The pioneer rock-n-roll, author of rock-and-roll Canon little Richard died may 9 of cancer having spread to his bones. Little Richard was 87 years old. About eccentric classic rock-Boris of Drums.Little Richard, born Richard Wayne Penniman, was born in 1932 in Macon, Georgia. Richard’s father was a priest in the Church of seventh-day Adventists, and in his spare services time traded in his tavern prohibited alcohol. The future inventor of rock-n-roll was the third of 12 children. In the biography of little Richard, like many bluesmen and early rock-n-rolldice present early passion for music and singing in the Church, which for the black population of the American South was the house of God, and concert hall, and club. Among those Penniman listened to live, was the “grandmother of rock-n-roll” Sister Rosetta Tharp, star of gospel Mahalia Jackson, and king of the Harlem cotton club Cab Calloway.Richard Wayne Penniman learned to play the Church piano, and gradually formed its own style — a mixture of gospel and Boogie-woogie. As a teenager, he began touring with vaudeville troupes, helped by a far from perfect relationship with his father — he just kicked the boy out of the house. One of the reasons was the interest of the guy cross-dressing in women’s dress. “Father said that he wanted seven sons, but I ruined his statistics,” recalled little Richard. If the Church gave Richard the opportunity to hone the skill of the musician, the variety taught him the basics of acting. Since 1951, Richard Wayne Penniman began recording under this name songs and releasing them on discs. In the period of life in Atlanta little Richard began to look for concerts rhythm-and-Blues singer Roy brown and jump-bluesman Billy Wright openly gay. Billy Wright, he inherited a habit to draw a moustache and wearing a hairstyle style Pompadour. It took a few years before in a bar the bus station from the Macon, where the musician in the next period of lack of money washing pots and pans, got a call from the new Orleans recording company Specialty Records. Producer Robert Blackwell are not just listened to the demo tape, which he sent Penniman. He saw little Richard a potential that goes far beyond the usual urban Blues. In 1955 on Specialty Records released the single “Tutti Frutti” recorded, accompanied by a band of fats Domino.As often happens in the music industry, a song that has become a hallmark of the artist, appeared by accident and initially had no success. Robert Blackwell decided that the song should be written, despite the fact that little Richard had already performed it at concerts and it was amid more familiar to black audiences traditional Blues.Initially sales of the single did not inspire optimism, but ��is a week after the release of “Tutti Frutti” has sold 200 thousand copies, and then leapt over million singles sold. In March 1956, the song was released on his debut album Elvis Presley, and almost simultaneously with it came the second greatest hit little Richard “Long Tall Sally”. In the fall of his version of “Long Tall Sally” also released Elvis.In a short period, in 1956-1957, little Richard recorded virtually all of their major hits — “Slippin’ and Slidin'”, “Ready Teddy”, “Miss Ann”, “Rip It Up”, “Good Golly, Miss Molly”, “Lucille”, “Good Golly Miss Molly”, “Keep a Knockin'” and others.The energy of the songs little Richard was the only fuel of the early rock. Following their original versions, your options are quickly released Elvis Presley, buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and gene Vincent. In 1957, little Richard collected their hits under the cover of the first album “Here’s Little Richard”.Despite the fact that in the entertainment industry was still dominated by racial segregation, at the concerts of little Richard, and the performances by Chuck berry and fats Domino, the audience were mixed. For the audience of little Richard it was the most typical: he jumps on the piano and arranged the ecstatic dances on the stage, and this energy was transmitted to the audience. In June 1956, at a concert of little Richard on stage flew women’s underwear. The actor claimed in the interview that he was a pioneer.Boyfriend white fans of little Richard did not have to worry makeup, which were actively used by the musician, says a lot about his orientation. However, finally determine the bias, he could not until the end of his days. Keen voyeur and Amateur Threesome with opposite-sex partners, he called himself the gay, the bisexual, the homophobic, the fact pansexual.In their most productive years, the band of little Richard received $2500 for the concert plus a 50% levy on tickets, and the concerts he gave every night. The ticket price was about three dollars and a half.In October 1957, little Richard decided to leave show business. According to legend, while on tour in Australia, he saw in the sky the first artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union, took it for a comet, and the comet for a sign. Little Richard has collected a press-conference and announced that it would stop the concert. Colleagues in the group took the message as a joke, but the proof of the seriousness of the musician thrown into Sydney harbour a diamond ring. Upon returning to the United States little Richard was engaged in Christian-improvement and received the rank of priest of the Pentecostal Church. Deciding to break up with Specialty Records, and he even agreed to give up all future royalties for the song. Freed from the burden of the relationship with Specialty Records, he began recording gospel music and in 1962 he released the album “The King of The Gospel Singers”. His producer was Quincy Jones. He noted later that none singer in the world was not impressed, like little Richard. Christian album of little Richard honored his enthusiastic Preface Mahalia Jackson — the heroine of his youth. In the same 1962 The Beatles ‘ first song from the repertoire of little Richard. It was “Ready Teddy”, recorded for the debut EP of The Beatles “My Bonnie”. During a tour of little Richard in England and Germany, The Beatles were his opening act, and for Paul McCartney, he became something of a teacher of vocals. Later the Beatles were in a group and solo has made no less than eight cover songs of his idol. Formally, little Richard was a preacher, but his songs, old rock-n-roll and new, done in the style of gospel music, still nice to feel the pop charts. He even saved from the failure of a joint tour of Bo Diddly, the Everly brothers and The Rolling Stones, joining them at the last moment.However, during the “British invasion” when The Beatles and The Rolling Stones burst onto the American market rights are absolute favorites of the public, he was in their shadow, despite the fact that his then-band played Jimi Hendrix and Billy Preston. Nevertheless, he refused to adjust to the newcomer to the fashion sound Studio, Motown and play funk style of James brown. In the 1970s, little Richard entered the status of absolute classic, whose name since then you could find in any rock encyclopedia. In 1985, buying the rights to The Beatles catalog, Michael Jackson in his mom’s advice paid separate compensation little Richard, the originator of some of the songs from the album The Beatles. At the moment classic desperate and hopeless fought in the courts with former partners.In 1986, along with Chuck berry, ray Charles, the Everly brothers, Sam Cooke, bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, buddy Holly and Elvis Presley little Richard was entered in the newly opened Hall of fame rock-n-roll. All clips of the “fathers of rock-n-roll” on this earth there are only Jerry Lee Lewis.
