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That's what Tina Turner did, too - sang blues up-tempo - and they called it rock 'n' roll.
Little Richard
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Little Richard
Age: 87 †
Born: 1932
Born: December 5
Died: 2020
Died: May 9
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Macon
Georgia
Richard Wayne Penniman
Richard
Richard Penniman
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I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.
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