Facts about Little Richard

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Facts about Little Richard!!!
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Little Richard Facts

• Little Richards real name is Richard Wayne
  Penniman.

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Little Richard Facts

• He was born in December 5, 1932.
• He grew up in Macon, Georgia.
• He had 12 brothers and sisters all together.

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Little Richard Facts

• When he was young, he sang Gospel with the
  Penniman Singers, and the Tiny Tots Trio.
• In Atlanta, when he was 18 he won a talent show.

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Little Richard Facts

• Esquerita, a local musician, taught Little
  Richard some piano techniques.
• His father died in the winter of 1952.
• He also came back to Macon to perform at the Tick
  Tock Club.

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Little Richard Facts

• He met Bill Wright, a Blues Singer.
• He was amazed with his stage make-up and his
  flashy clothes.

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Little Richard Facts

• He made two records for Peacock Records.
• One of them was, Rice, Red Beans, and Turnip
  Greens
• His last record with Peacock was being backed by
  the Johnny Otis Trio.

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Little Richard Facts

• He began recording with Specialty in September
  13, 1955.
• In 1957, he recorded 50 songs.
• Everything he recorded were hits between
  1956-1957.

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Little Richard Facts

• He appeared in movies like The Girl Cant Help
  It.
• Because of a plane scare, he quit Rock and Roll
  to become a Preacher in the Seventh Day Adventist
  Church.

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Little Richard Facts

• In 1962 he came back to Rock and Roll.
• A year later, with the Rolling Stones as his
  opening act, he toured Europe.

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Little Richard Facts

• In 1976, he returned to the ministry.
• In 1979, he recorded Gods Beautiful City for
  World Records.
• In West Hollywood, he was seriously injured in an
  accident in the October of 1985.

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Little Richard Facts

• In 1993, Little Richard performed at Bill
  Clintons presidential inaugural.
• He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of
  Fame in the 1986s 18 greatest.

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Little Richard Facts

• His hit songs were
• Tutti Frutti, Rip It Up, Ready Teddy, Lucille,
  Slppin and Slidin, Jenny Jenny, Long Tall
  Sally, Keep a Knockin, Send Me Some Lovin, Good
  Golly Miss Molly, and Directly From My Heart.

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