Little Richard, one of the American pioneers of rock and roll, known for his catchy hymns like "Tutti Frutti " or " Long Tall Sally " and his frenzied presence on stage, died Saturday at the age of 87, announced her son to Rolling Stone magazine .
The cause of death of this American music legend is not yet known. Among his biggest successes are Long Tall Sally , Tutti Frutti, but also Good Golly Miss Molly , Lucille or Let the Good time Roll.
Little Richard, Richard Wayne Penniman of his real name, sealed with "Tutti Frutti", planetary tube, the advent of an era.
Coming from R&B, he allowed in the 1950s, like other black artists like Chuck Berry or Fats Domino, the emergence of a new genre, rock and roll.
But much more than these two relatively wise contemporaries, Little Richard helped give rock and roll an air of scandal, with his garish shirts like no man wore then, his 15 cm high banana hairstyle, and his mustache as fine as a pencil line.
