He sold millions of albums with the Richard Smallwood Singers, and his songs, many influenced by classical music, were ...

“What would it do to the American mythology of rock music to say that its pioneers were Black, queer people?” the ethnomusicologist Fredara Hadley asks in the new documentary Little Richard: I Am ...

As our list of the Top 10 Little Richard Songs proves, the man born Richard Penniman in Macon, Ga., in 1932 possessed a natural rock 'n' roll voice that was something between a scream and a holler. He ...

Little Richard is a legendary rocker, who died in May 2020. He had one son Danny Jones Penniman, who he adopted with his ex-wife Ernestine Harvin. Danny continued working with his dad during the ...

Experience the meteoric rise and enduring legacy of Little Richard. American Masters – Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll explores the music icon’s influence and advocacy for the rights ...

One of the most foolish things that you can do is to begin the day by checking the news. This Saturday morning, the news came that Richard Wayne Penniman—Little Richard—had died. He was eighty-seven ...

Richard I and John have gone down in history as a 'good' and a 'bad' king, respectively. Is this view of them fair? Mike Ibeji investigates. The story of King John is a story of failure - he was the ...