Little Richard

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human pianist recording artist rock and roll musician singer songwriter

Little Richard was a pioneering American rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist whose flamboyant performance style and hit songs like "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" helped shape the genre’s early sound.

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Little Richard canonical 62

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
rock and roll musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
birthName Richard Wayne Penniman ⓘ
burialPlace Oakwood University Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath bone cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-12-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-05-09 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Penniman ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre gospel music ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
honorificNickname The Architect of Rock and Roll ⓘ
The Innovator ⓘ
The Originator ⓘ
influenced Elvis Presley ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ
Jimi Hendrix ⓘ
Mick Jagger ⓘ
Otis Redding ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
Prince ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor flamboyant performance style ⓘ
pioneering rock and roll sound ⓘ
shouting vocal style ⓘ
memberOf Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
nickname Little Richard self-link ⓘ
notableWork Good Golly, Miss Molly ⓘ
Long Tall Sally ⓘ
Lucille ⓘ
Ready Teddy ⓘ
Rip It Up ⓘ
Slippin' and Slidin' ⓘ
Tutti Frutti ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Macon, Georgia, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tullahoma, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Okeh Records ⓘ
Reprise Records ⓘ
Specialty Records ⓘ
Vee-Jay Records ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ

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Macon, Georgia, United States → birthplaceOf → Little Richard ⓘ
Jimi Hendrix → associatedAct → Little Richard ⓘ
Elton John → influencedBy → Little Richard ⓘ
Little Richard → nickname → Little Richard self-link ⓘ
Down and Out in Beverly Hills → starring → Little Richard ⓘ
Alan Freed → promotedArtists → Little Richard ⓘ
Tharpe → influenced → Little Richard ⓘ
subject surface form: Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Paul McCartney and Wings → hasAssociatedAct → Little Richard ⓘ
Why Do Fools Fall in Love → hasCastMember → Little Richard ⓘ
Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Artists of All Time → includesArtist → Little Richard ⓘ
Louis Jordan → influenced → Little Richard ⓘ
Sister Rosetta Tharpe → influenced → Little Richard ⓘ
Stardust (1974 film) → musicBy → Little Richard ⓘ
Richard Wayne Penniman → stageName → Little Richard ⓘ
Penniman → usedBy → Little Richard ⓘ
Penniman → stageName → Little Richard ⓘ
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Penniman → hasNotableBearer → Little Richard ⓘ
The Architect of Rock and Roll → refersTo → Little Richard ⓘ
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The Architect of Rock and Roll → usedAsMarketingTitleFor → Little Richard ⓘ
The Innovator → refersTo → Little Richard ⓘ
The Innovator → appliesTo → Little Richard ⓘ
The Innovator → notableBearer → Little Richard ⓘ
The Originator → refersTo → Little Richard ⓘ
The Originator → appliesTo → Little Richard ⓘ
The Originator → notableBearer → Little Richard ⓘ
Tutti Frutti → artist → Little Richard ⓘ
Tutti Frutti → performer → Little Richard ⓘ
Tutti Frutti → vocalist → Little Richard ⓘ
Tutti Frutti → writer → Little Richard ⓘ
Tutti Frutti → signatureSongOf → Little Richard ⓘ
Long Tall Sally → artist → Little Richard ⓘ
Long Tall Sally → performer → Little Richard ⓘ
Long Tall Sally → vocalist → Little Richard ⓘ
Long Tall Sally → writer → Little Richard ⓘ
Good Golly, Miss Molly → artist → Little Richard ⓘ
Good Golly, Miss Molly → performer → Little Richard ⓘ
Good Golly, Miss Molly → vocalist → Little Richard ⓘ
Rip It Up → artist → Little Richard ⓘ
Rip It Up → performer → Little Richard ⓘ
Rip It Up → vocalist → Little Richard ⓘ
Ready Teddy → performer → Little Richard ⓘ
Ready Teddy → originalArtist → Little Richard ⓘ
Ready Teddy → recordingArtist → Little Richard ⓘ
Ready Teddy → vocalist → Little Richard ⓘ
Slippin' and Slidin' → artist → Little Richard ⓘ
Slippin' and Slidin' → performer → Little Richard ⓘ
Slippin' and Slidin' → vocalist → Little Richard ⓘ
Slippin' and Slidin' → recordedBy → Little Richard ⓘ
Slippin' and Slidin' → originallyWrittenBy → Little Richard ⓘ