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Little Richard

also:

 Penniman, Richard Wayne  birth name (Source: 1,2)

composer, lyricist, rhythm & blues singer, rock & roll singer, songwriter, piano


born: 25 Dec 1935 Macon, Georgia / state, USA Source: 3  

born: 25 Dec 1932 Source: 4  
born: 05 Dec 1932 Source: 5,6,2,8  
born: 05 Dec 1935 Source: 9  

The Music Sack has 89 items with information about Little Richard:


 1998

Index

The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.

Number of People : 43,747


 1997

Warner, Jay
Billboard's American rock 'n' roll in review
New York: Schirmer Books, 1997, 305 p.

Number of People : 60


 1996

[Index of Names]

The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.

Number of People : 24,881


 1994

Sonnier, Austin M.
A guide to the blues : history, who's who, research sources
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994, 287 p.

Number of People : 346


 1994

Sumrall, Harry
Pioneers of rock and roll : 100 artists who changed the face of rock
New York: Billboard Books, 1994, 307 p.

Number of People : 39

More Details : (1 Section)


 1994

Stuessy, Joe
Rock and roll : its history and stylistic development
Second edition
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1994, 434 p.

Number of People : 17


 1994

White, Charles
The Life and Times of Little Richard
The Quasar of Rock.
Updated edition
New York: Da Capo Press, 1994

Number of People : 1


 1992 Source: 9

Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.

Number of People : 5,680

More Details : (1 Section)


 1992

Whitburn, Joel
The Billboard book of top 40 hits
5th edition
New York: An imprint of Watson-Guptill Publications, 1992, 674 p.

Number of People : 1,471

More Details : (1 Section)


 1992

Debord, Brigitte
Herzhaft, Gerard
Encyclopedia of the blues
Translated by Brigitte Debord
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1992, 513 p.

Number of People : 338


 1992

[minor article]

The above item is part of :
Roach, Hildred
Black American music : past and present
Second edition
Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, 1992, 3668 p.

Number of People : 216


 1991

Gregory, Hugh
Soul music A-Z
London: Blandford, 1991, 266 p.

Number of People : 353

More Details : (1 Section)


 1990

White, Timothy
Rock lives : profiles and interviews.
New York: Henry Holt, 1990

Number of People : 54


 1990

Arniac, Jean-Pierre
Encyclopedie du blues
Photographies de Jean-Pierre Arniac
Paris: Segherss, 1990

Number of People : 358


 1990

Doggett, Peter
Little Richard : the Specialty Sessions
Record Collector, No. 125 (January 1990), p. 62-65.

Number of People : 1


 1989 Source: 2

Country Blues-Biographien

p. 161 In:
Moll, Dieter
Das Buch des Blues
Konigswinter: Heel, 1989, 245 p.

Number of People : 94


 1989

Newcombe, Jim
Toronto Rock 'n' Roll
Now Dig This, No. 78 (September 1989), p. 16-17.

Number of People : 1


 1989 Source: 8

Blanc, Michael la
Contemporary musicians volume 1
Edited by Michael LaBlanc
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1989, 253 p.

Number of People : 72


 1989

Clarke, Donald
The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Donald Clarke
London: Viking, 1989, 1378 p.

Number of People : 4,498


 1989

McGarvey, Seamus
Charles Connor : That New Orleans Rhythm Man!
Now Dig This, No. 70 (January 1989), p. 6-9.

Number of People : 1


 1988

Raper, Jim
Classic Cuts : Here's Little Richard
Now Dig This, No. 59 (February 1988), p. 18-19.

Number of People : 1


 1987

Tamarkin, Jeff
Little Richard Leaves a Message
Goldmine, No. 175 (April 10, 1987), p. 10-14, 18.

Number of People : 1


 1987

Floyd, Samuel A. Jr.
Black music biography : an annotated bibliography
White Plains, New York: Kraus International Publications, 1987

Number of People : 87


 1987

Beeson, Frank
Charles Connor
The Big Beat Behind Little Richard
Goldmine, No. 175 (April 10, 1987), p. 16-18.

Number of People : 1


 1987

Ertl, Franz
Soul-Diktionar
Koln: Wilhelm Herbst Verlag, 1987, 180 p.

Number of People : 161


 1986 Source: 3

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1986

Koda, Cub
Little Richard and Old Town Doo-Wop Greats
Goldmine, No. 149 (April 11, 1986), p. 82.

Number of People : 1


 1986

Johnstone, Damien
The Big Show : Rockin' Australia 1957
Now Dig This, No. 37 (April 1986), p. 16-23.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Cooper, B. Lee
Review of the Life and Times of Little Richard
The Quasar of Rock by Charles White
Record profile Magazine, No. 10 (July-August 1985), p. 56-57.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Lhamon, W.T.
Little Richard as a Folk performer
Studies In Popular Culture, VIII, No. 2 (1985), p. 7-17.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Doggett, Peter
Little Richard Complete U.K. Discography
Record Collector, No. 69 (May 1985), p. 35-36.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Hilburn, Robert
Chart Full of Miracles for Richard
Los Angeles Times, (October 25, 1985), p. 1, 14.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Doggett, Peter
Little Richard
Record Collector, No. 69 (May 1985), p. 32-36.

Number of People : 1


 1985

(Leibovitz, Annie) (with photographs by)
Norman, Philip
Rocker of Ages
The [London] Sunday Times Magazine, (March 3, 1985), p. 22-29.

Number of People : 1


 1985

White, Charles
Little Richard in Merry England
Now Dig This, No. 33 (December 1985), p. 24.

Number of People : 1


 1984

White, Charles
The Life and Times of Little Richard
The Quasar of Rock
New York: Harmony Books, 1984

Number of People : 1


 1984

White, Timothy
Rock Stars
New York: Stewart, Tabori, And Chang, 1984

Number of People : 7


 1984

White, Charles
Dr. Rock and the Georgia Peach : Part One
Now Dig This, No. 18 (September 1984), p. 22-23.

Number of People : 1


 1984

White, Charles
Dr. Rock and the Georgia Peach : Part Two
Now Dig This, No. 19 (October 1984), p. 24-25.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Hirshey, Gerri
Tooty Fruity
Rolling Stone, Nos. 426/427 (July 19-August 2, 1984), p. 41, 43.

Number of People : 1


 1984

White, Charles
The life and times of Little Richard
The quasar of rock.
      dasselbe:
New York: Harmony 1984.
London: Pan 1985. 255 S.
       Mit Taf.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Collier, Aldore
Little Richard Tells How he Got What he Wanted, but Lost What he Had
Jet, LXVII (November 26, 1984), p. 60-63.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Hampshire, Baz
Dr. Rock and the Georgia Peach
Now Dig This, No. 18 (September 1984), p. 22-23.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Garodkin, John
Little Richard special.
2. ed.
Praestoe: Mjeilner 1984. 227 S.
       Mit Ill.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Garodkin, John
Little Richard Special, Second Edition
Praesto, Denmark: Mjolner Editions, 1984

Number of People : 1


 1984

White, Charles
Dr. Rock and the Georgia Peach : Part Three
Now Dig This, No. 20 (November 1984), p. 22-23.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Cooper, B. Lee
Dr. Rock on Little Richard : Speculating on a Long-Awaited Biography
Record Profile Magazine, No. 4 (February-March 1984), p. 21-22, 25.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Cooper, B. Lee
Selected International Discography on Little Richard Albums, 1952-1983
Record Profile Magazine, No. 4 (February-March 1984), p. 24-27.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Courtney, Ron
The Midnight Call to Little Richard
Record profile Magazine, No. 4 (February-March 1984), p. 20-25.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Brooks, Tilford
America's black musical heritage
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1984, 336 p.

Number of People : 53


 1984

Hunt, Dennis
Little Richard Lets his Pompadour Down in Bio
Los Angeles Times, (December 11, 1984), p. 1, 6.

Number of People : 1


 1984

White, Charles
The Life and Times of Little Richard
The Quasar of Rock
New York: Harmony, 1984

Number of People : 1


 1982

Moonoogian, George A.
Gospel-Stomper and Tempotopper
The Early Days of Little Richard
Record Collector's Monthly, No. 2 (September 20, 1982), p. 1, 8.

Number of People : 1


 1982

Elson, Howard
The Everly Brothers

p. 44-51 In:
Elson, Howard
Early Rockers
1982

Number of People : 11


 1982

Nite, Norm N.
Clark, Dick
Rock on : the illustrated encyclopedia of rock n' roll : the solid gold years
Updated edition
Special introductin by Dick Clark
New York: Harper & Row, 1982

Number of People : 1,678


 1982

Harry, Bill
The Beatles who's who
New York: Putnam Publishing Group, 1982, 192 p.

Number of People : 266


 1982

Watts, Michael
Little Richard Discography

p. 152 In:
The History of Rock, No. 8
1982

Number of People : 1


 1982

Watts, Michael
His Majesty

p. 148-152 In:
The History of Rock, No. 8
1982

Number of People : 1


 1982

Colman, Stuart
They kept on rockin'. The giants of rock'n'roll
Poole, Dorset: Blandford Press, 1982

Number of People : 25


 1982

Moonoogian, George A.
The Little Richard Recordings, 1951 Through 1954
Record Collector's Monthly, No. 2 (September 20, 1982), p. 8.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Solomon, Bruce
Dick Clark's the first 25 years of rock and roll
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981

Number of People : 81


 1981

Stone, Rolling
The rolling stone : talking with the legends of rock & roll: 1967-1980 interviews
New York: St. Martin's Press/Rolling Stone Press, 1981

Number of People : 31

More Details : (1 Section)


 1981

Doggett, Peter
Little Richard Discography, 1956-1966
Record Collector, No. 25 (September 1981), p. 25.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Doggett, Peter
Little Richard
Record Collector, No. 25 (September 1981), p. 20-25.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Rowlands, John
Spotlight heroes : two decades of rock and roll superstars as seen through the camera of John Rowlands
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1981, 143 p.

Number of People : 134


 1981 Source: 4

Southern, Eileen
Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1981, 478 p.

Number of People : 1,184


 1980

Winner, Langdon
Little Richard

p. 48-53 In:
Miller, Jim (editor)
The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll.
Revised edition
1980

Number of People : 1


 1980 Source: 6

Given, Dave
The Dave Given : rock 'n' roll stars handbook
Smithtown, New York: Exposition Press, 1980

Number of People : 182


 1979 Source: 1

Harris, Sheldon
Blues who's who
A biographical dictionary of blues singers
New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1979, 775 p.

Number of People : 560


 1979

Alexander, Alice
Little Richard : No Rock 'n' Roll, Just Rock.Of Ages
Philadelphia Inquirer, (April 20, 1979), p. 8A, 10A.

Number of People : 1


 1979

Cooper, B. Lee
Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard : Career parallels in the Lives of the Court Jesters of Rock 'n' Roll
Music World And Record Digest, No. 46 (May 23, 1979), p. 6.

Number of People : 1


 1979

Shore, Dinah
Simon, George Thomas
The best of the music makers. From Acuff to Ellington to Presley to Sinatra to Zappa and 279 more of the most popular performers of the last fifty years
By George T. Simon and friends
Foreword by Dinah Shore
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1979, 635 p.

Number of People : 256


 1978

Hunter, Richard
An appreciation of Little Walter.
Journal of Jazz Studies. 5, 1 (1978). S. 108-115.
       Mit Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1


 1977

Dalton, David
Rock 100
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1977

Number of People : 54


 1975

Garodkin, John
The Interview (June 18, 1975)

p. 60-61 In:
Garodkin, John
Little Richard Special : King of Rock 'n' Roll
Copenhagen, Denmark: Danish Rock 'N' Roll Society, 1975

Number of People : 1


 1975

Garodkin, John
Little Richard Special : King of Rock 'n' Roll.
Limited ed. of 750 copies
Skensved, Denmark: [Keep A Rockin'], 1975

Number of People : 1


 1974

Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
       Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937

Number of People : 16,276


 1974

Broven, John
Walking to New Orleans
The story of New Orleans rhythm & blues
Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex: Blues Unlimited, 1974, 249 p.

Number of People : 88


 1974

Stambler, Irwin
Encyclopedia of pop, rock and soul
By Irwin Stambler
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1974, 609 p.

Number of People : 1,359


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1972

Moonoogian, George A.
Blues Classics Revisited
Whiskey, Women, And..., No. 3 (1972), p. 17-18.

Number of People : 1


 1972

Bob Grun

p. 67 In:
Hirsch, Abby
Delmerico, George
The photography of rock
Edited by Abby Hirsch
Designed by George Delmerico
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1972, no pagination p.

Number of People : 14


 1972

Moonoogian, George A.
Little Richard Discography
Whiskey, Women, And..., No. 3 (1972), p. 18.

Number of People : 1


 1971

Goldman, Albert
"They Call Me Beautiful" : Little Richard

p. 71-75 In:
Goldman, Albert
Freakshow
New York: Atheneum Books, 1971

Number of People : 1


 1970

Dalton, David
Little Richard : Child of God
Rolling Stone, No. 59 (May 28, 1970), p. 28-34.

Number of People : 1


 1970

Felton, David
Little Richard at the Cocoanut Grove
Rolling Stone, No. 54 (March 19, 1970), p. 20.

Number of People : 1


 1970

Friedrich, Gary
Brown, Len
Encyclopedia of rock & roll
By Len Brown and Gary Friedrich
New York: Tower Publications, 1970, 217 p.

Number of People : 169


 1969

Cerna, Miroslava
Hvezdy Svetovych Mikrofonu
Prague: Svoboda, 1969

Number of People : 26


 1960

Feather, Leonard
Goodman, Benny
Hammond, John
Ellington, Duke
The new edition of the encyclopedia of jazz
Completely revised, enlarged and brought up to date
Appreciations by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and John Hammond
New York: Horizon Press, 1960

Number of People : 1,945


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