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April 15, 2004

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 8) Little Richard

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The Very Best Of Little Richard

In a quietly hysterical era as defined by fear as the one we're living in today, it took an unrepentantly effeminate Macon, Georgia man known as "Little Richard" Penniman to slap some sense into a McCarthy-hounded, Cold War-traumatized 1950s America. Barely controlled cacophonies of shrieking, pound...

2008 RS: 5of 5 Stars

Get Down With It: The Okeh Sessions

2004

Little Richard: Kings of Rock'n'Roll Series

1999

Greatest Hits [Onyx]

1959

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Pounding the piano and howling lyrics in a wild falsetto, Little Richard &Number 8212; the so-called Quasar of Rock &Number 8212; became a seminal figure in the birth of rock & roll. Little Richard's no-holds-barred style, mascara-coated eyelashes, and high &Number 8212; almost effeminate &Number 8212; pompadour were exotic and in many ways personified the new music's gleeful sexuality and spirit ...

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