Since Little Richard died on May 9, he’s been rightly celebrated as one of the most exciting and influential performers in the canon of American popular music. But in most tributes, the full story of ...

It has now been confirmed that the incomparable Little Richard‘s final resting place will be at Oakwood University, the HBCU in Huntsville, Ala that he attended in the 1950s. Penniman, who succumbed ...

Little Richard and the Space Age got into gear at roughly the same time. They both administered hefty shots of heebie-jeebies to a complacent 1950’s world, whose citizens, depending on where they were ...

He was a challenge to 1950s proprieties, wrapped in a package of pleasure and freedom. Hear 17 of his essential songs. By Jon Pareles Wild and outrageous don’t begin to describe Little Richard. He hit ...

Oakwood University was where Little Richard attended school to study theology in the late 1950s Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

(RNS) — ‘I consider my music sacred,’ the performer of songs like ‘Tutti Frutti’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’ once told an interviewer. (RNS) — Little Richard — the musician known for singing, shouting and ...

The first time I truly understood the kinetic, roof-raising meaning of the phrase “rock’n’roll” was when I attended a Little Richard concert in the summer of 2012. The bouffant-haired icon was 79 then ...

Music legend Little Richard is as remembered for his unapologetic flamboyance as he is for his dynamic vocals and electrifying stage presence. As the self-proclaimed originator of rock ‘n’ roll, he ...