Little Richard: The King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Barney Hoskyns, NME, 23 March 1985
YOU CATCH sight of him across the Hilton's gaudy foyer, an ordinary enough black man in track-suit top, tuxedo pants, and matted wet-look coiffure.
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