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Sammy Hagar Knocks Out A Rocking ‘Keep A-Knockin’

by Paul Cashmere

Sammy Hagar has continued his Lockdown Sessions with a rocking ‘Keep A-Knockin.’ best known for the 1957 Little Richard version.

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Little Richard By The Hits

by Paul Cashmere

With the passing of Little Richard Noise11 has dug into the history to plot Richard’s chart success.

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Hear The First Six Little Richard Singles That Were All Flops

by Paul Cashmere

Little Richard was no overnight sensation. Richard Penniman had been performing since 1947 at the age of 14. It was Sister Rosetta Tharpe who heard him cover one of her songs and invited him to open for one of her shows.

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Beatles, Stones, Dylan Tweet About Little Richard

by Paul Cashmere

Beatles, Stones and Dylan are tweeting about the death of Rock and Roll icon Little Richard at the age of 87.

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Little Richard Passes On At Age 87

by Paul Cashmere

Rock and Roll legend Little Richard has died at the age of 87 after a battle with cancer.

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Classic 1957 Little Richard Album Set For Release

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Craft Recordings, the Catalog division of Concord Music, is pleased to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Here’s Little Richard, with a deluxe reissue of the rock ‘n’ roll icon’s 1957 debut full-length album.

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Little Richard Box Set To Be Released

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Specialty Records, an imprint of Concord Bicycle Music, is pleased to announce the release of Mono Box: The Complete Specialty and Vee-Jay Albums: a deluxe, 5-LP box set that celebrates one of the most influential entertainers in popular music history, Little Richard.

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Great Gosh A Mighty Little Richard Says He Is Tutti Fruiti

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It looks like Bootsy Collins either received bad information or didn’t realize he had old news because Little Richard says he’s doing just fine.

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Little Richard Gravely Ill Says Bootsy Collins

by Paul Cashmere

Little Richard fans are concerned for the health of the rock and roll idol after a tweet from Parliament / Funkadelic bass player Bootsy Collins.

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Eric Clapton, Little Richard To Be Inducted Into Blues Hall Of Fame

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Blues Hall of Fame has named Eric Clapton, Little Richard and Tommy Brown to be the newest inductees in their hall.

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Little Richard Prepares For Retirement

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Little Richard, one of the original architects of the rock sound, has said that he just may retire.

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Mick Jagger To Make James Brown Biopic

by Paul Cashmere

Mick Jagger has cast Chadwick Boseman in the lead role of James Brown in the biopic he is making about the Godfather of Soul.

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Alice Cooper Bandmate Releases Memoirs

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Dick Wagner has played with a long list of rock greats including Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Aerosmith, KISS, Peter Gabriel, Meat Loaf, Etta James, Rod Stewart and many more.

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