Little Richard

    • Name: Richard Wayne Penniman
    • Born: December 5, 1932
    • Origin: Macon, Georgia
    • Active: 1951 - Present
    • Label: Warner Bros. Records
    • Hit Singles: 29
    • Albums: 42
    • Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986
    • Number 8 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest artists of all time

  • Little Richard is a Singer-Songwriter and pianist whose music combines rock, soul, rhythm and blues, and funk. He was one of the major figures in the early 1950's R&B; craze and is often considered to be one of the originators of Rock n' Roll.

  • Background

    Born Richard Wayne Penniman in Georgia on December 5, 1932, Little Richard was raised in both a religious and musical family. Members of his family would often sing together in local churches and much of Richard's early musical inspiration came from Gospel music. After winning a talent show in Atlanta in 1951, Richard was awarded with a contract from RCA Records.

  • Tutti Frutti

    With some help from A&R; exec Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Little Richard recorded his first hit "Tutti Fruitt" in 1955. The song was an instant success and led to a string of hit songs, including "Long Tall Sally", "Lucille" and "Good Golly, Miss Molly".

  • Reverend Richard

    At the height of his fame, Richard's turned his back on Rock music and became a self-declared evangelical born-again Christian. The last 40 years have seen Little Richard move back and forth between secular and religious music a number of times.

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