Little Richard was born Richard Penniman on December 5th, 1932, in Macon, Georgia. His father, Charles “Bud” Penniman, sold moonshine and ran a tavern called the Tip In Inn. His mother, Leva Mae Penniman, raised Richard and 11 brothers and sisters in a small house in the Pleasant Hill...
He was born the third of 12 children in Macon, Georgia, on December 5th, 1932, though he sometimes said it was December 25th, perhaps to honor Christ his savior, perhaps to burnish his own legend, or more likely both. His parents wanted to call him Ricardo, but the birth certificate sa...
Richard Wayne Penniman was born in Macon, Georgia, the third of 12 children of Charles “Bud” Penniman, Sr., a bootlegger and his wife Leva Mae. He grew up in a religious family in which singing was an integral part of their lives; they performed in local churches as The Penniman Sing...
Little Richard(born December 5, 1932,Macon,Georgia, U.S.—died May 9, 2020,Tullahoma, Tennessee) was aflamboyantAmerican singer and pianist whose hit songs of the mid-1950s were defining moments in the development ofrock and roll.
Born in Macon, Georgia, during the Great Depression, Richard was one of 12 children of evangelical Christian parents. His father was a church deacon, a moonshine bootlegger and a nightclub owner. Richard’s love of music began as a child, singing in the church choir. ...
Richard – who was 87 at the time of his death – was born in Macon, Georgia to Leva Mae Penniman, the third of 12 children. His father, Charles “Bud” Penniman, was a church deacon and brick mason who also owned a nightclub called the Tip In Inn and sold moonshine on the side....
Born Richard Wayne Penniman, one of 12 children, in Macon, Georgia in December 1932, religion became the focus of his life as a child, attending Seventh-day Adventist, Baptist and Holiness churches, where he would stay for the music and dream of a life becoming a minster and serving God’...
One of Richard's early bands had the young, then unknown singer James Brown (the Godfather of Soul), a fourteen-year-old keyboardist named Billy Preston, and the famous and legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. His first recording session took place at WGST in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; he ...
s 1984 biographyThe Life and Times of Little Richardweaves together anecdotes from Richard himself and people in his life — including a number of other artists — to tell the story of his rise from young Georgia gospel singer to the biggest pioneer in Southern rock ‘n’ roll. In it, he...
Born in Macon, Georgia, on Dec. 5, 1932, the music legend -- whose real name is Richard Penniman -- was one of 11 siblings raised with strict parents who only allowed the family to listen to gospel music. As a child, he sang in the church choir, joined his first band in grade sc...