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Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter.He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades.
It was performed by Little Richard and was released in December 1956. In the US, the song peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard Top 100 singles chart and No. 7 on the R&B Best Sellers Chart. [1] Overseas, "The Girl Can't Help It" peaked at No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart. [2] It was ranked at No. 413 on Rolling Stone ' s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
"Jenny, Jenny" is a 1957 song written by American musician Little Richard and Enotris Johnson and recorded and released by Little Richard. It was featured on Penniman's debut album, Here's Little Richard and peaked at number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number two on the Hot Rhythm and Blues Singles chart.
Little Richard re-recorded the song in 1964 for Vee Jay Records' Little Richard's Greatest Hits and again in 1976 for a K-tel compilation titled Little Richard Live. Queen played the song live in their Magic Tour in 1986, and it appears on their live recordings Live at Wembley '86 [48] and Hungarian Rhapsody.
The syncopated horn charts, the chugging rhythm, the howling, pleading vocals, the sheer theatricality — Little Richard was an architect of all rock and roll that followed. Little Richard’s 10 ...
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Little Richard's Greatest Hits (with various titles and cover art) is an album of Little Richard songs re-recorded in 1964 and first released in the US by Vee-Jay Records in January 1965. [1] It features updated versions of twelve of his best-known songs originally recorded in the 1950s for Specialty Records. [2]
Little Richard performs at Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, NY, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004. (ED BETZ/) His stage show, with Richard pounding his piano and howling his lyrics like a banshee, became a ...