Tribute to Little Richard | POP FIX | Professor of Rock

Little Richard was a trailblazer that boldly set the standard for rock vitality. He was THEE pioneer of soul & funk, and, arguably, the first rhythm and blues "crossover" artist.
He broke the racial color lines, performing music that brazenly integrated the white audience with the black audience. His flamboyant live performances blew people away, and inspired many of the mammoth superstars in music: Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, David Bowie, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Jerry Lee Lewis, Prince, Buddy Holly, and even The Beatles, cited Little Richard as one of their biggest influences. In fact, Little Richard is credited for tutoring a young Paul McCartney on how to vocalize to project a more dynamic delivery.

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Rock and roll', as we know it, would not exist without Richard Wayne Penniman, known the world over as Little Richard. He was a trailblazer that boldly set the standard for rock vitality.

Little Richard broke the racial color lines, performing music that brazenly integrated the white audience with the black audience. His flamboyant live performances blew people away, and inspired many of the mammoth superstars in music: Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, David Bowie, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, and even The Beatles, cited Little Richard as one of their biggest influences. In fact, Little Richard is credited for tutoring a young Paul McCartney on how to vocalize to project a more dynamic delivery.

#5- From 1957- "Keep A Knockin'- The roots of the song go back to James Wiggins version in 1928, but may have gone back even further with versions that altered the lyrics and the tempo. Little Richard turned "Keep a Knockin" into a rousing rocker, with his knockout frenetic style. It was a #2 R&B smash, that also crossed over to the Pop charts hitting #8 in the U.S., and #21 in the UK. With this song In barley over two minutes Little Richard burns the place down. It's such a flamethrower.

#4- "Lucille"- A song that was originally credited to Albert Collins, no relation to the blues guitarist with the same name, as the sole writer, but Little Richard bought half the song's rights while Collins was doing time in the Louisiana State Prison, and "Lucille" became a 50/50 co-write. Little Richards' gospel tinged shrieking on "Lucille" was life altering to people who's parents raised them on the records of Bing Crosby and the Andrews sisters. Nobody had ever heard anything quite like it, before or since.

#3- The irresistible bar blues ditty "Long Tall Sally". One of the most influential songs every recorded, and covered by many of Little Richard worshippers, as a testament to his impact in the artist community. The most notable cover is probably the version by The Beatles, with McCartney applying the personal training that Little Richard imparted on Sir Paul. McCartney's lead vocal on The Beatles remake is a valiant impersonation of his idol. "Long Tall Sally" topped the R&B chart in the U.S., and ascended all the way to #3 in the UK in 1956.

#2- "Good Golly Miss Molly"- A 'jump-blues' classic co-written by John Marascalco, and Bumps Blackwell. Little Richard first recorded the song in 1956, but didn't release it as a single until 1958. Although a group called The Valiants recorded a version of "Good Golly Miss Molly" before Little Richard released the song as single in '58, it was Little Richard who would score the big hit- with the tune rising to #4 on the Pop chart.

#1- "Tutti Frutti"- Written by Little Richard & Dorothy LeBostrie - Legend has it that Little Richard wrote "Tutti Fruitti", and began belting it out at his boss and co-workers while he was a dishwasher at a Greyhound bus station in Macon, Georgia. On "Tutti Fruitti", Little Richard delivered one of the most indelible song intros of the rock era in "Tutti Fruitti" with:

"A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!". The catch phrase was the way Little Richard would respond to people when they asked him what he was up to. And really he created THEE action phrase that defines rock and roll.

"Tutti Frutti" was included in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2010 It's the kind of life changing song that it's the reason that national recording registry exists. Ya know.

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