniman) / (music: "Jenny, Jenny" - as Penniman) / (performer: "Jenny, Jenny", "Long Tall Sally", "All Around The World", "Good Golly Miss Molly") /

 (writer: "Long Tall Sally" - as Penniman) 1988 Hot to Trot (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 1988 Cocktail (performer: "Tutti-Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti-Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 1988 Short Circuit 2 (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 1988 The 60th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Shakedown") 1988 Moonlighting (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 1987 Predator (performer: "LONG TALL SALLY") / (writer: "LONG TALL SALLY" - as R.

Penniman) 1987 Prom Night II (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 1987 Rags to Riches (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Pilot (1987) ...

(writer: "Tutti Frutti") 1987 Elvis '56 (TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 1986 The Prince's Trust Rock Gala: 10th Birthday (TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Long Tall Sally") 1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills (performer: "IT'S A MATTER OF TIME", "TUTTI FRUTTI") / (producer: "IT'S A MATTER OF TIME") / (writer: "IT'S A MATTER OF TIME", "TUTTI FRUTTI") 1986 Bring on the Summer (TV Special) (writer: "Lucille" - uncredited) Arena (TV Series documentary) (writer - 2 episodes, 1984 - 1985) (performer - 1 episode, 1985) - Buddy Holly (1985) ... (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Penniman) - The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience (1984) ...

(writer: "Lucille" - uncredited) 1985 Explorers (performer: "All Around the World") 1985 Up Your Anchor (performer: "Tutti Frutti", "Bama Lama Bama Loo") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti", "Bama Lama Bama Loo") 1985 Mask (performer: "Good Golly Miss Molly", "Tutti Frutti", "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave", "Slippin' 'n' Slidin'") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti", "Can't Believe You Wanna Leave", "Slippin' 'n' Slidin'" - as Richard Penniman) 1985 Heaven Help Us (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Penniman) 1985 Mischief (performer: "Rip It Up") Zeg 'ns Aaa (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1985) (writer - 1 episode, 1985) -

 Tutti frutti (1985) ...

(performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 1984 The Flamingo Kid (performer: "Good Golly Miss Molly") 1984 Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (TV Special short) (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 1984 The Wild Life (performer: "THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT", "HEEBIE JEEBIES") 1984 DTV: Pop & Rock (Video) (performer: "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally") 1984 Top Secret!

(as Richard Penniman, "TUTTI FRUTI") 1983 Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (Video documentary) (performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Slippin' & Slidin'", "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) 1983 Party Party (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Penniman) 1983 Christine (performer: "Keep A-Knockin'") 1983 The Right Stuff (performer: "Good Golly Miss Molly") 1982 The Year of Living Dangerously (lyrics: "Long Tall Sally") / (music: "Long Tall Sally") / (performer: "Long Tall Sally", "Tutti-Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti-Frutti") 1981 The Loveless (performer: "Rip It Up") 1981 Hot Bubblegum (performer: "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall

 Sally") WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 1980 - 1981) (writer - 1 episode, 1980) - Herb's Dad (1980) ...

(performer: "Lucille") / (writer: "Lucille") 1979 Going Steady (performer: "Lucille") / (writer: "Lucille") 1978 Big Wednesday (performer: "Lucille" - uncredited) / (writer: "Lucille" - uncredited) 1978 American Hot Wax (performer: "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Tutti Frutti") 1978 Lemon Popsicle (performer: "Long Tall Sally", "Tutti Frutti") / (writer: "Long Tall Sally", "Tutti Frutti") 1976 Teenage Cover Girls (performer: "The Girl Can't Help It", "Keep a Knockin'" - uncredited) 1974-1975 The Ernie Sigley Show (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes) - Episode dated 3 June 1975 (1975) ...

(writer: "Rock and roll medley: 'Blue Suede Shoes' / 'Hound Dog' / 'Tutti Frutti' / 'Heartbreak Hotel' / '(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear' / 'Little Darlin' / 'Only You' / 'Jailhouse Rock' / 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' / 'See You Later, Alligator' / 'Rock Around the Clock' / 'Your Mama Don't Dance' / 'Johnny B. Goode' / 'Twilight Time' / 'You Need Hands' / 'Blue Suede Shoes' reprise / 'Bye Bye Love' / 'Great Balls of Fire' / 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' reprise / 'Rock Around the Clock' reprise / 'Razzle Dazzle' ") - Episode dated 30 April 1974 (1974) ...

(writer: "Rock and roll medley: 'Blue Suede Shoes' / 'Hound Dog' / 'Tutti Frutti' / 'Heartbreak Hotel' / '(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear' / 'Little Darlin' / 'Only You' / 'Jailhouse Rock' / 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' / 'See You Later, Alligator' / 'Rock Around the Clock' / 'Your Mama Don't Dance' / 'Johnny B. Goode' / 'Twilight Time' / 'You Need Hands' / 'Blue Suede Shoes' reprise / 'Bye Bye Love' / 'Great Balls of Fire' / 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' reprise / 'Rock Around the Clock' reprise / 'Razzle Dazzle' ") 1975 In Concert (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode #3.15 (1975) ... (writer: "Slippin' and Slidin'/I'm In Love Again/Johnny B.

Goode/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On') 1974 Iltatähti (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode dated 27 December 1974 (1974) ... (writer: "Keep A Knockin'") 1974 Happy Days (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) 1973 The Graham Kennedy Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode dated 17 April 1973 (1973) ... (writer: "Rock and roll medley: 'Blue Suede Shoes' / 'Hound Dog' / 'Tutti Frutti' / 'Heartbreak Hotel' / '(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear' / 'Little Darlin' / 'Only You' / 'Jailhouse Rock' / 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' / 'See You Later, Alligator' / 'Rock Around the Clock' / 'Your Mama Don't Dance' / 'Johnny B.

Goode' / 'Twilight Time' / 'You Need Hands' / 'Blue Suede Shoes' reprise / 'Bye Bye Love' / 'Great Balls of Fire' / 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' reprise / 'Rock Around the Clock' reprise / 'Razzle Dazzle' ") 1973 That'll Be the Day (performer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited) 1973 Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Rehearsal Concert (TV Movie) (writer: "Long Tall Sally") 1972 The Special London Bridge Special (TV Movie) (as Janey, Janey, We're gonna have some fun tonight, "Rip it up / Lucille / Tutti Frutti / Jenny, Jenny / Good Golly Miss Molly / Long Tall Sally ") 1972 Pink Flamingos (performer: "The Girl Can't Help It") 1971 $ (performer: "Money Is", "Do It To It", "Brooks' 50¢ Tour") 1971 The

 Neon Palace (performer: "Long Tall Sally") / (writer: "Long Tall Sally") 1969 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (TV Movie) (performer: "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally") / (writer: "Long Tall Sally" - as Richard Penniman) / (writer: "Tutti Frutti" - as Richard Benjamin (sic) 1969 Mondo Trasho (performer: "Long Tall Sally", "Tutti Frutti", "The Girl Can't Help It") / (writer: "Long Tall Sally", "Tutti Frutti") 1967 Catalina Caper (lyrics: "Scuba Party" - as Richard Penniman) / (music: "Scuba Party" - as Richard Penniman) / (performer: "Scuba Party") 1967 Who's That Knocking at My Door (writer: "Jenny Take a Ride" - uncredited) 1965-1967 The Beatles (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes) Little Richard biography | birthday, trivia | Georgian American Pop Musician |

 Who2 Name at birth: Richard Wayne Penniman Along with Elvis Presley , Little Richard helped define the wild side of early rock and roll with sexualized songs and outrageous behavior on stage.

Little Richard Penniman grew up singing gospel and blues and began recording in the early 1950s. “Tutti Frutti” (1955), with its opening line, “A-wop-bom-aloo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom,” became his first big hit and remains his signature tune. The song is Little Richard in a nutshell: runaway piano, exuberant screams, bawdy innuendo and a stylized preciousness. He followed with a string of hits, including “Slippin’ and Slidin’,” “Long Tall Sally,” and “Good Golly Miss Molly.” He also established the flamboyant Little Richard look, with slick curls and an extra-thin mustache. He abruptly quit the music business in 1957 and attended Bible college, but returned to rock after releasing The King of Gospel Singers (1962, produced by Quincy Jones ). During the 1970s his career waned, but he made a comeback in the 1980s, with the song “Great Gosh A Mighty” and appearances in TV commercials and children’s shows (including Jim Henson ‘s The Muppets).

His new career included children’s music (“Itsy Bitsy Spider”) and duets with Bono and U2, Elton John and others. Extra credit Pat Boone ‘s version of “Tutti-Frutti” was released shortly after Little Richard’s and charted slightly higher. Little Richard net worth, james brown, married, children, death PUBLISHED 09 Jun, 2016 Little Richard , an incredibly successful composer, singer, musician, and a major personality in the world of rock-n-roll, was born on 5th December in the year 1932 in a big family. He had 11 siblings. Richard Wayne Penniman, which is the real name of the singer, was born and spent his childhood in the city of Macon, Georgia, with a population of some 150,000 inhabitants. An interesting fact is that he should have been initially called as Ricardo, but due to the error he got a name Richard. His father was a deacon, while his mother was a member of the city’s Baptist church. Already at that time, little Richard relished the live music in churches that inspired him.

Career Experience Little Richard started to record first his music in the period between 1951 and 1953 for Peacock and RCA Records. It comes as a no surprise that his first songs, which were a mix of boogie-woogie and R&B, had a shade of gospel music. Little Richard experienced a major turn in his career in 1955, when he signed a contract with Specialty Records. In the studio of that label, he recorded the song “Tutti Frutti”, which immediately appeared on the tops of ratings. This song was a result of improvisation and brought an incredible fame to the performer. Following this amazing success, Little Richard recorded such songs as “Long Tall Sally” (1956), “She’s Got It” (1956), “Lucille” (1957), “Keep A-Knockin’” (1957), all of which turned into classic hits of rock-n-roll. Besides, Little Richard has been always convinced that exactly he was the architect of rock-n-roll, and many times he called himself as a King of Rock-n-Roll.

While having a music tour in Australia in 1957, he suddenly announced that he puts an end to his musical career and will sacrifice his life to Christianity. In the period between 1958 and 1962, he recorded nothing but church hymns. Yet, he took a decision to renew his career in rock-n-roll by starting a music tour in Europe. During his career, he several times more stepped off but later returned to the rock-n-roll music. Little Richard was so popular even at the beginning of his career that James Brown, a highly popular singer and musician who not so long ago met his death, pretended to be him. It was possible because they had a mutual agent. Little Richard also starred in a number of movies. In 2016, the net worth of Little Richard amounted $40 million. Personal life An ironical part is that Little Richard acquainted his wife, Ernestine Campbell, at an evangelic mass in 1957. Later, in 1959, the couple got married. However, they divorced in 1963, and his wife claimed that it happened because Little Richard was a celebrity, which made her life harder since her husband neglected many things.

The couple had no children, but Little Richard in 1962 adopted a son, who had aged one year old then. Now, they are in close relationship, and Danny Jones, so is his name, frequently works as Little Richard ’s bodyguard. Discography It is hard to assemble even the single list of all his songs, but his career includes more than a dozen of sessions. Moreover, such hits like “Slippin’ and Slidin’” (1956), “Ready Teddy” (1956), “Send Me Some Lovin’” (1957), “Good Golly, Miss Molly” (1958), “Shake a Hand” (1959), “Whola Lotta Shakin’” (1959), and others will always remain in the history and heritage of rock-n-roll. His latest single he recorded in 1991.

Little Richard | Rolling Stone artists > L > Little Richard > Bio Little Richard Bio Pounding the piano, howling his lyrics and screaming in a wild falsetto, Little Richard &8212; the so-called Quasar of Rock &8212; was integral to the birth of rock & roll. His unhinged performance style, mascara-coated eyelashes, and high pompadour were exotic and androgynous, and in many ways he personified the new pop music genre's gleeful sexuality and spirit of rebellion. In his own way &8212; and as he is wont to exclaim to anyone in earshot &8212; he is the king of rock & roll. One of 12 children, Richard Wayne Penniman was born in Macon, Georgia, on December 5, 1932. He grew up in a devout Seventh-Day Adventist family but also attended Baptist and Holiness churches; his two uncles and a grandfather were preachers, though his father sold bootleg whiskey. The young Penniman sang gospel and learned piano at a local church, but his parents never encouraged his musical interests, and at 13 Penniman was ejected from their house.

(In a 1982 televised interview, he claimed it was because of his homosexuality.) He moved in with a white family, Ann and Johnny Johnson, who ran Macon's Tick Tock Club, where Penniman first performed. In 1951 Penniman won a contract with RCA after playing at an Atlanta radio audition. His recordings during the next two years were fairly conventional jump blues; the songs "Every Hour" and "Get Rich Quick" failed to make a commercial impression for him. In 1952 he moved to Houston, where he recorded for Don Robey's Peacock label. Initially he recorded with backup groups the Deuces of Rhythm and the Tempo Toppers, though in 1955 he switched to fronting the Johnny Otis Orchestra for four songs. He toured small black nightclubs, performing mostly blues; his rock numbers were not well received. Down on his luck, he sent a demo tape to Art Rupe of Specialty Records in L.A., who, as luck would have it, had been looking for a hard-edged voice like Penniman's to front some New Orleans musicians.

Rupe signed on "Bumps" Blackwell as the producer and, with a Crescent City rhythm section, Little Richard entered the studio on September 14, 1955. One of the songs he cut was an old between-song filler piece called "Tutti Frutti" (with lyrics cleaned up by New Orleans writer Dorothy La Bostrie; one original line was "Tutti Frutti, good booty/If it don't fit, don't force it, you can grease it, make it easy"). Richard's whooping, shouting vocals, sexy-dumb lyrics, and wild piano banging on "Tutti Frutti" set the style for his future hits. The single sold to both black and white fans &8212; over three million copies by 1968 &8212; and its influence was incalculable.

Out of Richard's approximately 36 songs for Specialty, seven were gold: "Tutti Frutti" (Number 17), "Long Tall Sally" (Number Six), "Rip It Up" (Number 17) in 1956; "Lucille" (Number 21), "Jenny, Jenny" (Number 10), and "Keep a Knockin'" (Number Eight) in 1957; and "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (Number 10, 1958). Little Richard also appeared in three early rock & roll movies: Don't Knock the Rock (1956), The Girl Can't Help It (1956) &8212; in which his salacious reading of the title song is a revelation &8212; and Mister Rock 'n' Roll (1957). But in 1957, at the height of his success, Little Richard suddenly quit his rock career after a tour of Australia. He claimed that a vision of the apocalypse came to him in a dream, and that he saw his own damnation.

In his authorized biography he tells a story of a plane flight during which the overheated engines appeared in the darkness of night to be on fire. He prayed to God and promised that if the plane landed safely he would change his ways. A few days later, while performing outdoors, he caught a glimpse of the Russian satellite Sputnik, and days after that, a plane he was scheduled to have flown in crashed. Interpreting these incidents as divine signs that he should change his ways, Richard entered Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, where he received a B.A. and was purportedly ordained a minister in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. (Richard has since claimed that he was never a minister.) Specialty tried to keep his conversion a secret, issuing the hit "Keep a Knockin'," pieced together from half-finished sessions. In 1959 he recorded his first religious album,God Is Real. Little Richard did not return to rock until 1964. After a failed attempt to gain a major audience on the evangelical circuit with his gospel recordings, he tried to resurrect his rock following with the anachronistic and unsuccessful "Bama Lama Bama Loo" on Specialty in 1964.

The world was already switching its attention to the newer sounds of the Beatles. (Ironically, Little Richard was one of Paul McCartney's idols.) Through the years, Little Richard mounted many unsuccessful comeback attempts on Vee-Jay, Modern, Okeh, and Brunswick. His best shot came in the early Seventies, when he got a contract with Reprise and recorded three R&B/rock LPs &8212; The Rill Thing, King of Rock 'n' Roll, and Second Coming &8212; which garnered some fair critical notices and led to some recording sessions with Delaney and Bonnie and Canned Heat. He did some late-night talk shows and club dates during the early Seventies, but by the decade's close, he was again stressing his attachment to the church, preaching and singing gospel, and renouncing rock & roll, drugs, and his own homosexuality. Over the years, he has alluded to having embraced heterosexuality, but in 2000 he probably described his past most accurately when he told the Los Angeles Times, "I was what you called back in that day a freak. I was flamboyant in every direction.

I'm glad I'm able to look back on it and say, 'Thank you, Lord,' and go on." The year 1984 saw the publication of The Life and Times of Little Richard, an authorized biography by Charles White. Incredibly frank, the book got plenty of attention for its juicy anecdotes (including a threesome with a stripper and Buddy Holly) and guilt-ridden accounts of his battle to tame his sexuality. "Homosexuality is contagious," he is quoted as having said. "It's not something you're born with." The book ends with a chapter-long sermon from Richard. Later he claimed that in some portions of the book he had been misquoted. He shares the copyright with Charles White and his longtime manager Robert "Bumps" Blackwell. Each time it seems Little Richard has faded from the spotlight, he returns with as much pomp and circumstance as ever. In 1985 &8212; at nearly age 60 &8212; he launched a formidable comeback with a featured role in the hit film, Down and Out in Beverly Hills; he also appeared in Why Do Fools Fall in Love and Last Action Hero.

He made guest appearances on such popular television series as Miami Vice, Martin, and Full House and has been a pitchman in commercials for a number of companies, including Taco Bell, McDonald's, and Charlie perfume. He contributed backing vocals to the 1988 U2–B.B. King hit "When Love Comes to Town," and duetted with Elton John on the latter's Duets and Tanya Tucker on Rhythm, Country & Blues ("Somethin' Else"). In a development that surely would surprise his first-generation fans, Little Richard had his greatest latter-day recording success in the Nineties with a new generation: their grandchildren. After recording a rock-rap version of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" for the all-star Pediatric Aids Foundation benefit album For Our Children (1991), Richard recorded Shake It All About. It included children's standards, such as "On Top of Old Smokey," and his own "Keep a Knockin'" (complete with him yelling "Shut up!" to his background chorus of kids). He also appears on Kermit Unpigged (1994) and in Shelley Duvall's award-winning children's video, Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme.

And he sang the theme song to the PBS children's program, The Magic School Bus. On into the 21st century, Little Richard has been just as busy, and remains one of the most recognized and quotable celebrities in the world. His life story was the subject of a made-for-TV movie in 2000, starring the actor Leon Robinson, who won an Emmy for the portrayal. He recorded Johnny Cash's "Get Rhythm" for a 2002 Cash tribute album and teamed with fellow Fifties rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis on a cover of the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" for Lewis' 2006 album Last Man Standing. As a preacher he's performed weddings for several celebrities (Cyndi Lauper, Little Steven Van Zandt, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore) and spoke at the funerals of musician friends Wilson Pickett and Ike Turner. The apparently ageless (and vegetarian) Richard continues to tour, his spirit and passion for the music &8212; and himself &8212; undiminished. As he announced from a stage shortly after his 66th birthday, "I'm still beautiful.

I'm not conceited &8212; I'm convinced!" Little Richard was among the first 10 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. In 1993 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He performed at Bill Clinton's presidential inaugural in 1992. He has also received the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award. In his hometown of Macon he has been honored with a street bearing his name, Little Richard Penniman Boulevard. In 2004 he was ranked among the Top ten on Rolling Stone's Immortals list. Portions of this biography appeared in The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001). Mark Kemp contributed to this article. International Vegetarian Union - Little Richard (1932- ) International Vegetarian Union (IVU) Little Richard (1932- ) Rev.

Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter and pianist, who began performing in the 1940s and was a key figure in the transition from rhythm & blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. from an interview on weekend online (sptimes.com) , 2001: Do you eat breakfast? I'm vegetarian. I have been for about 40 years. Sometimes. I'll have a bowl of raisin bran. Sometimes I like oatmeal, but I don't like cream in my oatmeal. I like oatmeal with butter. And with wheat toast. I sometimes eat a vegetarian meat called Wham. Sometimes I'll have the vegetarian breakfast sausage links. Sometimes I eat a vegetarian food called Tuno. With the Tuno, I make salmon croquettes. When you fry it, it tastes just like salmon. I have grits with that sometimes. More precisely, it would have been 44 years at the time of thhe above interview.

In 1957, after a near-fatal plane accident, Richard returned to his religion - his father had been a Seventh Day Adventist minister - he was ordained a SDA minister and has oscillated between music and ministry ever since, eventually managing to combine the two. About 50% of SDAs are vegetarian. from a biography by Rolling Stone magazine, 2001: The apparently ageless (and vegetarian) Richard continues to tour, his spirit and passion for the music - and himself - undiminished. from contactmusic.com, 2005: Rock 'n' roll legend LITTLE RICHARD is planning to "spank" PRINCE the next time the two meet after the PURPLE RAIN singer was derogatory about him in a recent interview. The GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY singer, real name RICHARD PENNIMAN, took exception to comments Prince made in a New York article. He says, "I'm mad with Prince because a few weeks ago he had a big write up on me in the paper in New York and I thought it was horrible. "He said that to get Little Richard to record all you had to do was give him a bucket of chicken.

I thought that was horrible. I'm a vegetarian." [it turned out that Prince was referring to past times when artists could bought off cheap by record companies] To buy Books, CDs or Videos by these celebrities, with commission to vegetarianism, go to: Little Richard - Celebrity information Little Richard LITTLE RICHARD Biography: Little Richard (born Richard Wayne Penniman, December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, and an early African-American pioneer of rock and roll. Many fans have proclaimed Richard as "The Real King of Rock 'n' Roll". One of twelve children, Little Richard says he "came from a family where my people didn't like rhythm and blues. Bing Crosby - 'Pennies From Heaven' - Ella Fitzgerald, was all I heard." (Hamm 1979, p.391) Raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, he learned gospel music in Pentecostal churches of the U.S. South.

His early recording career in the 1950s was a mix of blues music and rhythm and blues, heavily steeped in gospel music, but with a driving beat and breathlessly delivered lyrics that marked a decidedly new kind of music. Chinese Horoscope for Little Richard Includes characteristics and Vices

Question: Richard Wayne Penniman is the real name of which famous singer who was born on December 5th 1932?
Answer: LITTLE RICHARD