John Lennon was a huge fan of songs by Elvis Presley.During an interview, John revealed one of Little Richard’s songs impressed him more than the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s music.

Though he certainly didn’t invent the genre, Elvis Presley became widely known as the King of Rock’ n’ Roll.Little Richard tried to reclaim that title during the 1970s with an album called ...

In 1956, Elvis Presley exploded onto the music scene, changing music history. One of the songs on Presley's introductory album was his rendition of "Tutti Frutti," a song released the previous ...

March 16 (UPI) --In the new documentary I Am Everything, rock 'n' roll pioneer Little Richard says, "Did you know Elvis Presley and Pat Boone sold more copies of 'Tutti Frutti' than I did?"In that ...

Little Richard works on perfecting his pompadour. Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. “Tutti Frutti” was originally about gay sex and “good booty,” as Cortés explains. Later, the song was cleaned up and ...

Little Richard shouted the guest rap on Living Colour’s “Elvis Is Dead,” a single from 1990 about the band’s ambivalence toward Presley’s legacy. Elvis was gone. But Little Richard hadn ...

Little Richard Penniman, a founding father of rock music, died at 87. Before Elvis, the flamboyant singer wowed 1950s teens with his frantic sound. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 ...

For it was Richard who lit the flame (even if Elvis, on a mass scale, fanned it into wildfire). But I also think that Little Richard’s I-am-everything exhortation is about something larger than ...

Education: Attended Oakwood College (now Oakwood University), Huntsville, Alabama. Other Facts: As a teenager, he traveled across Georgia with vaudeville and minstrel shows. His stage name "Little ...

When pioneering rock ’n’ roll artist Little Richard died recently, fellow ’50s pop music icon Pat Boone’s name was prominently noted in many of the obituaries. One of Boone’s biggest ...