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;ady to 200.000 ts. Pat j . Letter! tvood isade was r “Hal-; Vctually, receive ires, the1 I.” BuC turned! ?r Bros, to make! sr words 1;n’t till ■ Jolson hit the —except t’t seen, sound-Little Richard: most emulated?laug|Dus[hasthe lilelc Tv and comlt; crurr whic Its i local men with and this ~wh by tl T real torst otherni.Kh.te e cast.Medicine Show to Movieerome s crtpting » Chan” r. Chris-le . . . possible ib with-especi-idge of land me . Betty 30 for i show, getting le fam-ly flew opening , to her■Li'l Richard Makes Itretcp tiplajStnAnsizedover-“If► hy do sweat-back?’'e RayKuMipr RCA-for 12 cr side . Don a busi-. . Hal te “The List fin-One of the least publicized climbs to fame in the musical field was climaxed recently with the featured appearance in the Fox movie The Girl Can’t Help It” of 21-year-old Little Richard.From entertaining for pennies in the streets of Macon, Ga., to the sale of almost 4,000.-000 records, and featured roles in two major motion pictures -this is the story of Little Rich-1 ard. His rise to fame began in October of 1955 with his first record for Specialty, “Tutti Frutti.Although he had recorded for Victor a number of years ago. nothing much happened. His material then consisted mostly of slow ballads, despite Rich ard's vigorous protest that rhythm came from his heart.It’s been coming from his heart since the age of 7, when1 he used his hands to hump outthe rhythms of original tunes to accompany his own voice. At 14 he switched from street singing to the choir of the Macon Church of God in Christ.Richard was. born in Macon at 12:01 a.m. Christmas Day, 1935, third in a family of 14. In his teens he danced, sang and peddled tonic in a medicine show traveling the Southern states.IslCrfou m o r, Cheat . Bob s shop-ftcr he . Get s dust-y heads letworksoon to make them all seem so simple . . . Lucy and Desi had Santa Claus bring young Desi a drum, for Christmas, and life in the Amaz household has been a headache ever . .★You’re get ting old when you see a girl who looks like someone you used to know— and she turns out to be her daughter!At 16 he won a talent contest which led to his Victor contract. But it took Art Rupe, head of Specialty Records in Hollywood, to extract this rhythm from Richard and give it to the world. He has recorded eight, songs on Specialty to date: “Tutti Fruitti,” “I’m Just a Lonely Guy,” “Long Tall Sally,” “Slippin* and Slidin’,” Rip It Up,” “Ready Teddy ” “She’s Got. It and “Heeby Jee-foies,” and each has won trade critics’ awards and placed high on hit charts.HC ition ent i!| as tl I sion. comb small Sin sion i Sydnlt; there of ac from land Ow eroy, who 1 doing parts UniteRichard's personal appearances thrughout the country and Canada are making box-office history, Ms press agent says.Richard is billed as the most emulated entertainer in rock-and-roll today. Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Bill Haley and others have all recorded songs written by Richard and constantly utilize them in their public presentations.07aT!ft
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Pasadena, California, US
Thu, Jan 03, 1957
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