Phuket Post (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
RICKY Zen, the effervescent owner of the Flamingo Splash Lounge in Kata, was once a star in Las Vegas where he sang with some of the biggest names in showbusiness, including Tom Jones, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. ...
Hi! (Books, bikes, movies and me) (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
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Music City Syndicate (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Music City, Inc. announced the fifth class of inductees to the Music City Walk of Fame, presented by founding sponsor Gibson Guitar: Trace Adkins, Martina McBride, Michael McDonald, Elvis Presley,... [[ This is a short summary only. Visit the Music City Syndicate for the full story, other content, and more! ]]
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
A rhythm and blues revivalist from an early age, pianist Mike Sanchez had an early affection for American rockabilly. Starting on the piano at the age ten, Sanchez discovered the works of Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and used that manic playing style as his inspiration. Once a teenager, he began to play guitar and eventually started his first rockabilly combo in the late 70's. Introduced to...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
The Sonics formed in 1960 in Tacoma, after which they released two good albums, then one bad one, before disbanding in 1967. Inspired by Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, they went on to influence Kurt Cobain, Bruce Springsteen and Robert Plant. The blown-out, overdriven sound of their albums is d...
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
It’s been a couple of weeks since I linked to my stuff at WNEW.com, so here it is: Rock 101: Bootlegs Rock 101: ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ Founding Father: Ed Sullivan Founding Father: Little Richard Founding Fathers: The Sex Pistols This Week in Rock History: Good Vibrations This Week in Rock History: Seriously, I’m Bob And now, some other worthwhile links from [...]
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
Until Quite Recently soul has been the poor relation in New Orleans' uniquely rich musical heritage. As the cradle of jazz, the city's pre-war black musical heritage has been extremely well documented, and post-war the rock 'n' roll of Fats Domino, Little Richard and others is rightly considered amongst the best of the genre. The catchy good-time R&B that Allen Toussaint and Harold Batiste largely...
chris (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
Ponder, now, the immortal words of Prince-James Brown-Little Richard: GOOD GAWD! What's next--Toby Keith and Ted Nugent (he's certainly safer and a much better American than...gulp...Rev. Wright) playing Bob Marley at concerts? A right wing GOP Administration essentially nationalizes some of the biggest banks in the US. Joe and Josephine Sixpack are left sucking their thumbs and asking Palin and Liz...
CNN (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
When he was growing up in the 1970s, Ron Sexsmith's dream was to play piano. Elton John and Little Richard, those frenzied masters of the keyboard, those were his heroes.
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Filed under: Rock Almanac Spinner.com : On This Date in 1957: During a tour of Australia, Little Richard announces he is quitting rock 'n' roll for religious reasons. He throws away all his jewelry to demonstrate his sincerity. The Almanac Advises for October 12: "Many African-American... Read more
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The legendary Latin-jazz-rocker tells Rolling Stone, "I'm going to stop playing when I'm 67 and work on what I really want to do, which is to be a minister, like Little Richard." Meanwhile, he tells his band, "the theme of this tour is 'live your light.' I want the audience to be reminded that before they had all this stuff, this DNA and flesh and bones, they were made out of light."...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
What is a mild heart attack? And did you know that Little Richard has had one?
Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Rock legend Carlos Santana knows what he wants to do when he retires from music. “I’m going to stop playing when I’m 67 and work on what I really want to do, which is to be a minister, like Little Richard,” he said to Rolling Stone. “I’m not sick of what I do, but I find that [...]
kellya | 03/10/2008
He attributed his skill to his early experience as a dancer which, he said, gave him ‘an understanding of rhythmic time’ As the drummer on early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, Earl Palmer helped to invent the backbeat that came to define the sound of rock ’n’ roll. Yet the propulsive rhythm he provided on such seminal 1950s recordings as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally was merely
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kellya | 03/10/2008
He attributed his skill to his early experience as a dancer which, he said, gave him ‘an understanding of rhythmic time’ As the drummer on early hits by the likes of Fats Domino and Little Richard, Earl Palmer helped to invent the backbeat that came to define the sound of rock ’n’ roll. Yet the propulsive rhythm he provided on such seminal 1950s recordings as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally was merely
