USA Rock death song musician Music USA

Little Richard streams soar by over 2000% following rock’n’roll legend’s death

Reading now: 594
www.nme.com

The pioneering musician passed away last weekend Streams of Little Richard‘s back catalogue soared by over 2000% in the US following the rock’n’roll pioneer’s death last weekend.

The musician born Richard Wayne Penniman passed away on Saturday (May 9) after a battle with bone cancer. He was 87. Billboard reports that songs by Little Richard experienced a tremendous surge in demand after his death was announced, with 4.1 million US streams of his back catalogue on May 9-10 representing a 2228% surge from streams on the previous two days (May 7-8).

The most-streamed Little Richard song was ‘Tutti Frutti’, which earned 412,000 streams on May 9-10 (up 1,210% from 32,000 streams on May 7-8). ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’ also

Read more on nme.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA