Ten videos that prove Little Richard rocked harder than anyone, ever
“Good Golly, Miss Molly” reached No. 4 on the Billboard pop charts in 1957. It proved he wasn’t a fluke. And that if he didn’t cut his hair, it grew vertically, not horizontally.Performing in a well-tailored suit and minus his piano, this early 1960s U.K. performance from a short-lived TV show he hosted highlights Little Richard’s yowling, octave-leaping voice. The clip also displays the strange rock ’n’ roll racial dynamics of the time: The singer seems to be the only black person in the room.
They team up here for a nostalgia-fueled medley.A man seemingly thrilled to have a camera pointed at him, Little Richard was a regular presence on TV shows hosted by Mike Douglas, Tom Snyder, Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson and David Letterman. Here, the artist performs a song made popular by Aretha Franklin. By 1970, Little Richard’s appearances on the charts were rare, but his voice was more powerful than ever, as was his hairdo.
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