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  Little Richard, rock'n'roll pioneer, dies aged 87

  

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  His 1955 song Tutti Frutti, with the lyric ‘awopbopaloobop alopbamboom’, and a series of follow-up records helped establish the genre and influence a multitude of other musiciansLittle Richard: an ultra-sexual force of anti-natureLittle Richard, one of the pioneers of the first wave of rock’n’roll, has died. He was 87. Related: Little Richard – a life in pictures Continue reading...

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  Little Richard Burst Into the “Then-Macho World of Rock” and “Changed it Forever”

  

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  If Sister Rosetta Tharpe was the Godmother of Rock and Roll, then Little Richard, who passed...

  If Sister Rosetta Tharpe was the Godmother of Rock and Roll, then Little Richard, who passed away Saturday at the age of 87 from bone cancer, deserves to be its Godfather. This is no empty honorific, despite the fact that Tharpe was already touring the country as a teenage gospel prodigy in 1932 when Richard […] Little Richard Burst Into the “Then-Macho World of...

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  The Magnificent One: how Little Richard's style shaped David Bowie, Prince and Elton John

  

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  The musician, who died on Saturday aged 87, was a pioneer in looks as well as...

  The musician, who died on Saturday aged 87, was a pioneer in looks as well as sounds, influencing everything from James Brown’s quiff to Prince’s midriff‘Little Richard scared my grandmother in 1957,” wrote John Waters in 2010. While his grandmother’s fear was largely about the singer’s sound – that trademark shriek at the start of his hit Lucille – his look had a formative...

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  Little Richard: An Ecstasy You Couldn’t Refuse

  

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  He was a challenge to 1950s proprieties, wrapped in a package of pleasure and freedom. Hear...

  He was a challenge to 1950s proprieties, wrapped in a package of pleasure and freedom. Hear 17 of his essential songs.

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