Little Richard died on Saturday, May 9, 2020 in Tullahoma, Tenn. at the age of 87. This essay was originally published as part of the book Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in ...

It was around the late '80s going into the '90s when I discovered Little Richard, and it definitely was from seeing him on TV. He seemed like he was someone that I could connect with because it seemed ...

Mick Jagger, Prince, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder are just a few of the musical icons who owe a debt of gratitude to the trailblazing Little Richard. Getty Images The architect of rock ...

Little Richard is a button on the top of my bedroom-scale battery-powered guitar amplifier. Click and the soft trebly jangle of the strings becomes a roar of noise and possibility. He invented this, ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: You probably know “Tutti Frutti” and “Good Golly Miss Molly” … but how well do you really know the man behind the music? Little Richard: I Am Everything, now available to ...

I woke up last Saturday morning to news of Little Richard’s death. Although none of the 8,000 songs in my digital music library are his, I feel an enormous sense of appreciation for his musical ...

Little Richard: I Am Everything was among the nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards’ Best Music Film, with the nomination marking the first-ever for both the “Architect of Rock and Roll” and production ...

There is one question that stands at the heart of the CNN documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything, emerging as something of a mission statement for the film. And it's best articulated by Fredara ...

(RNS) — ‘I consider my music sacred,’ the performer of songs like ‘Tutti Frutti’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’ once told an interviewer. (RNS) — Little Richard — the musician known for singing, shouting and ...

The first thing film director Lisa Cortés did when she found out Magnolia Pictures had picked up her documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything, was send a cosmic shout-out to the rock ‘n’ roll icon.

Political correctness lessens the music doc Little Richard: I Am Everything. In her mostly adulatory documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything, director Lisa Cortés gives the rock ’n’ roll legend ...

Demi Moore honored one of music's most legendary artists with a tribute to Little Richard following his death -- and reminded ...