Y'all remember "Little Richard"?

This is him as a kid. playing the ivory. Kid had talent. This is amazing to see. It's Richard Wayne Penniman (aka Little Richard) about fifteen years before "Tutti Frutti, oh, Rudy...." If you're familiar with early period Beatles, you'll know that McCartney was heavily influenced by Little Richard.A-whop bop-a-lu bop a-whop bam boom Here is some very rare footage of "Little Richard" as a child, when he was just starting out in the music biz' ... from some movie with Van Johnson.


http://www.wimp.com/oldschool/

Here he is after he "grew up".

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