Little Richard
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noun
Richard Wayne Penniman, 1932–2020, U.S. rock-and-roll singer, songwriter, and pianist.
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How to use Little Richard in a sentence
Over the decades, Little Richard, Sinéad O’Connor, Frank Ocean and many others have ripped the awards show for being self-serving and for being exclusionary, especially to women and artists of color.
I peered at the shadowy images preserved on negatives—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis.