Little Richards’s full name is Richard Penniman. Little Richard was
born on December 5 1932 in Macon, GA. Little Richard grew up in a poor
family. However, Little Richard was able to rise above the struggles that
occurred early on in his life and be able to leaf an impact on American
music. There were a lot of things that Little Richard did that helped him
leave an impact on American music. These things include his early
influences, the musical training and background that he had, his
performances, and the contributions that he made to the music industry. All
of these different examples above all show how Little Richard was a
gigantic influence on American music.
When he was younger Little Richard listened to a lot of different types
of music. He had
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The Beatles covered one
of his hit tunes called “Long Tall Sally”. However, he did not just leave
influences on just these two bands, but on the entire British Invasion. If it
weren’t for Little Richard The British Invasion and American music might
not have been as it became.
A lot of different events happened during Little Richards lifetime.
One major event that was going on during his lifetime was segregation.
During this time African Americans were treated extremely differently that
the whites were. One of the major ways that the blacks were treated
differently was how they always had to sit in the back of the buses while the
whites got to sit in the front. Also the African Americans and white had
spate bathrooms.
The final major event that happened during his lifetime was the Civil
rights movement. This was a big movement for the African Americans. The
biggest reason to why this movement was big for them was that it started an
end to segregation. The Civil Rights Movement also made it so African
Americans would be treated the same way that whites where. Finally, This
movement started to make life much easier on the African American