Richard Gay (BET)
Contents:
- RICHARD GAY
- RICHARD GAY NAMED COO AT SUPERFLY
- RICHARD GAY (BET)
- LTLE RICHARD: 10 INTERTG FACTS ABOUT THE ARCHECT OF ROCK & ROLLKNOWN AS THE NOVATOR, THE ORIGATOR, AND THE EMANCIPATOR, LTLE RICHARD PASSED AWAY THREE YEARS AGO {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY BET STAFFMAY 9, 2020/1:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:789PX;WIDTH:1024PX;} (PHOTO BY AXELLE/BER-GRIFF/FILMMAGIC)BY BET STAFFMAY 9, 2020 / 1:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LTLE RICHARD: 10 INTERTG FACTS ABOUT THE ARCHECT OF ROCK & ROLL","SCRIPTN":"THE ORIGATOR AND ROCK AND ROLL DIED AT 87.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-05-09T17:15:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-05-09T17:15:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"BET STAFF","KEYWORDS":"MIC NEWS, LTLE RICHARD, ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THREE YEAR AGO TODAY, RICHARD WAYNE PENNIMAN, FAMOLY KNOWN AS LTLE RICHARD, DIED AT 87. ACRDG TO THE NEW YORK TIM, HE PASSED AWAY OM NCER. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GODFATHER OF ROCK WAS KNOWN FOR SONGS LIKE “TUTTI FTTI,” “GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY” AND “LONG TALL SALLY.” HOWEVER, HE WAS ALSO FAMO FOR A FASCATG REER AND PERSONAL LIFE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE ARE 10 TERTG, LSER-KNOWN AND SOMETIM FOTTEN FACTS ABOUT THE MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: LTLE RICHARD TALKS ABOUT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK IN {MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:CIMAL;} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:CIMAL;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0;MARG-TOP:42PX;MAX-WIDTH:100VW;} TWTER-WIDGET{MARG:0 !IMPORTANT;} {MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;MARG:0 TO;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU']{HEIGHT:0;MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;POSN:RELATIVE;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU'] EMBED{BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;TOP:0;WIDTH:100%;} STAGRAM-MEDIA{WIDTH:LC(100% - 24PX) !IMPORTANT;M-WIDTH:UNSET !IMPORTANT;MARG-BOTTOM:0 !IMPORTANT;PADDG:0 12PX !IMPORTANT;MAX-WIDTH:516PX !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ STAGRAM-MEDIA{PADDG:0 !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}}HE WAS MARRIED FOR TWO YEARSCOURTY OF MAGNOLIA {MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.6REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LTLE RICHARD INTIFIED AS GAY, BISEXUAL AND EVEN “OMNISEXUAL.” HOWEVER, HE WAS MARRIED FOR A BRIEF TIME TO A WOMAN. ON JULY 11, 1959, HE MARRIED ERNTE HARV, A SECRETARY OM WASHGTON, D.C. THEY DIVORCED 1961, ACRDG TO CNN.HE HAD AN ADOPTED SONLTLE RICHARD - REV. RICHARD WAYNE PENNIMAN, BETTER KNOWN BY THE STAGE NAME LTLE RICHARD, RTS ON A STRG OF GROUNDBREAKG H SGL OM 1955 THROUGH 1957, SUCH AS "TUTTI FTTI," "LUCILLE" AND "LONG TALL SALLY," WHICH HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATN FOR ROCK AND ROLL MIC AND FLUENCED GENERATNS OF RHYTHM AND BLU, ROCK AND SOUL MIC ARTISTS.DURG HIS MARRIAGE TO ERNTE, THE UPLE ADOPTED ONE SON, DANNY JON PENNIMAN. LTLE RICHARD AND DANNY JON REMAED CLOSE OVER THE YEARS. HIS FATHER WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}LTLE RICHARD SHARED THAT HE SUFFERED TREMENDO ABE BY HIS FATHER BEE OF HIS SEXUALY. BY 15 YEARS OLD, HE WAS KICKED OUT OF HIS HOME. ON AN 1985 EPISO OF THE SOUTH BANK SHOW, LTLE RICHARD SAID, "MY DADDY PUT ME OUT OF THE HOE. HE SAID HE WANTED SEVEN BOYS, AND I HAD SPOILED , BEE I WAS GAY."{MARG-TOP:54PX;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;WIDTH:100%;}{MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}“TUTTI FTTI” WAS ABOUT BOOTYWHILE “TUTTI FTTI” IS NSIRED A WHOLOME SONG, THE ACTUAL LYRICS WERE ABOUT BOOTY. ACRDG TO DELIBERATE SPEED: THE ORIGS OF A CULTURAL STYLE THE AMERIN 1950S, THE ORIGAL LYRICS WERE, “TUTTI FTTI, GOOD BOOTY / IF DON'T F, DON'T FORCE / YOU N GREASE , MAKE EASY.” TO BE MORE PALATABLE TO THE MASS, THE LYRICS WERE REPORTEDLY CHANGED TO, “TUTTI FTTI / AW ROOTY.”SEE LTLE RICHARD EXPLA ABOVE.JAM BROWN WAS INFLUENCED BY LTLE RICHARDLTLE RICHARD HAD A HUGE FLUENCE ON JAM BROWN. BOTH OM MAN, GA., RICHARD WOULD END UP GIVG BROWN A HUGE BREAK TRODUCG HIM TO HIS MANAGER, CLT BRANTLEY. SOON AFTER, BROWN WOULD HAVE HIS FIRST H WH “PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE” 1956.SEE THEIR IENDSHIP PICTED THE 2014 JAM BROWN BPIC GET ON UP.HE WAS ARRTED IN 1962IN 1962, LTLE RICHARD WAS ARRTED “FOR A SEXUAL ENUNTER WH A MAN A B STATN RTROOM,” ACRDG TO NBC NEWS. IT WAS AN ERA WHICH GAY MEN WERE OFTEN TARGETED FOR ARRT BY HOMOPHOBIC LAW ENFORCEMENT. BARS AND LOTNS WHERE QUEER MEN EQUENTED WERE PREYED UPON. LTLE RICHARD DON’T APPEAR TO HAVE SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT THE ARRT. HE STGGLED WH ADDICTNLTLE RICHARD STGGLED WH DG ADDICTN FOR MANY YEARS. IN 1981, HE TOLD FRED SAXON, “I ED TO TAKE SO MUCH E, MY NOSE WAS BIG ENOUGH TO PARK DIEL TCKS .”HE PERFORMED AT PRINT BILL CLTON'S INGURAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}ON JANUARY 19, 1993, LTLE RICHARD PERFORMED "GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY" AT PRINT BILL CLTON'S GURAL GALA. SEE THE EPIC PERFORMANCE ABOVE WH THE LEGENDARY CHUCK BERRY.HE HAD AN EPIC MONOLOGUE ABOUT RACE IN ‘DOWN IN AND OUT BEVERLY HILLS’DOWN IN AND OUT BEVERLY HILLS WAS A BOX OFFICE H 1986. ARGUABLY, THE BT SCENE WAS LTLE RICHARD’S MEO ABOUT BEG A BLACK MAN LIVG BEVERLY HILLS. SEE ABOVE.HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATT SGERS OF ALL TIMEIN NOVEMBER OF 2008, ROLLG STONE PLACED LTLE RICHARD AT NUMBER 12 ON THEIR LIST OF THE 100 GREATT SGERS. SEE HIM BELT OUT THOSE POWERHOE VOLS 1966:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MIC NEWSLTLE RICHARDROCK AND ROLL HALL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
RICHARD GAY
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The show featured inic performanc om some of the greatt micians of the era, such as Aretha Frankl, Barry Whe, and Marv Gaye. Back 2009, the work relnched the Soul Tra Awards, and Richard Gay, BET's executive vice print, discsed at the time different ways "to grow the brand while prervg s herage and legacy mic, dance, and fashn.
NEW YORK (CelebryAccs) — Followg the sale of s remag stake the Bonnaroo ftival to Live Natn, New York-based productn pany Superfly has expand s team wh the hire of Richard Gay as the pany’s chief operatg officer. Gay, who prevly served as executive vice print of BET Networks, also led Via’s strategy and operatns for their mic group for a . Richard Gay, BET’s executive vice print of strategy and operatns, hted to a Broadway play and a ncert tour as exampl of Soul Tra-related opportuni to e.
Gay said, “we look forward to fdg engagg and smart ways to grow the brand while prervg s herage and legacy mic, dance and fashn. Richard Gay, BET’s executive vice print of strategy and operatns, poted to a Broadway play and a ncert tour as exampl of Soul Tra-related opportuni Tra, whose eponymoseri began synditn 1971, has been acquired om InterMedia Partners and The Yuipa Compani.
RICHARD GAY NAMED COO AT SUPERFLY
Here are 10 tertg, lser-known and sometim fotten facts about the mic Was Married For Two YearsLtle Richard intified as gay, bisexual and even “omnisexual. He said he wanted seven boys, and I had spoiled , bee I was gay. It was an era which gay men were often targeted for arrt by homophobic law enforcement.
RICHARD GAY (BET)
Richard Gay, BET’s executive vice print of strategy and operatns, poted to a Broadway play and a ncert tour as exampl of Soul Tra-related opportuni Tra, whose eponymo seri began synditn 1971, has been acquired om InterMedia Partners and The Yuipa Networks is a divisn of Via. From BET exec Richard Gay:.
“BET Networks is honored to have acquired a brand wh such a rich history and unique ntent that is forever relevant to all segments of our dience, ” mented Richard Gay, exec VP of strategy and operatns for BET Networks.
LTLE RICHARD: 10 INTERTG FACTS ABOUT THE ARCHECT OF ROCK & ROLLKNOWN AS THE NOVATOR, THE ORIGATOR, AND THE EMANCIPATOR, LTLE RICHARD PASSED AWAY THREE YEARS AGO {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY BET STAFFMAY 9, 2020/1:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:789PX;WIDTH:1024PX;} (PHOTO BY AXELLE/BER-GRIFF/FILMMAGIC)BY BET STAFFMAY 9, 2020 / 1:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LTLE RICHARD: 10 INTERTG FACTS ABOUT THE ARCHECT OF ROCK & ROLL","SCRIPTN":"THE ORIGATOR AND ROCK AND ROLL DIED AT 87.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-05-09T17:15:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-05-09T17:15:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"BET STAFF","KEYWORDS":"MIC NEWS, LTLE RICHARD, ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THREE YEAR AGO TODAY, RICHARD WAYNE PENNIMAN, FAMOLY KNOWN AS LTLE RICHARD, DIED AT 87. ACRDG TO THE NEW YORK TIM, HE PASSED AWAY OM NCER. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GODFATHER OF ROCK WAS KNOWN FOR SONGS LIKE “TUTTI FTTI,” “GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY” AND “LONG TALL SALLY.” HOWEVER, HE WAS ALSO FAMO FOR A FASCATG REER AND PERSONAL LIFE. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE ARE 10 TERTG, LSER-KNOWN AND SOMETIM FOTTEN FACTS ABOUT THE MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: LTLE RICHARD TALKS ABOUT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK IN {MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:CIMAL;} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;PADDG:0;LIST-STYLE:CIMAL;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}} LI{LIST-STYLE-POSN:SI;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0;MARG-TOP:42PX;MAX-WIDTH:100VW;} TWTER-WIDGET{MARG:0 !IMPORTANT;} {MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;MARG:0 TO;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU']{HEIGHT:0;MAX-WIDTH:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;POSN:RELATIVE;} [DATA-OEMBED-URL*='YOUTU'] EMBED{BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;TOP:0;WIDTH:100%;} STAGRAM-MEDIA{WIDTH:LC(100% - 24PX) !IMPORTANT;M-WIDTH:UNSET !IMPORTANT;MARG-BOTTOM:0 !IMPORTANT;PADDG:0 12PX !IMPORTANT;MAX-WIDTH:516PX !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ STAGRAM-MEDIA{PADDG:0 !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 700 2.0REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;MARG-BOTTOM:18PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{FONT-SIZE:2.4REM;}}HE WAS MARRIED FOR TWO YEARSCOURTY OF MAGNOLIA {MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{FONT:NORMAL 400 1.6REM/1.5 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG:0 TO;MARG-TOP:42PX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{WIDTH:LC((((100% - 11 * 24PX) / 12) * 10) + (24PX * 9));}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{PADDG-LEFT:24PX;PADDG-RIGHT:24PX;WIDTH:TO;}}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LTLE RICHARD INTIFIED AS GAY, BISEXUAL AND EVEN “OMNISEXUAL.” HOWEVER, HE WAS MARRIED FOR A BRIEF TIME TO A WOMAN. ON JULY 11, 1959, HE MARRIED ERNTE HARV, A SECRETARY OM WASHGTON, D.C. THEY DIVORCED 1961, ACRDG TO CNN.HE HAD AN ADOPTED SONLTLE RICHARD - REV. RICHARD WAYNE PENNIMAN, BETTER KNOWN BY THE STAGE NAME LTLE RICHARD, RTS ON A STRG OF GROUNDBREAKG H SGL OM 1955 THROUGH 1957, SUCH AS "TUTTI FTTI," "LUCILLE" AND "LONG TALL SALLY," WHICH HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATN FOR ROCK AND ROLL MIC AND FLUENCED GENERATNS OF RHYTHM AND BLU, ROCK AND SOUL MIC ARTISTS.DURG HIS MARRIAGE TO ERNTE, THE UPLE ADOPTED ONE SON, DANNY JON PENNIMAN. LTLE RICHARD AND DANNY JON REMAED CLOSE OVER THE YEARS. HIS FATHER WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}LTLE RICHARD SHARED THAT HE SUFFERED TREMENDO ABE BY HIS FATHER BEE OF HIS SEXUALY. BY 15 YEARS OLD, HE WAS KICKED OUT OF HIS HOME. ON AN 1985 EPISO OF THE SOUTH BANK SHOW, LTLE RICHARD SAID, "MY DADDY PUT ME OUT OF THE HOE. HE SAID HE WANTED SEVEN BOYS, AND I HAD SPOILED , BEE I WAS GAY."{MARG-TOP:54PX;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;WIDTH:100%;}{MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;} + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:NONE;}(:EMPTY){DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;}(:EMPTY) + .E1IATVX90{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}“TUTTI FTTI” WAS ABOUT BOOTYWHILE “TUTTI FTTI” IS NSIRED A WHOLOME SONG, THE ACTUAL LYRICS WERE ABOUT BOOTY. ACRDG TO DELIBERATE SPEED: THE ORIGS OF A CULTURAL STYLE THE AMERIN 1950S, THE ORIGAL LYRICS WERE, “TUTTI FTTI, GOOD BOOTY / IF DON'T F, DON'T FORCE / YOU N GREASE , MAKE EASY.” TO BE MORE PALATABLE TO THE MASS, THE LYRICS WERE REPORTEDLY CHANGED TO, “TUTTI FTTI / AW ROOTY.”SEE LTLE RICHARD EXPLA ABOVE.JAM BROWN WAS INFLUENCED BY LTLE RICHARDLTLE RICHARD HAD A HUGE FLUENCE ON JAM BROWN. BOTH OM MAN, GA., RICHARD WOULD END UP GIVG BROWN A HUGE BREAK TRODUCG HIM TO HIS MANAGER, CLT BRANTLEY. SOON AFTER, BROWN WOULD HAVE HIS FIRST H WH “PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE” 1956.SEE THEIR IENDSHIP PICTED THE 2014 JAM BROWN BPIC GET ON UP.HE WAS ARRTED IN 1962IN 1962, LTLE RICHARD WAS ARRTED “FOR A SEXUAL ENUNTER WH A MAN A B STATN RTROOM,” ACRDG TO NBC NEWS. IT WAS AN ERA WHICH GAY MEN WERE OFTEN TARGETED FOR ARRT BY HOMOPHOBIC LAW ENFORCEMENT. BARS AND LOTNS WHERE QUEER MEN EQUENTED WERE PREYED UPON. LTLE RICHARD DON’T APPEAR TO HAVE SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT THE ARRT. HE STGGLED WH ADDICTNLTLE RICHARD STGGLED WH DG ADDICTN FOR MANY YEARS. IN 1981, HE TOLD FRED SAXON, “I ED TO TAKE SO MUCH E, MY NOSE WAS BIG ENOUGH TO PARK DIEL TCKS .”HE PERFORMED AT PRINT BILL CLTON'S INGURAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}ON JANUARY 19, 1993, LTLE RICHARD PERFORMED "GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY" AT PRINT BILL CLTON'S GURAL GALA. SEE THE EPIC PERFORMANCE ABOVE WH THE LEGENDARY CHUCK BERRY.HE HAD AN EPIC MONOLOGUE ABOUT RACE IN ‘DOWN IN AND OUT BEVERLY HILLS’DOWN IN AND OUT BEVERLY HILLS WAS A BOX OFFICE H 1986. ARGUABLY, THE BT SCENE WAS LTLE RICHARD’S MEO ABOUT BEG A BLACK MAN LIVG BEVERLY HILLS. SEE ABOVE.HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATT SGERS OF ALL TIMEIN NOVEMBER OF 2008, ROLLG STONE PLACED LTLE RICHARD AT NUMBER 12 ON THEIR LIST OF THE 100 GREATT SGERS. SEE HIM BELT OUT THOSE POWERHOE VOLS 1966:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MIC NEWSLTLE RICHARDROCK AND ROLL HALL OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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