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  Paul McCartney: I owe a lot of what I do to Little Richard and his style

  The former Beatles star said the rock 'n' roll pioneer was a 'great man with a lovely sense of humour'.

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  Little Richard obituary

  Little Richard obituaryPrime force of rock’n’roll who made an explosive impact with songs such as Tutti Frutti, Good Golly, Miss Molly, Lucille and Long Tall Sally

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  Music world pays tribute to rock and roll icon Little Richard

  Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan and Elton John just some of the stars who have hailed the rock and roll icon

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  Little Richard, flamboyant, androgynous pioneer of rock’n’roll – obituary

  Little Richard, who has died aged 87, inspired generations of musicians from Elvis Presley, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to Michael Jackson and Prince, with his outrageous, sexually charged music – a blend of rhythm and blues, gospel and rock ’n’ roll, howled in a wild, falsetto shriek and accompanied by his explosive piano playing; he was also the only man ever to claim to be “the King and Queen of rock ’n’ roll”. His stage performances could, as he put it, make “your liver quiver, your b

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  Sir Mick Jagger leads tributes to Little Richard after his death aged 87

  Beatles drummer Ringo Starr described Little Richard as one of his 'all-time musical heroes'.

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  'He hit us like a bolt of lightning': stars pay tribute to Little Richard

  'He hit us like a bolt of lightning': stars pay tribute to Little Richard * Bob Dylan, Bryan Ferry and Keith Richards lead tributes: ‘There will never be another’ * Rock’n’roll pioneer dies at 87

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  Little Richard, rock and roll pioneer, dies aged 87

  Little Richard, rock music's showman incarnate, has died aged 87, his family told Rolling Stone magazine. With his wild rhythms and flamboyant anti-conformism, Little Richard brought 1950s America into the era of rock and roll with a string of  such hits such Tutti Frutti, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On and Good Golly Miss Molly.He inspired a generation of musicians, including the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, David Bowie and Prince.Along with Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, he helped transform the bl

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  Little Richard: 'Architect of Rock 'n' Roll' dies aged 87

  Little Richard, one of the founding fathers of rock 'n' roll, has died at the age of 87. The self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll", Little Richard was famous for hits including Good Golly Miss Molly, Long Tall Sally and Tutti Frutti in the 1950s, and was one of the first inductees into the Rock Hall Of Fame in 1986 - alongside Chuck Berry, James Brown, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.

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  Little Richard, rock'n'roll pioneer, dies aged 87

  Little Richard, rock'n'roll pioneer, dies aged 87His 1955 song Tutti Frutti, with the lyric ‘awopbopaloobop alopbamboom’, and a series of follow-up records helped establish the genre and influence a multitude of other musicians * Little Richard: an ultra-sexual force of anti-nature

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  Rock ‘n’ Roll pioneer Little Richard dies aged 87

  Little Richard, born Richard Penniman, sold more than 30 million records worldwide.

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