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Little Richard: I Am Everything

She said,"Shut your mouth, boy." I said "Mama, I'm a star." ♪ A wop bop a loo bopa lop,...

She said,
"Shut your mouth, boy." I said "Mama, I'm a star." ♪ A wop bop a loo bop
a lop, whoo! ♪ - [upbeat piano playing]
- [explosion] Little Richard: This Black
music was so intense, it was so full of power
and rhythm

Full Transcript

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She said, "Shut your mouth, boy."
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I said "Mama, I'm a star."
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♪ A wop bop a loo bop a lop, whoo! ♪
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- [upbeat piano playing] - [explosion]
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Little Richard: This Black music was so intense,
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it was so full of power and rhythm.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:13
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.
It was so full of a fervency and having fun. - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
It was so full of a fervency and having fun.
[upbeat piano continues] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
[upbeat piano continues]
So explosive. It's so ferocious. - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:05
So explosive. It's so ferocious.
♪ Oh, rootie ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
♪ Oh, rootie ♪
♪ A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boo ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:13
♪ A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boo ♪
King: All of this post-war aching, yearning - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:12
King: All of this post-war aching, yearning
Put it into a musical form that people could feel. - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:05
Put it into a musical form that people could feel.
When I came out with "Tutti Frutti," - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
When I came out with "Tutti Frutti,"
When Black people make music, it's pejoratively characterized - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:08
When Black people make music, it's pejoratively charact...
Black records wasn't getting played - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
Black records wasn't getting played
King: Part of that change has to do with - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:10
King: Part of that change has to do with
And so you have white kids driving in cars - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:13
And so you have white kids driving in cars
Freed: This is Alan Freed, kids, rolling right along, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
Freed: This is Alan Freed, kids, rolling right along,
Hadley: People like Alan Freed would go on to popularize, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:08
Hadley: People like Alan Freed would go on to popularize,
Waters: All white kids in Baltimore grew up - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:10
Waters: All white kids in Baltimore grew up
Even racists listened and loved - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
Even racists listened and loved
We haven't always had teenagers, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:05
We haven't always had teenagers,
The concept of the teenager really didn't exist, per se, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
The concept of the teenager really didn't exist, per se...
[rock music playing] - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:08
[rock music playing]
And then you're supposed to grow up - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
And then you're supposed to grow up