![]() The biographer Charles White described the songs as “holy writs of rock’n’roll”. His breakthrough came when he signed to Specialty Records in 1955, releasing a run of wild and flamboyant singles – Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally, Rip It Up, The Girl Can’t Help It, Lucille, Keep A-Knockin’ and Good Golly, Miss Molly, among others – that made him a star on both sides of the Atlantic. Richard’s career began when in the late 1940s but his early recordings with RCA Victor garnered little success. ![]() I knew he wasn’t well but he never really got into it, he just would say ‘I’m not well.’” I last spoke to him about two or three weeks ago. “He was battling for a good while, many years. In a statement, Richard’s agent, Dick Alen, said: “Little Richard passed away this morning from bone cancer in Nashville. Richard’s son, Danny Penniman, first confirmed the pioneer’s death. He had been in poor health for several years, suffering hip problems, a stroke and a heart attack. ![]() Richard, whose real name was Richard Penniman, was born in Macon, Georgia in December 1932.
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