"There could not have been a Michael Jackson if there had not been a Little Richard." PEOPLE Magazine

"...a contemporary pop rebel like Prince seems like small potatoes compared with Little Richard, the original wild man of rock n' roll." NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

LITTLE RICHARD - the originator, the emancipator, the architect of rock and roll. Exploding into the American consciousness in the mid-50's ..."awop-bop-a-loo-mop-alop-bam-boom" ... he singlehandedly laid the foundation and established the rules for a new musical form: rock and roll.