Thursday, July 6, 2017

200 Favourite Music Acts. Today: #158: LITTLE RICHARD. Continues tomorrow.
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#158
LITTLE RICHARD
Little Richard was born Richard Penniman in 1932, in Macon, Georgia. He is 1 of the principal architects of rock 'n roll. Not only did he help shape its sound, but his flamboyant and unique look paved the way for artists such as Prince, Michael Jackson and James Brown.
His rock piano style was a fusion of gospel and New Orleans rhythm and blues. Specialty signed him up in the 1950s. After many flops, he finally scored a hit with the 1955 single "Tutti Frutti". The disc reached #2 on the US R&B Chart. Numerous seminal rock classics followed, including: "Long Tall Sally", "Lucille", "Slippin' And Slidin'" and "Good Golly Miss Molly". 
Richard appeared in many rock films such as 'The Girl Can't Help It'. In 1957, while on tour in Australia, he quit rock 'n roll to enrol in Bible college. 
In the 1960s, The Beatles covered some of his songs on the group's early albums. By this time, Richard was back as a rock performer. Jimi Hendrix was briefly a member of his band. 
Little Richard has outlived most of his rock 'n roll contemporaries: Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley and (most recently) Chuck Berry.


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159 HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES
160 CHRIS ISAAK
161 MICHAEL McDONALD
162 GLORIA GAYNOR
163 TWENTY ONE PILOTS
164 BEN E. KING
165 MEAT LOAF
166 JAMES REYNE
167 JOAN ARMATRADING
168 SADE
169 A-HA
170 GLEN CAMPBELL
171 DIRE STRAITS
172 COLD CHISEL
173 LINDA RONSTADT
174 ANTHONY CALLEA
175 LISA STANSFIELD
176 EN VOGUE
177 MICHAEL BUBLE`
178 TRACY CHAPMAN
179 DRAGON
180 OLETA ADAMS
181 LITTLE RIVER BAND
182 SOPHIE ELLIS – BEXTOR
183 THE RONETTES
184 CERRONE
185 MODELS
186 SCISSOR SISTERS
187 DARREN HAYES
188 PETULA CLARK
189 MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS
190 LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY
191 ART GARFUNKEL
192 THE REELS
193 JANIS IAN
194 JOHN PAUL YOUNG
195 S CLUB 7
196 CHARLIE PUTH
197 THE MARVELETTES
198 ICEHOUSE
199 LEO SAYER
200 LIZA MINNELLI

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