Little Richard

Born Richard Wayne Penniman, Little Richard said he invented rock 'n' roll. Spencer Leigh claims he didn't, but the world would have been very different without 'Tutti Frutti', two minutes of wild exhibitionism, recorded in 1955. It transformed American music and world culture. There still would have been the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and Prince without Little Richard but their careers would have been different. Little Richard: Send Me Some Lovin' is a fun-packed biography about an influential and charismatic man who lived his life as though he were continually on stage. An influential and charismatic man who lived his life as though he were continually on stage. Page after page, you will be exclaiming 'Ooh! My Soul'. Come and meet Lucille, Long Tall Sally, Jenny Jenny, Miss Ann and Good Golly Miss Molly. Come and enjoy the company.

The journalist, acclaimed author and BBC broadcaster Spencer Leigh is an authority on popular music, especially the Beatles. He has written many music biographies including, most recently, Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Buddy Holly. Collect the set! Spencer Leigh has been broadcasting his weekly show, On the Beat, on BBC Radio Merseyside for over 30 years and he has interviewed thousands of musicians. He has written over twenty-five books, hundreds of album sleeve notes and obituaries of musicians for the Guardian, the Independent and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Spencer is an Honoured Friend at Sir Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) and has a Gold Badge of Merit from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters.