Little Richard (born 1932) inspired a generation of rockers with his frenzied rhythms and wildly energetic and outlandish stage persona. Little Richard is a rock and roll pioneer in every sense of the word. Rock's first certified zany, he brought...

Singer and pianist Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, is one of the most audacious, seminal, and hysterical performers of 1950s rock 'n' roll. With his flamboyant costumes, a six-inch high pompadour, and feral stage antics,...

Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is a celebrated African-American singer, songwriter and pianist, who began performing in the 1940s and who was a key figure in the transition from rhythm...

Byline: MOIRA PETTY RICHARD E. GRANT's debut as a director is a brave journey into his African childhood, exploring his parents' alcoholism and adultery. He tells MOIRA PETTY why he had to relive a past in which his father tried to kill...

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Comments about James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul," who died on Christmas morning at the age of 73:___"What James Brown was to music in terms of soul and hip-hop, rap, all of that, is what Bach was to classical music. This is a guy who...

When London called, Joe Strummer made it his job to listen. As the lead singer of the Clash, Strummer, who died in 2002 at the age of 50, turned the city’s breathless cries into a siren song of the apocalypse. Spilling over with nuclear fury...