one should give tribute to the importance of Little Richard within the building blocks of american Rock N Roll.

so that "one" is me.

see the following, and please add your pov to the great little richard. he deserves a thread to highlight all his accomplishments and contributions to music in america.

: https://www.facebook.com/...8555021476

Honors and Awards

In 1956, Cashbox awarded Penniman the Cashbox Triple Crown Award for his second hit single "Long Tall Sally".
In 1984, "Little Richard" Penniman was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
In 1986, Penniman was one of the first group of recording artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[2]
In 1990, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[163]
In 1993, he then received an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.[164]
In 1994, he was the fourth recording artist (the others being Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and James Brown) to be recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.[165]
In 1995, he received two Keys to the City of Providence, Rhode Island; one was awarded spontaneously, on stage, by Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
In 1997, he received the American Music Award of Merit.
On May 14, 2002, Little Richard was honored as one of the first three BMI Icons at the 50th annual BMI Pop Awards. He was presented the award along with BMI affiliates Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry.[166]
In 2002, he received the NAACP Image Award - Hall of Fame Award for having "distinguished himself as not only an unparalleled musical genius, but also as a unique and innovative performing artist—fusing pure vocal talent with exhilarating showmanship."[167]
In 2003, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[20]
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #8 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[168]
In 2006, he was inducted into the Apollo Theater Legends Hall of Fame, at the same time as Ella Fitzgerald (who was one of the first winners of 'Amateur Night at the Apollo' in 1934) and Gladys Knight & the Pips.
In 2007, his 1955 original hit "Tutti Frutti" topped Mojo's The Top 100 Records That Changed The World.[21]
In 2008, Penniman was inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame.[169]
In 2009, he was formally inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.[170]
In 2009, he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
In 2010, The Library Of Congress National Recording Registry added Penniman's original 1955 hit “Tutti Frutti” to its registry, claiming that the hit announced a new era in music: “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom!”[23]
In September 2010, Little Richard was named GQ's Man of the Year (Legend).

little richard is recognized in the world of rock n roll/r&b as the a master contributor of the sound

Good Golly, Little Richard! You Sure Influenced The Beatles!

• Posted on February 17, 2015 : http://www.concertpat.com...d-beatles/

“Little Richard was one of the all-time greats,” John Lennon once said. “The first time I heard him, a friend of mine had been to Holland and brought back a 78 with ‘Long Tall Sally’ on one side, and ‘Slippin’ And Slidin” on the other. It blew our heads – we’d never heard anybody sing like that in our lives and all those saxes playing like crazy.”

Paul McCartney echoed the sentiment: “In our imaginations back then, John was Buddy (Holly) and I was Little Richard…You’re always someone when you start.” The adulation was obvious. Just listen to McCartney’s “wooo” in “I Saw Her Standing There.” It came straight from Little Richard.

read more: http://www.concertpat.com...d-beatles/

imo little richard definitly deserves his own thread

This guy is so underrated it should be criminal.

Let's pray for Little Richard. I was fortunate enough to encounter him in my pass. He was a colorful character...

I'll repeat somethingI said in another thread...I love Richard and think he was a great talent. But he only had 2 or 3 years of peak creativity and popularity (roughly 1956 to 1959- when he "found" religion...) . He did nothing significant musically after that peak period (except for the great soul ballad "I Don't Know What You Got..." with Jimi Hendrix on guitar from 1964)...and has coasted on those great hits from the 1950s for the rest of his career. Compare that to Jerry Lee Lewis, who still puts out new music, or BB King and John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy and Willie Nelson and Loretta Lynn, who all put out new music into their 80s . These facts do not negate Little Richard's greatness at his peak, or his influence

Hello! The only reason for those short years at peak is because he walked away from secular muziq, Then turned his life over to God as a minister. What minister would perform "Tutti Fruiti"?

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Hello! The only reason for those short years at peak is because he walked away from secular muziq, Then turned his life over to God as a minister. What minister would perform "Tutti Fruiti"?

But he came back to music shortly thereafter. Look at the phot in this thread with him posing with the Beatles. That was taken in 1962 or 1963, when LR was attempting a comeback. He did do well as a live performer, especially in the 1970s when there was a "Rock revival" movement that brought attention back to the stars of the 50s, but he never made much music of significance after his masterful peak

Little Richard wasn't as prolific as is. Maybe he couldn't come up with the inspiration to record anything significant anymore. I mean even the late Mj released muziq every 5 years.

Some just can't no matter how hard they try. The well just ran dry...

That is beyond dispute.

The influence of the Little Richards and Chuch Berrys of the world were and remain overshadowed as rock and roll pioneers, by Elvis, the Beatles, the Stones et al. who became synonymous with "rock."

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Little Richard wasn't as prolific as is. Maybe he couldn't come up with the inspiration to record anything significant anymore. I mean even the late Mj released muziq every 5 years.

Some just can't no matter how hard they try. The well just ran dry...

Thanks to Little Richard and the artists that came after him, Prince and MJ had a much deeper well to draw from.

They were able to leverage power Little Richard never had to make music how and when they wanted.

Little Richard didn't have footsteps to follow in, he basically helped create those footsteps.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

namepeace said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Little Richard wasn't as prolific as is. Maybe he couldn't come up with the inspiration to record anything significant anymore. I mean even the late Mj released muziq every 5 years.

Some just can't no matter how hard they try. The well just ran dry...

Thanks to Little Richard and the artists that came after him, Prince and MJ had a much deeper well to draw from.

They were able to leverage power Little Richard never had to make music how and when they wanted.

Little Richard didn't have footsteps to follow in, he basically helped create those footsteps.

YES! U make a good point....

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Little Richard wasn't as prolific as is. Maybe he couldn't come up with the inspiration to record anything significant anymore. I mean even the late Mj released muziq every 5 years.

Some just can't no matter how hard they try. The well just ran dry...

That's kind of my point. Little Richard was great at what he did, which was uptempo half-crazed rock and roll songs in the 1950s, but he was limited. You can fit all his best work on one CD (and it would be a Mf'ing great CD !) His contemporaries, such as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley , were much more prolific and versatile (not to mention Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis ). None of this diminishes Richard in anyway, I am a huge fan of his work and see his significance, but I'm being honest here

Musical tastes in 1957 reflected Bing Crosby, Patti Page, and comfy Middle-America. There were no country crossover artists, R&B was on only a few radio stations, and nobody worked on Sunday. Mainstream artists smoothed the edges off African music (The Weavers and Wimoweh), classical music was modified (by Arthur Fiedler, and by songs like "Till The End of Time") and yes, if it wasn't mellowed by The Platters, Ink Spots or Nat King Cole, a jazz or R&B song got covered by a Pat Boone...which was at least the start of getting people acclimated to pumpernickel or rye rather than white bread. The Beatles covered Little Richard too, also making his raw sound a little more commercial. Now? Well, not everybody wants Little Richard over Boone or the Beatles' versions, but at least we have them all to choose from. This isn't some idiot taking a record and putting a photo to it, it's Pat Boone from a 1957 TV broadcast.

excerpt: https://timscoverstory.wo...pat-boone/

Pat Boone enjoyed great commercial success in the late 50s. In addition to covers of several Little Richard songs, he also covered songs by Fats Domino, Ivory Joe Hunter and The Flamingos. He was a fixture on the Billboard pop charts beginning in the mid-1950s.

so:

here's some factual audio visual history on the song "tutti fruitti" and how Little Richard's musical genius was recognized early on.

Little Richard Fast Facts

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about singer Pat Boone musical success with comments re: the recording of "tutti fruitti" with Little Richard feed back.

Early cover versions

The song has been covered by many musicians. Recording cover versions of songs was standard industry practice during the 1940s and 1950s. A hit song could generate many different versions: pop and instrumental, polka, blues, hillbilly and others by a variety of artists.^[24]

After Pat Boone's success with "Ain't That a Shame," his next single was "Tutti Frutti," markedly toned down from the already reworked Blackwell version.

Boone's version made No. 12 on the national pop chart, with Little Richard's trailing behind reaching only No. 17. Boone himself admitted that he did not wish to do a cover of "Tutti Frutti" because "it didn't make sense" to him; however, the producers persuaded him into making a different version by claiming that the record would generate attention and money.

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Little Richard is definitely in the “pissed off” category on this issue. He feels that he invented rock and roll — and it’s hard to argue with a guy who gave lessons in showmanship to both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones when they opened for his British tours. It was irritating to Little Richard that Pat Boone covered several of his songs (in addition to Tutti Frutti, Pat covered Long Tall Sally, Good Golly Miss Molly and Rip it Up), but it was particularly galling that Boone’s cover of Tutti Fruttioutsold his original!

Little Richard admitted that though Boone "took [his] music," Boone made it more popular due to his high status in the white music industry. Nevertheless, a Washington Post Staff Writer, Richard Harrington, quoted Richard in an article:

some more historical related L.R. info:

: https://timscoverstory.wo...pat-boone/

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All hail Little Richard!

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I certainly think "Tutti Frutti" (I'm talking 'bout the original 1955 A-side) is probably the #1 rock'n'roll single ever issued. I mean, that's got it all -- the vocal is absolutely manic, the music is rockin', the sexiness is over-the-top, and it's catchy as hell. Absolutely no one in rock history has ever sung a more wild, manic vocal than Richard on that track.

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Seems like he was always a pretty nice dude. Back in the day, every time he signed photos for various fans and fellow performers, he would always write his home address and invite people to come visit him. That's how he signed photos The Beatles asked him to sign in 1962.

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(Strange, but true -- The Beatle that Richard fancied was the one that no one fancied -- Ringo... Ringo actually started avoiding him when they played together in Liverpool and Hamburg because Little Richard was flirting with him so much.)

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ThePanther said:

All hail Little Richard!

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I certainly think "Tutti Frutti" (I'm talking 'bout the original 1955 A-side) is probably the #1 rock'n'roll single ever issued. I mean, that's got it all -- the vocal is absolutely manic, the music is rockin', the sexiness is over-the-top, and it's catchy as hell. Absolutely no one in rock history has ever sung a more wild, manic vocal than Richard on that track.

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Seems like he was always a pretty nice dude. Back in the day, every time he signed photos for various fans and fellow performers, he would always write his home address and invite people to come visit him. That's how he signed photos The Beatles asked him to sign in 1962.

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(Strange, but true -- The Beatle that Richard fancied was the one that no one fancied -- Ringo... Ringo actually started avoiding him when they played together in Liverpool and Hamburg because Little Richard was flirting with him so much.)

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okay, re: ringo

how do you know? where's your source to back the story, "little Richard flirting?"

free2bfreeda said:

ThePanther said:

(Strange, but true -- The Beatle that Richard fancied was the one that no one fancied -- Ringo... Ringo actually started avoiding him when they played together in Liverpool and Hamburg because Little Richard was flirting with him so much.)

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okay, re: ringo

how do you know? where's your source to back the story, "little Richard flirting?"

It's been documented before, but most recently (and notably) in The Beatles: All These Years (vol.1) by Mark Lewisohn (2013). This latest book, the first in a trilogy, was an international best-seller and universally acclaimed as the definitive Beatles' history. The anecdote I mention is on page 735-736 of this book. The "short" version of the book (which I have) ends with 87 pages of notes and citations, and the paragraph concerning Richard's amorous affections towards Ringo seems to be from the mouth of Mike McCartney (Paul's little brother), who was side-stage in Liverpool, trying to get a photo of each Beatle with Little Richard in the background performing (this apparently failed). Specifically, the account is originally in Mike McCartney's photo book Remember. (I think I have also read about this in another book, but I can't recall which right now.)

ThePanther said:

free2bfreeda said:

okay, re: ringo

how do you know? where's your source to back the story, "little Richard flirting?"

It's been documented before, but most recently (and notably) in The Beatles: All These Years (vol.1) by Mark Lewisohn (2013). This latest book, the first in a trilogy, was an international best-seller and universally acclaimed as the definitive Beatles' history. The anecdote I mention is on page 735-736 of this book. The "short" version of the book (which I have) ends with 87 pages of notes and citations, and the paragraph concerning Richard's amorous affections towards Ringo seems to be from the mouth of Mike McCartney (Paul's little brother), who was side-stage in Liverpool, trying to get a photo of each Beatle with Little Richard in the background performing (this apparently failed). Specifically, the account is originally in Mike McCartney's photo book Remember. (I think I have also read about this in another book, but I can't recall which right now.)

thx 4 the info.

Richards vocals could be seen as early heavy metal as well as the speed of the music! Richard has some of the greatest shit ever recorded in music history... but it's too short. I agree that past his peak period Richard never released anything as classic or noteworthy as ''Here's Little Richard''

Little Richard could HOLLER like nobody...A voice meant for Rock music...Decade after decade he always gave us Good-Hair...

jjhunsecker said:

jjhunsecker said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Hello! The only reason for those short years at peak is because he walked away from secular muziq, Then turned his life over to God as a minister. What minister would perform "Tutti Fruiti"?

But he came back to music shortly thereafter. Look at the phot in this thread with him posing with the Beatles. That was taken in 1962 or 1963, when LR was attempting a comeback. He did do well as a live performer, especially in the 1970s when there was a "Rock revival" movement that brought attention back to the stars of the 50s, but he never made much music of significance after his masterful peak

Yeah but those couple of peak years still eclipse a lot of other peoples' long careers.

I just love Little Richard, he was the master! And yes Prince stole from him, everyone stole from him. This video is quite funny.

And this movie made in 2000 starring Leon is pretty good too, he captures Richard's exuberance very well.

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He has always been one of my favourites and I love singing his songs, working on my whooooosss!! and shutups. Of course don't tell him that, as he will accuse me of stealing from him.

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