Little Richard's death mourned by music world: 'He was there at the beginning and showed us all how to rock and roll,' Brian Wilson said.
Singer-songwriter Patti Smith said on Instagram that Little Richard's hit"Tutti Frutti" awoke"a positive anarchy" in her"little girl's heart."
"Nothing was the same after hearing his exciting and excitable voice.In 1955 we were stomping in our Buster Brown shoes, and the name of the energy was Little Richard! Farewell voice of an age; he commingles with the firmament now," Smith wrote.recalling the first time he met him. "I met Little Richard when I was 13 or 14 at Aunt Kizzy’s in Marina Del Ray. The advice he gave me is invaluable. He was such a class act and I will never forget the time I sat at his table and he talked to me like I was his little bro. RIP Little Richard," Campbell wrote.and rock band Beach Boy's Brian Wilson also expressed their condolences on social media."I’m very sorry to hear about Little Richard. He was there at the beginning and showed us all how to rock and roll.
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