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Jordan Bassett (NME, UK)

Little Richard's Here's Little Richard

Jordan Bassett (NME, UK)

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English
Bloomsbury Academic USA
28 December 2023
Music reviews & criticism; Blues; Rock & Pop music; Soul & R 'n' B; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups
Series: 33 1/3
From male bisexuality to religion in pop, Little Richard spent the 1950s pioneering ideas that are still too challenging for the mainstream. As a Black multimillionaire rock star, he was the most exciting person on the planet between 1955 and 1957, the years in which his seismic debut album was created.

Featuring new interviews with famous fans including Sir Elton John, Dave Grohl, Joan Jett and Nile Rodgers, this is the first in-depth look at Here’s Little Richard since Richard Penniman’s death in May 2020. The book explores his roots in the queer underground of the American South, a scene so progressive you’d scarcely believe it thrived seven decades ago, and early rebel music such as jump blues, which soon collided with the emerging juggernaut that was rock’n’roll. When that weird alchemy occurred, the self-proclaimed Living Flame was ready to spark the likes of The Beatles, David Bowie and Prince into existence.

Those close to the tale pinpoint the ways in which ‘Long Tall Sally’ and ‘Tutti Frutti’ remain omnipresent – and why the latter was the ‘WAP’ of its day. This is the story of how Little Richard changed the world in 28 minutes and 30 seconds. A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom!
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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 165mm,  Width: 121mm, 
ISBN:   9781501389115
ISBN 10:   1501389114
Series:   33 1/3
Pages:   160
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jordan Bassett is a music journalist who has written for the BBC, NME, Esquire, Grazia and many more. He is the former Commissioning Editor (Music) at NME, where he worked for nearly a decade. He lives in London with his partner Rosie Day and their son Sidney.

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