Charles Connor, Drummer for Little Richard and Sam Cooke, Dead at 86
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Pioneering drummer also played with James Brown, Lloyd Bruce, Jackie Wilson, and the Coasters
Little Richard Documentary ‘I Am Everything’ in the Works From ‘Rolling Stone,’ Producer Dee Rees
Posted in: Music NewsLisa Cortés to direct documentary about trailblazing rock & roll architect
Growing Up With Little Richard
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe singer’s son, Danny Jones, remembers their life on the road and his dad’s quiet final years at a Nashville hotel
Brenda Lee on Little Richard’s Last-Ever Public Appearance
“I think we were seeing the winding down of his life,” says Lee, who received an award in Nashville with her rock & roll contemporary in October
Flashback: The Kinks Debut With a Cover of Little Richard’s ‘Long Tall Sally’
Posted in: Music Features“When you heard Little Richard, you felt like you were going somewhere,” Dave Davies says of late rock & roll pioneer
16 Great Little Richard Deep Cuts
Posted in: Music FeaturesBeyond the hits that kick-started rock & roll history, Little Richard’s catalog is full of must-hear tunes
Bob Dylan Remembers Little Richard: ‘My Shining Star and Guiding Light’
Posted in: Music News“Of course he’ll live forever. But it’s like a part of your life is gone,” Dylan says of rock pioneer
Little Richard: 20 Essential Songs
Posted in: Music Lists“Tutti-Frutti,” “Long Tall Sally” and other game-changing tracks from rock and R&B pioneer
‘I Majored in Mouth’: How Little Richard Invented the Rock Star
Posted in: Music FeaturesWith his “A-wop bop-a-loo-bop, a-lop bam boom” battle cry, the late singer-pianist embodied an irrepressible rebel spirit that inspired everyone from John Lennon to Jimi Hendrix
Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87
Posted in: Music NewsPianist-singer behind “Tutti Frutti,” “Good Golly Miss Molly,” and “Long Tall Sally” set the template that a generation of musicians would follow
