(December 5, 1935- )
Birth name is Richard Wayne Penniman
Recorded hits such as 'Tutti Frutti' 'Long Tall Sally' 'Lucille' 'Good Golly Miss Molly' and 'Rip It Up'

He yells a lot.
He wears mascara and lipstick on stage.
He quit the music biz during an Australian tour in late 1957 and upon returning to the US, he enrolled in a Bible college in Alabama.
He returned, but as a gospel singer.
He never made a successful comeback since the 60s.

The Beatles were heavily influenced by his sound, even doing a cover of Long Tall Sally.
Hardly anyone plays early rock & roll with as much enthusiasm as he did.
He ministered Cyndi Lauper's wedding.
Despite never making a truly successful comeback, he's still widely regarded as a rock & roll legend.
People Magazine said 'There could not have been a Michael Jackson if there had not been a Little Richard.'

Credit: Captain Hair

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• Allegedly Gay Men
• American Music Award of Merit (Ranked: 1997)
• Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
• Aries Spears' Mad TV Impersonations
• Blender Magazine's 25 Gayest Moments in Rock & Roll (Ranked: 17)
• Blender Magazine's 50 Craziest Pop Stars Ever [April 2004] (Ranked: 42)
• Blender Magazine's 50 Rock Geniuses of All Time (Ranked: 20)
• Captain Hair's Profiles
• Celebrity Duets [2006]
• Dicks and Johnsons
• E!'s True Hollywood Story
• Entertainers Turned Ministers
• Geico Advertisers
• Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (Ranked: 1993)
• Guest Voices on the Simpsons
• Hollywood RockWalk at the Guitar Center
• I Abused Heroin
• I am a Born-Again Christian
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [L]
• I Collaborated with Billy Preston
• I Covered a Beatles Song
• I Did Not Graduate High School [J-M]
• I Reportedly Attended the Democratic National Convention [2004]
• I Sing About Taxis
• I Sing About Toes
• I Sung 'America the Beautiful' at Wrestlemania (Ranked: 10)
• I Sung on 'Voices That Care' [1991]
• I was Involved in a Car Accident in 1985
• I'm Depressed [Reportedly Manic/Bi-polar]
• MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - Losers [Season 4]
• My Song Inspired a Hannah Montana Episode Title
• My Song is Featured on DJ Hero
• My Song is on Rhino's 'Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America'
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• PeTA's Sexy Male Vegetarians of 2008
• Profiles 9751-10000 (Ranked: 9760)
• Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Musical Stars of the 20th Century (Ranked: 27)
• Q Magazine's 100 Songs that Changed the World [Artists] (Ranked: 100)
• Red Hot Chili Pepper References
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Members (Ranked: 1986)
• Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists (Ranked: 8)
• Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of the Rock Era [2008] (Ranked: 12)
• Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Portraits
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 50)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 43)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 56)
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 1-100 [Performers] (Ranked: 94)
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• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - 401-500 [Performers] (Ranked: 442)
• Sesame Street Guests
• Spin's 50 Greatest Frontmen of All Time [2004] (Ranked: 13)
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers
• Tracy Morgan Impersonations
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock (Ranked: 36)
• White Stripes Covered My Song
• Wrestlemania Guests (Ranked: 10)