Little Richard's life gets the musical treatment in ‘Tutti Frutti'

Dedrick Weathersby's show about Little Richard covers the crossover artist's discovery, at age 14, by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
BroadwayWorld

Tutti Frutti: The Musical- The Life and Music of Little Richard at Lesher Center For The Arts

GET READY TO HAVE A ROCK 'N' ROLLING GOOD TIME With The WEST COAST PREMIERE of Tutti Frutti The Musical. Tutti Frutti The ...
Yahoo

Rare pre-fame Jimi Hendrix recording from his short stint as Little Richard's guitarist is now up for auction

Before Jimi Hendrix became a global star, he was part of Little Richard's backing band The Upsetters. Now, a recently discovered recording of Jimi Hendrix's session guitarist stint is up for auction ...
Los Angeles Magazine

Some of Little Richard’s Most Outrageous Costumes Are Going Up for Auction

“I am the innovator! I am the originator! I am the emancipator! I am the architect! I’m rock & roll!” -Little Richard When Little Richard died this spring at the age of 87, he left behind not only a ...
abc7NY

Little Richard, rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 87

NASHVILLE -- Little Richard, the flamboyant singer, songwriter, and musician known for a string of rock and roll hit songs and fiery showmanship, has died, according to his pastor. He was 87. Pastor ...
American Songwriter

Why Little Richard Once Cursed a Young Jimi Hendrix off the Stage, According to Bystander Graham Nash

Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix have both come to define two different but consecutive eras of rock ‘n’ roll. While the former enjoyed the apex of his fame in the 1950s, the latter would find his ...
Bay Area Reporter

'Little Richard: I Am Everything' - documentary of the rock music icon tells all

Some people, regardless of sexual orientation, saw Richard Wayne Penniman, known to the world as Little Richard, as a frankly effeminate, bizarre character. However the fact that he shouted from the ...
St. Louis American

Rock music pioneer Little Richard passes at 87

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Houston Chronicle

From 1975: Little Richard going strong at 43

This concert review was originally published on March 4, 1975. Initially opened as a jazz club in the late 1960s, La Bastille was located in Market Square. Nobody enjoys Little Richard as much as ...
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Little Richard's all-time favorite snack was this simple nostalgic treat

Little Richard is best-known as the flamboyant rock 'n' roll pioneer who gave us classic hits like "Tutti Frutti" and "Good Golly Miss Molly," always delivered with incredible gusto. With a ...
Reuters

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard dies at age 87

(Reuters) - Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll" who built his ground-breaking sound with a boiling blend of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and gospel, died on Saturday at ...