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Pushkin Industries and BBC Studios

Little Richard: The Architect of Rock and Roll

MAY 18, 202656 MIN
Big Lives

Little Richard: The Architect of Rock and Roll

MAY 18, 202656 MIN

Description

He screamed, shimmered and rewrote popular music and then disappeared from the throne he built. This episode reveals Little Richard’s unstoppable rise, painful erasure, and lifelong battle between the divine and the profane. A vivid, funny and heartbreaking meditation on race, queerness, faith and why rock and roll history still gets its origin story wrong. Additional archive: Tutti Frutti by Little Richard, Speciality, 1957 Connect with the team!  Follow our hosts Kai Wright and Emmanuel Dzotsi Follow Pushkin on Instagram, LinkedIn or X  Follow BBC Podcasts on YouTube and Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.