seven Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Imo, the greatest rock n roll singer of all time pass away at the age of 87. RIP. Just read a piece about him and the original lyrics of Tutti Frutti was apparently about anal sex. “Tutti Frutti” came together in New Orleans’ famous J&M Studio with producer Bumps Blackwell, along with a Crescent City all-star team: Earl Palmer on drums, Frank Fields on bass, Lee Allen on sax. It made Little Richard a star overnight. The same year he turned up in The Girl Can’t Help It, he made an attention-grabbing appearance in the movie Don’t Knock the Rock (belting his ode to a back-alley drag queen, “Long Tall Sally”). Getting famous overnight did not calm his built-for-speed personality. As he famously said in the Eighties, “If there was anything I loved better than a big penis it was a bigger penis.” He also did plenty of drugs over the years, telling Rolling Stone, “My nose was big enough to put diesel trucks in.” Tutti frutti, oh Rudy 4 Quote Link to comment
deleted Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Very talented man. I read a piece about him today as well. I never knew that his Christian beliefs and upbringing caused him so much inner turmoil. He apparently renounced his homosexuality a few times throughout his life. He even became a pastor and married a woman. Neither worked out for him. RIP 2 1 Quote Link to comment
cobber32 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 When I was young (can't remember how young, but many years ago) I heard Little Richard and thought he was great. So naive in those days, and I used to sing along with Tutti Frutti, not seeing anything sexual in it - just great music of the time. And I knew nothing of his turbulent life. Good times. RIP 1 1 Quote Link to comment
strocube Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 In my opinion, this dude, like Bowie, kinda arrived here from another planet to totally blow our minds. A real badass. Too bad his Christian programming caused him so much trouble throughout his life. RIP, Little Richard. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pdoggg Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 11 hours ago, seven said: Just read a piece about him and the original lyrics of Tutti Frutti was apparently about anal sex. Here are the original lyrics: Tutti Frutti, good booty If it don't fit, don't force it You can grease it, make it easy 1 Quote Link to comment
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