Little Richard, big personality
By: Meadow Santoriello and Riley Marabello
Early Life
- Little Richard was born on December 5, 1932
- Singing gospel music in a church group at age 10
- Left home as a teenager to go perform
His Influences
- Elvis Presley
- Chuck Berry
- The Beatles inspired him to come back to the music industry
Time Period
- Started playing rock and roll in the 1950's
- Signed to RCA's Records in 1951 after winning a local talent contest
- He is still alive but he may not make music anymore
- Quit the music industry in 1956
- Tuttie F
Their Music
- Began recording songs in 1951
- Tutti Frutti was on of his best songs
- Did the style of music called rock and roll
- His voice was the loudest
- His clothes were the flashiest
- Nonsensical lyrics that were sung in a screaming manor
- went on a comeback tour and headlined with The Beatles and Rolling Stones
- his rock and roll was called spine-tingling
Interesting Facts
- Was in influence on Mick Jagger and Jimi Hendrix
- Ended his career when he almost died in a plane accident and became a priest
- Still living today
- came back to the music industry after he became a priest
- Was one of 12 children
- Rock and roll music to him was boogie-woogie music mixed with blues
- His full name is Richard Wayne Penniman
- Was put into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986
- By 1968 he sold over 32 million records internationally
Here come Little Richard
Richard in studio
Works Cited
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Brennan, Shawn. "Little Richard." World Book Student. World Book, 2016. Web. 12 Feb. 2016.
https://rockhall.com/inductees/little-richard/bio/
“Little Richard.” SIRS Knowledge Source. 2016. Proquest. SIRS Decades. Web. 17 February. 2016.