RIP Little Richard

[donalddoowop]

@Aluminny69

Agree for the most part but I would add Bo Diddley to that list. Connie Francis was not a rock and roller, her songs were listed on the R&B charts. The most popular female singer in the fifties was Patti Page who was pop contemporary. Many a baby boomer had a dad who would croon over Patti "The Rage Page" whether mom was in ear shot or not.
A good female of note from the era was Big Momma Thorton, she evolved into R&B but in 1952 this was some of the earliest rock n roll. ( For the tech police this is a later video as the strat guitar in the video came about in 1954) Elvis did OK with this one....

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Many Elvis fans were surprised that he was not the one to first record Hound Dog. Rock & Roll did not come about until the mid fifties with Bill Haley and the Comets when Alan Freed started calling the music Rock & Roll. At least that is the way it was here in St. Louis. We did not start hearing Little Richard until about 1955. We heard Fats Domino before we heard Little Richard. Little Richard was wild, but entertaining.

 

[Aluminny69]

A good female of note from the era was Big Momma Thorton, she evolved into R&B but in 1952 this was some of the earliest rock n roll. ( For the tech police this is a later video as the strat guitar in the video came about in 1954) Elvis did OK with this one....

I always felt Wanda Jackson could rock with the best of them!

 

[donalddoowop]

I always felt Wanda Jackson could rock with the best of them!

You have some interesting information. I think if you, me, Bama fan, Jingo and Golden Husky ever got together, there would be some very interesting conversations going on. Also JordyG.

 

[Aluminny69]

You have some interesting information. I think if you, me, Bama fan, Jingo and Golden Husky ever got together, there would be some very interesting conversations going on. Also JordyG.

This video has more talking than singing, but it's all good. Wanda talks about the early days of touring with Elvis.

 

[Jingo]

You have some interesting information. I think if you, me, Bama fan, Jingo and Golden Husky ever got together, there would be some very interesting conversations going on. Also JordyG.

I'm a Brooklyn Paramount Alan Freed kinda guy .. I heard a lotta WINS doo wop tunes on my portable transistor radio while playing stickball and skelzy and KINGS

 

[donalddoowop]

I'm a Brooklyn Paramount Alan Freed kinda guy .. I heard a lotta WINS doo wop tunes on my portable transistor radio while playing stickball and skelzy and KINGS

I know stickball but not skelzy and Kings.

 

[Jingo]

I know stickball but not skelzy and Kings.

Howz bout "I Declare War" .. "Territory" .. "Running Bases" .. "Ringaleevio" .. "Stoop Ball" .. "Triangle" .. ? .. of course, the linchpin for 80% of these activities - the sine qua non - was the ubiquitous "spaldeen" ... thank you Mr Spalding! .. I tried to teach my children and grandchildren many of these games but it was difficult due to increasing street traffic but we managed to play a LOT of fast-pitch, up-against-the-wall, chalk-box stickball in the huge expanse behind Franklin K Lane high school on the Brooklyn/Queens border [Woodhaven/Cypress Hills] .. I believe my NY childhood was very unique and imaginative, mebbe 1% of the country[or less], eh?