Charles Connor, Drummer for Little Richard and Sam Cooke, Dead at 86
Pioneering drummer also played with James Brown, Lloyd Bruce, Jackie Wilson, and the Coasters
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Lisa Cortés to direct documentary about trailblazing rock & roll architect
The singer’s son, Danny Jones, remembers their life on the road and his dad’s quiet final years at a Nashville hotel
“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
“When you heard Little Richard, you felt like you were going somewhere,” Dave Davies says of late rock & roll pioneer
Beyond the hits that kick-started rock & roll history, Little Richard’s catalog is full of must-hear tunes
“Of course he’ll live forever. But it’s like a part of your life is gone,” Dylan says of rock pioneer
“Tutti-Frutti,” “Long Tall Sally” and other game-changing tracks from rock and R&B pioneer
With 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
Pianist-singer behind “Tutti Frutti,” “Good Golly Miss Molly,” and “Long Tall Sally” set the template that a generation of musicians would follow