Little Richard: The Rill Thing
Joel Selvin, Rolling Stone, 17 September 1970
AS INCREDIBLE AS IT may seem, Little Richard is as great as he says he is. His new album, the first in three years, is packed with the sort of stuff that all good rock is made of.
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