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"Little Richard, a giant in the early stages of Rock 'n' Roll and beyond, has died.

Richard had enormous influence over the genre, with insanely popular hits like the fantastically frenetic, "Tutti-Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally." The Beatles have credited Richard as being inspirational to the Fab Four."

Little Richard Dead at 87

Little Richard, a giant in the early stages of Rock 'n' Roll and beyond, has died.

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[teezzy]

Good night, sweet prince.

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[Rock And Roll]

An absolute legend and pioneer. His shit still goes hard to this day. RIP

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

One of the best of all time. RIP.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

RIP Little Richard a true badass legend

dude was so ahead of his time. just a giant personality. like he was from outer space or something. you don't get David Bowie or Prince without LR

so many wonderful musicians are from Georgia. RIP

 

[Stiflers Mom]

. you don't get David Bowie or Prince without LR

Basically this.. He was Prince before there was Prince.
What an amazing talent.

Rest in piece you fabulous amazing bastard..

 

[MaestroMike]

Rip

 

[MetalAlien]

 

[kunonabi]

Even at 87 that is too soon. Dude was a legend.

 

[Jill Valentine]

Released in 1987. Dead at 87.

 

[Rock And Roll]

 

[cryptoadam]

Total legend. And the fact that he got away with calling himself Little Dick and no one batted an eye speaks volumes to his greatness.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

You can't make this thread without this classic. Drinking some Johnny Johnnie Walker blue label to this shit.

 

[Tesseract]

rip you wonderful blue label bastard

 

[Space Runaway]

Damn. One of those figures from my childhood I wanted to live forever. RIP.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Rip, I still remember hearing Long Tall Sally for the first time when watching Predator as a kid.

 

[kingbean]

Tutti Frutti, good booty
If it don't fit, don't force it
You can grease it, make it easy

 

[Shadowplay1979]

I met Little Richard twice, there was no off switch, he had just as gigantic and flamboyant a personality in person having a small conversation as he did on the stage. RIP

 

[EviLore]

RIP, absolute legend.

 

[mcz117chief]

A great musician, rest in peace, man.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Skimming that Long Tall Sally B&W video, it goes to show how talented old school singers are.

A lot of those clips back then were done live on TV, no lip syncing, they actually played instruments, no studio shit in the back room to fix audio.

It was pure music.

 

[AlteredForms]

Always thought he and Prince were related due to their similar fashion styles lol.

 

[Rat Rage]

RIP. A true legend.

 

[lock2k]

Gaf needs a sad reaction emoji. RIP

 

[Kreen101]

Jerry Lee Lewis is now the last man standing, he outlived all of the other fathers of rock n' roll. He won't say it but he's probably mighty pleased about it.

 

[Rock And Roll]

Skimming that Long Tall Sally B&W video, it goes to show how talented old school singers are.

A lot of those clips back then were done live on TV, no lip syncing, they actually played instruments, no studio shit in the back room to fix audio.

It was pure music.

That clip is the studio recording though and it's all lipsynced.

 

[mortal]

Have a good sleep, Little Richard.

 

[Plies]

Tutti Frutti, good booty
If it don't fit, don't force it
You can grease it, make it easy

Words to live by.

 

[farmerboy]

Just shared a post on facebook the other day of a toddler dancing to Good Golly Miss Molly. Joyous to watch.

Great music is timeless.

Rock from the 50s is timeless.

Little Richard is timeless.