[My Favorite Headache]

Little Richard in Down and Out in Beverly Hills...a classic.

http://youtu.be/lz1ntaYDc9c

[DannyTN]

I met him once in a restaurant in Murphreesboro. He was having a dinner with his family and sat next to us.

A balloon pop and he had a hilarious reaction. He said "I thought I was done for".

But he has an interesting personal testimony. He was gay early in his career. But he says God eventually convinced him that God made man to be with Steve not Eve.

Little Richard is proof that God can change homosexuals.

[trisham]

Poor man. I hope that he is able to learn to enjoy his retirement. He seemed to love performing.

[popdonnelly]

Richard, you rocked the house!

[Revolting cat!]

This is from 2001 (!) “Get Rhythm”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bxN6S2dfAs

[Fiji Hill]

He sang the title song of my favorite movie, “The Girl Can’t Help It.” I’ve seen that film at least nine times in the theater, and if a local theater screens it, I’ll see it again.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Bit of trivia - one of Hendrix’s first gigs was playing in the Little Richard’s band. I have nothing but respect for Little Richard and wish him well.

[a fool in paradise]

“I think my legacy should be that when I started in show business, there wasn’t no such thing as rock ‘n’ roll,” he mused. “When I started with ‘Tutti Frutti,’ that’s when rock really started rocking.”

Louis Jordan - Keep a Knockin' (1939)

Little Richard - Keep a Knockin' (1957)

Roy Brown - Butcher Pete (part 1 of 2) (1950)

Roy Brown also is credited with writing Good Rockin' Tonight in 1948