The music industry has taken to social media to mourn the loss of Little Richard. The star – real name Richard Wayne Penniman – died aged 87 in Tullahoma, Tennessee. His ...
1. HE INVENTED ROCK’N’ROLL
That’s not ‘influenced’, not ‘shaped’, not ‘gave a bit of a boost to’. Invented. Ike Turner, Bo Diddley and others may have been there or thereabouts, ...