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Little Richard: I Am Everything

When I came out with"Tutti Frutti," it was considered race music only played on Black...

When I came out with
"Tutti Frutti," it was considered race music only played on Black stations

Full Transcript

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When I came out with "Tutti Frutti,"
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it was considered race music
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only played on Black stations.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:37
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.
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
But Little Richard is the icon - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:24
But Little Richard is the icon
Little Richard: They didn't want that Black image - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:11
Little Richard: They didn't want that Black image
They said "No, no, no." - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:19
They said "No, no, no."
♪ I got a gal named Sue ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:16
♪ I got a gal named Sue ♪
I mean, it's no contest there, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:06
I mean, it's no contest there,
Hadley: This was a common practice, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:15
Hadley: This was a common practice,
But at the same time, - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:09
But at the same time,
♪ Wop bop a loo bop... ♪ - Little Richard: I Am Everything 00:07
♪ Wop bop a loo bop... ♪