No one can do a Little Richard composition like Little Richard. In the finest moments from the rock and roll pioneer — who died Saturday at the age of 87 — self-penned songs were as flamboyant as h…
— self-penned songs were as flamboyant as his appearance. Informed by his Georgian roots in the Pentecostal church and the nightlife business , every Little Richard song came straight from the heart, the soul, the hair and the pelvis. The syncopated horn charts, the chugging rhythm, the howling, pleading vocals, the sheer theatricality — Little Richard was an architect of all rock and roll that followed.
And although countless thousands of performers — many of whom enjoyed greater commercial success than he did — covered his songs, few could touch this searing soul-shouter’s originals in their carnal, holy glory.“Long Tall Sally”Start here when it comes to covering Little Richard with all the rabid intensity required.
At the peak of their “House of the Rising Sun” fame, an unmoored Eric Burdon, Alan Price and Co. turned Richard’s song of luscious lustiness into a rough pop smash in 1964.On their 1972 “Made in Japan” live album, British heavy metal harbingers Deep Purple, mind-bend Little Richard’s rocking romancer into a menacing, eight-minute jam. Check out guitarist Richie Blackmore’s fuzz tone six-strings merged with Jon Lord’s gear-grinding organ during the intro.
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