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Little Richard
Little Richard’s larger-than-life queer legacy
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mambaonline.comLittle Richard in concert (Pic: Robbie Drexhage) When Little Richard died on 9 May at age 87, the artist was hailed for the innovative role he played in the development of a host of genres, ranging from R&B, gospel and soul to perhaps most famously, rock and roll. Later nicknamed “The Originator”, “The Innovator” and “The Architect of Rock and Roll”, Richard Penniman became known in his family as Lil’ Richard due to his skinny frame when he was a child.
A sum of contradictions, Little Richard’s musical roots were in the church and in gospel music. He cited Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a prominent gospel singer, as his favourite, and it was this same artist who later paid Little Richard for his first performance – opening for her, after she
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