Good golly miss Molly....Rock 'n Roll rip

Harry Palmr

The last of the original rock and roll stars has died. Little Richard at 87. Even now some his lyrics wood make a rapper say "whoa!".

PTH2009

Honestly thought he was dead already

RIP

Immortal Starlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OxRjp82y4

What an absolute legend. May he Rest In Peace.

Mad_maxx

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The last of the original rock and roll stars has died. Little Richard at 87. Even now some his lyrics wood make a rapper say "whoa!".

thought he died a good few years ago , huge influence on many stars

Sure liked to ball. R.I.P. Thanks for the music.

fryup

thought he died years back tbh

RIP

Lithium93_

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The last of the original rock and roll stars has died. Little Richard at 87. Even now some his lyrics wood make a rapper say "whoa!".

Jerry Lee Lewis says otherwise.

Fr Tod Umptious

What is it with these early rock n rollers and longevity ?

Chick Berry dies at 90
Little Richard 87
Jerry Lee Lewis still with us at 84
Don Everly still going at 83.

That's some going for guys who burned the candle at both ends in their day.

Lithium93_

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

What is it with these early rock n rollers and longevity ?

Chick Berry dies at 90
Little Richard 87
Jerry Lee Lewis still with us at 84
Don Everly still going at 83.

That's some going for guys who burned the candle at both ends in their day.

A **** tonne of booze, drugs, and a huge splash of luck in the genetics lotto, would be my guess.

nullzero

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Jerry Lee Lewis says otherwise.

Jerry Lee is a complete lunatic as well.

Lithium93_

nullzero wrote: »

Jerry Lee is a complete lunatic as well.

Sinking his own rock n' roll career just as the genre was starting to get rolling, by marrying his own cousin, yeah it definitely falls into complete lunatic territory.

The Tetrarch

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Sinking his own rock n' roll career just as the genre was starting to get rolling, by marrying his own 13 year old cousin, yeah it definitely falls into complete lunatic territory.

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Harry Palmr

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Jerry Lee Lewis says otherwise.

There we are, I really did think he'd died a few years ago. Fair play to him, the bad ones last a bit longer

Your Face

"Little Richard was always my main man. How hard must it have been for him: gay, black and singing in the South? But his records are a joyous good time from beginning to end."

– Lemmy, Motörhead

Lithium93_

Your Face wrote: »

"Little Richard was always my main man. How hard must it have been for him: gay, black and singing in the South? But his records are a joyous good time from beginning to end."

– Lemmy, Motörhead

Lemmy was best placed to make that remark, given that he too was more or less at the beginning.

nullzero

Your Face wrote: »

"Little Richard was always my main man. How hard must it have been for him: gay, black and singing in the South? But his records are a joyous good time from beginning to end."

– Lemmy, Motörhead

Little Richard always denied being gay, said it was immoral, biggest closet case in music IMO.

harry Bailey esq

nullzero wrote: »

Little Richard always denied being gay, said it was immoral, biggest closet case in music IMO.

I'm sure I seen a doc that said he had a taste for underage girls
Edit, someone above already mentioned it.

Adyx

This was my first introduction to him!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfYmdn2-cUA

topper75

Fired Hendrix from his band. Felt upstaged seemingly. Shouted at him backstage "I'm the king of rock n' roll"

Has a massive place in music history all the same.

fryup

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I'm sure I seen a doc that said he had a taste for underage girls
Edit, someone above already mentioned it.

that'd be Jerry Lee Lewis

Giraffe Box

fryup wrote: »

that'd be Jerry Lee Lewis

......and Chuck Berry.

the purple tin

Giraffe Box wrote: »

......and Chuck Berry.

And Elvis.

Lucy8080

Giraffe Box wrote: »

......and Chuck Berry.

Surprised at that one!

Your Face

Lucy8080 wrote: »

Surprised at that one!

Chuck Berry has a song called Sweet Little Sixteen.

RobbingBandit

Piano rifts were epic

Lucy8080

the purple tin wrote: »

And Elvis.

Hopefully ,just Pricilla!

Lucy8080

Your Face wrote: »

Chuck Berry has a song called Sweet Little Sixteen.

Buddy Holly had a song called Oh! Boy.

the purple tin

Your Face wrote: »

Chuck Berry has a song called Sweet Little Sixteen.

He went to jail for transorting an underage groupie over the state line.

Lucy8080 wrote: »

Hopefully ,just Pricilla!

Elvis liked them young too. He was obsessed with girls with small feet. I think you can see a file the FBI were keeping on him online somewhere.



Don't forget Jimmy Page, Bowie, Lemmy and Pete Townsend the paedo.

Lucy8080

Your Face wrote: »

Chuck Berry has a song called Sweet Little Sixteen.

Bit tongue in cheek on my part! There is a part of me that loves good rocking innocent songs, only to find out the singer is a bit suspect and the great song is somehow tainted for life .

It's an awful wrench. How can one not love the song,whilst it may be tainted by the singer?

branie2

He was a brilliant singer

Lucy8080

Don't forget Jimmy Page, Bowie, Lemmy and Pete Townsend the paedo.[/QUOTE]

I think Townsend faced down the allegations, but the others never had to defend themselves against the threat of prosecution.

Might have been interesting if a case was brought against the first three.

Lithium93_

the purple tin wrote: »

He went to jail for transorting an underage groupie over the state line.



Elvis liked them young too. He was obsessed with girls with small feet. I think you can see a file the FBI were keeping on him online somewhere.



Don't forget Jimmy Page, Bowie, Lemmy and Pete Townsend the paedo.

As far as I'm aware and I know Motorhead and Lemmy inside out, that Lemmy was never involved in any of those kind of activities.

the purple tin

Lithium93_ wrote: »

As far as I'm aware and I know Motorhead and Lemmy inside out, that Lemmy was never involved in any of those kind of activities.

He slept with an underage girl years ago, he admitted it himself in a documentary.

Lithium93_

the purple tin wrote: »

He slept with an underage girl years ago, he admitted it himself in a documentary.

Got the name of the documentary?

the purple tin

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Got the name of the documentary?

No but I'll let you know if I find out.

Lucy8080

Lithium93_ wrote: »

As far as I'm aware and I know Motorhead and Lemmy inside out, that Lemmy was never involved in any of those kind of activities.

Never heard any under-age rumour regarding Lemmy. But, he said he swapped a mother /daughter between himself and his (adult) son. Bit manky that,in anybody's language.

Lithium93_

Lucy8080 wrote: »

Never heard any under-age rumour regarding Lemmy. But, he said he swapped a mother /daughter between himself and his (adult) son. Bit manky that,in anybody's language.

He certainly got around during his lifetime, but I never read that he was involved in under-age stuff.

biko

RIP, great artist!

the purple tin

Lucy8080 wrote: »

Don't forget Jimmy Page, Bowie, Lemmy and Pete Townsend the paedo.

I think Townsend faced down the allegations, but the others never had to defend themselves against the threat of prosecution.

Might have been interesting if a case was brought against the first three.[/QUOTE]
Page in particular should have been charged with kidnapping and holding someone against their will as well as stat rape: he got his minder to physically take the girl back to his hotel room (minder told her he would kill her if she tried to run away) so she would be there when he got back. Then he kept her hidden in his house for ages so they wouldn't be seen together in public.
People don't realise what a creep Page really was, not to mention the dark occult stuff he was into.

Lithium93_

I think you're trying to make something that isn't there out of an off hand, quiet possibly tongue firmly in cheek remark made by Lemmy in the Motorhead documentary. I mean look at his face when he makes the remark, if he were involved in that kind of stuff, he wouldn't be jokey about it on camera for starters. There's also the fact that the mother of his first child never came forward with such an accusation that Lemmy was behaving untowards her.

Has anyone actually fact checked the claims against Bowie?

As for Jimmy Page, definitely questions to be asked, but also questions to be asked of Lori Mattox as well.

iamstop

Little Richard deffo pioneered new musical styles that blew the minds of most of his contemporaries of the time. He was also flamboyant before that was a thing.

RIP maestro.

Mysterypunter

From this thread I have learned that Jerry Lee Lewis is still alive, and there are a few questionable rock stars on the go. I remember the alligations against Pete Townsend, because of a great line fom the news, in response, Elton John said he was right behind him. Also remember Dave Lee Travis, who I know is a DJ, but absolutely nothing else being accused of inappropriate behavior, shouting a line to the press. He said, I only molested women. Couldn't make this stuff up, and I haven't, I swear.