Little Richard
USA
Born: 05 December 1932
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: R&B/Soul, Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, New Orleans R&B, Early R&B
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One of the original rock & roll greats, Little Richard merged the fire of gospel with New Orleans R&B, pounding the piano and wailing with gleeful abandon. While numerous other R&B greats of the early '50s had been moving in a similar direction, none of them matched the sheer electricity of Richard's vocals. With his bullet-speed deliveries, ecstatic trills, and the overjoyed force of personality in his singing, he was crucial in upping the voltage from high-powered R&B into the similar, yet different, guise of rock & roll. Although he was only...
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