Most Recent Role: Himself on The Young and the Restless
Birthplace: Macon, GA
Birthday: 12-5-1932
Birth Name: Richard Wayne Penniman
Birthplace: Macon, GA
Birthday: 12-5-1932
Birth Name: Richard Wayne Penniman
"There could not have been a Michael Jackson if there had not been a Little Richard." PEOPLE Magazine
"…a contemporary pop rebel like Prince seems like small potatoes compared with Little Richard, the original wild man of rock 'n' roll." NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
LITTLE RICHARD—the originator, the emancipator, the architect of rock and roll. Exploding into the American consciousness...
Most Recent Appearance
Ep. #8926
Monday 30 June 2008 on CBS
Nikki reminds David that their marriage will end if he ever lies to her again. She confides in Katherine about her problems and asks her not to say anything to Jill. David turns up in the same Las Vegas casino where Gloria and Jeffrey have arrived to get married. Little Richard performs and...
Little Richard was most famous for playing piano.
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Little Richard helped introduce the world to the musician Jimi Hendrix by adding him to his band in 1964. Two years later, Hendrix once said, "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice."
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Richard's 1956 song, "Long Tall Sally" went to #6 on the charts, and was the highest any of his songs would reach.
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Little Richard was on tour in Australia in 1957, where he says he was warned of his damnation in a vision. Because of this, he chose to quit the music business and became a minister.
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Little Richard grew up in a very religious family, and according to Richard himself, singing helped him feel closer to God.
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(in reference to his relationship with Paul McCartney)
Little Richard: Paul is like my blood brother. I believe if I was hungry, Paul would feed me. We're tight. Paul is a humanitarian. (edit) (in reference to his relationship to John Lennon)
Little Richard: Me and John couldn't make it. John had a nasty personality. (edit) Little Richard: Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children (edit) Little Richard: It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me. (edit) Little Richard: I was always my own person. (edit)
Little Richard: Paul is like my blood brother. I believe if I was hungry, Paul would feed me. We're tight. Paul is a humanitarian. (edit) (in reference to his relationship to John Lennon)
Little Richard: Me and John couldn't make it. John had a nasty personality. (edit) Little Richard: Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children (edit) Little Richard: It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me. (edit) Little Richard: I was always my own person. (edit)
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Celebrity Duets
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American Bandstand
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The Hollywood Squares
Himself |
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The New Hollywood Squares
Himself |
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American Bandstand
AB-63: Hugh O'Brian Himself |
American Bandstand
American Bandstand's 20th Anniversary Show Himself |
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American Music Awards
The 24th American Music Awards Himself |
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Bring The Noise Himself |
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Baywatch
The Runaways Maurice |
Behind The Music
Alan Freed Himself |
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Women in Prison
The Hole Story Himself |
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