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Little Richard: This Man Invented Rock'n'roll

William Shaw, Smash Hits, 22 October 1986

Little Richard was wearing make-up and singing pervy songs and shocking audiences before Prince or Sid Vicious or Martin Degville were even born"I'm a living legend!" he tells William Shaw. He's not wrong...

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