Mali Richard američki glazbenik

Mali Richard, izvorno ime Richard Wayne Penniman, (rođen 5. prosinca 1932., Macon, Georgia, SAD - umro 9. svibnja 2020., Tullahoma, Tennessee), vatreni američki pjevač i pijanista čije su hit pjesme sredinom 1950-ih bile ključne trenutke u razvoj rock and rolla.

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Penniman je rođen u obitelji s 12 djece naučio je evanđeosku glazbu u pentekostalnim crkvama dubokog juga. Kao tinejdžer napustio je dom kako bi izveo ritam i blues u medicinskim emisijama i noćnim klubovima, gdje je dobio ime "Mali Richard", postižući svoju notornost za visokoenergetske zabave na pozornici. Njegove prve snimke ranih pedesetih, nastale u umirujućem jump-blues stilu Roya Browna, nisu pokazale nijedan od tako jakih vokalnih dometa koji bi obilježili njegovo kasnije pjevanje.

Do njegovog proboja došlo je u rujnu 1955. Na snimanju u studiju J&M u New Orleansu, Louisiana, gdje je mali Richard, potpomognut solidnim ritam i blues bendom, zavijao „Tutti Frutti“, uz nezaboravno odzvanje, „Wap bop a loo bop, lop bam bum! " U godini i pol koja je uslijedila, objavio je niz pjesama na Specijalnim pločama koje su se dobro prodavale i među crno-bijelom publikom: "Rip It Up", "Long Tall Sally", "Ready Teddy", "Good Golly, Miss Molly ", i" Pošaljite mi malo ljubavi ", između ostalih. Blagoslovljen fenomenalnim glasom sposoban stvoriti krune, zavijanje i vriske bez presedana u popularnoj glazbi, mali Richard postigao je hitove koji su djetinjasto zabavljali stihove i seksualno sugestivne prizvuke. Uz zapise Elvisa Presleyja iz sredine 1950-ih,Sjednice malog Richarda iz istog razdoblja nude modele pjevanja i glazbenog stvaranja koji su od tada inspirirali rock glazbenike.

As his success grew, Little Richard appeared in some of the earliest rock-and-roll movies: Don’t Knock the Rock and The Girl Can’t Help It (both 1956) and Mr. Rock and Roll (1957). In the latter he stands at the piano belting out songs with a dark intensity that, in the bland Eisenhower years, seemed excessive, an impression amplified by his bizarre six-inch pompadour, eyeliner, and pancake makeup.

At the very peak of his fame, however, he concluded that rock and roll was the Devil’s work. He abandoned the music business, enrolled in Bible college, and became a traveling Evangelical preacher. When the Beatles skyrocketed onto the music scene in 1964, they sang several of his classic songs and openly acknowledged their debt to their great forebear. This renewed attention inspired Little Richard to return to the stage and the recording studio for another shot at stardom. Although a new song, “Bama Lama Bama Loo” (1964), invoked the fun and vitality of his heyday, record-buying youngsters were not impressed. A major recording contract in the early 1970s produced three albums—The Rill Thing, King of Rock’n’ Roll, and Second Coming—collections that showed Little Richard in fine voice but somewhat out of his element in the hard rock styles of the period.

Little Richard continued to appear at concerts and festivals until 2013, when he announced his retirement. In his increasingly rare TV appearances, his madcap mannerisms, so threatening to parents in the 1950s, had come to seem amusingly safe. Having weathered a career marked by extraordinary changes in direction, Little Richard survived not only as the self-proclaimed “architect of rock and roll” but also as a living treasure of 20th-century American culture.