• Little Richard

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 3:16 pm**

Little Richard passes away aged 87.

RIP.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 3:42 pm**

I’m surprised but only because, for some reason, I thought he already was

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 3:55 pm**

RIP Richard. A true great.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 3:56 pm**

I thought he would have have been much older than that. Like wilks_bfc I thought he was already long dead and buried!

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 3:57 pm**

Suspected this would be an RIP thread before i clicked it.Yet another one of the pioneers leaves us.RIP Richard a true legend.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 3:59 pm**

My all time favourite rock n roll artist. What a voice, what a performer: I saw him live in 1964 on a multi artist bill, he stole the show completely. He influenced Elvis, the Beatles and many others, a true modern music icon. RIP to a great rocker!!

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:00 pm**

https://youtu.be/u0Ujb6lJ_mM
Lucille 1957

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:00 pm**

An inspirational musician and without Little Richard they might never have been Back to the Future so just think on.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:02 pm**

Good Golly

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:03 pm**

One of the original rock n roll greats

'Lucille' and 'Long Tall Sally' , 2 of my favourites from that genre.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:09 pm**

Only leaves the 'Killer' left

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:12 pm**

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Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:18 pm**

Don Everly is also still with us from those heady days.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:19 pm**

Vino blanco wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 4:18 pm
Don Everly is also still with us from those heady days.

Any hard evidence that Elvis is dead?

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:27 pm**

Spijed wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 4:19 pm
Any hard evidence that Elvis is dead?

His compacted colon was quite hard.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:33 pm**

Little Richard was genuinely one of those guys that was able, very successfully, to cross over from rock and roll, rocking blues, rhythm and blues, rhythm and soul and just plain soul. This track was, amazingly, recorded in the UK. https://youtu.be/vSmnPV7bbS4

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:38 pm**

Lord Beamish wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 4:12 pm
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That picture is Sammy Davis Jr, nice try though. Close but no cigar

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 4:45 pm**

Corky wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 4:33 pm
Little Richard was genuinely one of those guys that was able, very successfully, to cross over from rock and roll, rocking blues, rhythm and blues, rhythm and soul and just plain soul. This track was, amazingly, recorded in the UK. https://youtu.be/vSmnPV7bbS4

I read that somewhere in the can there is at least an album's worth of r and b stuff (Like I Don't Wanna Discuss It) just waiting for us!

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 5:12 pm**

I saw Little Richard three times, once in Burnley at what is now the Mechanics. He put on a fantastic show each time. RIP Richard

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 5:12 pm**

R.I.P. Little Richard ..A fantastic performer in his day.. A sad loss to the music industry.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 5:32 pm**

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 3:42 pm
I’m surprised but only because, for some reason, I thought he already was

# me too

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 5:33 pm**

basil6345789 wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 4:45 pm
I read that somewhere in the can there is at least an album's worth of r and b stuff (Like I Don't Wanna Discuss It) just waiting for us!

I'd be surprised if there is much Okeh stuff left to publish and Specialty stuff likewise. Columbia Special Products have done a fair amount of reissuing the "race" label recordings from the 50s and 60s of a fair chunk of Okeh stuff but you never know. It is amazing what turns up.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 5:36 pm**

Saw him, Jerry Lee Lewis & Chuck Berry at Wembley Arena about 1997/98

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 5:37 pm**

Basil, there could be some VeeJay stuff still in the can.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 7:13 pm**

exilecanada wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 4:38 pm
That picture is Sammy Davis Jr, nice try though. Close but no cigar

I think you'll find the picture is of Samual L Jackson

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 7:19 pm**

Vino blanco wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 4:18 pm
Don Everly is also still with us from those heady days.
[I saw little Richard in October 1963 at Bradford Gaumont on the same bill as Don and Phil Everly and the Rolling Stones i remember him tearing off his shirt and running round the auditorium./quote]

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 7:24 pm**

Foreverly, that's exactly the same gig that I was at then, Bradford 63,, with the Everlys and the Stones opening the show. I went on a coach with my girlfriend, who became my first wife: I was always a massive Everly Brothers fan and they were great, but Little Richard was incredible to see live.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 8:23 pm**

After watching us beat Villa 4-2 in November 1966, with Lochhead scoring all 4, I saw Little Richard at Nelson Imp that evening.
He was wild!

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 8:31 pm**

ShakyLee wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 8:23 pm
After watching us beat Villa 4-2 in November 1966, with Lochhead scoring all 4, I saw Little Richard at Nelson Imp that evening.
He was wild!

Unbelievable that such a small town hosted so many top top bands....

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 9:25 pm**

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 7:13 pm
I think you'll find the picture is of Samual L Jackson

It can't be him, can it? Samuel isn't dead. That's cliff Richard.

It was from that period when he wasn't complete shite. Must be 30 years since he drove that bus off the cliff.

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 9:35 pm**

timshorts wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 9:25 pm
It can't be him, can it? Samuel isn't dead. That's cliff Richard.

It was from that period when he wasn't complete shite. Must be 30 years since he drove that bus off the cliff.

Good point, I thinks its Larry Fishburne, I always get them two mixed up

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 10:08 pm**

tim_noone wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 8:31 pm
Unbelievable that such a small town hosted so many top top bands....

I'm sure I read somewhere that the Nelson Imp once cancelled a booking from a London agent, because it clashed with Colne Swimming Club's annual Dinner/Dance. The booking was for Frank Sinatra ....

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 10:13 pm**

Clarets4me wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 10:08 pm
I'm sure I read somewhere that the Nelson Imp once cancelled a booking from a London agent, because it clashed with Colne Swimming Club's annual Dinner/Dance. The booking was for Frank Sinatra ....

Fair dos he wasnt very good though.....

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 10:22 pm**

exilecanada wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 4:38 pm
That picture is Sammy Davis Jr, nice try though. Close but no cigar

Whoosh....

Posted: **Sat May 09, 2020 11:16 pm**

Strange one this,I thought he had been dead for about 40 years

Posted: **Sun May 10, 2020 12:54 pm**

RIP It Up

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Posted: **Sun May 10, 2020 1:43 pm**

I've got one.

Posted: **Mon May 11, 2020 12:37 pm**

Lord Beamish wrote: ↑
Sat May 09, 2020 4:12 pm
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Opened this thinking you might have gone for Chris Kamara

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