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Little Richard: I Am Everything

Nobody could follow him, so he had to close the showseverywhere he played

�� Come on, shake it up ♪ Vera: Nobody could follow him, so he had to close the shows
everywhere he played

Full Transcript

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♪ Come on, shake it up ♪
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Vera: Nobody could follow him,
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so he had to close the shows everywhere he played.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:44
Uploaded
Apr 19, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Bungalow Media + Entertainment,CNN Films,Rolling Stone Films

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Movie Summary

The life and career of Little Richard, the one-of-a-kind rock 'n' roll icon who shaped the world of music.
Little Richard: Everybody was afraid of me - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
Little Richard: Everybody was afraid of me
I would go up in the balcony of the auditorium - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:13
I would go up in the balcony of the auditorium
♪ Ready, set, go, man, go ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
♪ Ready, set, go, man, go ♪
Black kids are not able to listen to music - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
Black kids are not able to listen to music
Little Richard: The white people start leaping over the balcony, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
Little Richard: The white people start leaping over the balc...
[cheering, clapping rhythmically] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:11
[cheering, clapping rhythmically]
There are artists before Little Richard - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:05
There are artists before Little Richard
Fats Domino, somebody who was also - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:11
Fats Domino, somebody who was also
[upbeat music playing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:10
[upbeat music playing]
He was singing about sex, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:05
He was singing about sex,
At the time, you weren't allowed - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
At the time, you weren't allowed
♪ And ball tonight, ow! ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:12
♪ And ball tonight, ow! ♪
He could project sex - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
He could project sex
If you were shake, you had, like, really good hair, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
If you were shake, you had, like, really good hair,
Like, the girls went crazy for that, right?[chuckles] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:08
Like, the girls went crazy for that, right?[chuckles]
But the one thing they wrote about you when you came on, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:05
But the one thing they wrote about you when you came on,
What it was is to be Black - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:08
What it was is to be Black
If I didn't wear makeup and look effeminate, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
If I didn't wear makeup and look effeminate,
- Ain't nothing to him. - Both: [laughing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
- Ain't nothing to him. - Both: [laughing]
Snyder: [laughs] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:13
Snyder: [laughs]