One of the fathers of rock and roll has died. Little Richard, one of the American rock and roll pioneers, died on Saturday at the age of 87. It was her son who announced it to Rolling Stones magazine . He was known for his catchy hymns like "Tutti Frutti" or "Long Tall Sally" and his wild presence on stage. The cause of death of this American music legend is not yet known.
Rock and roll with the scent of scandal
Coming from R&B, he allowed in the 1950s, like other black artists like Chuck Berry or Fats Domino, the emergence of a new genre, rock and roll. But much more than these two relatively wise contemporaries, Little Richard helped to give rock and roll an air of scandal.
Her look had a lot to do with it. With his garish shirts like no man wore at the time, his 15 cm high banana hairstyle, and his mustache as fine as a pencil line, Richard Wayne Penniman of his real name marked an era.
Long before the rockers of the 1960s, his excesses made rock rhyme with decadence: on tour, this assumed voyeur spoke openly of his bisexual nocturnal orgies. His positions on sexuality will however always remain ambivalent.