LITTLE RICHARD

1935–, American musician and singer, b. Macon, Ga., as Richard Wayne Penniman. One of the first rock musicians in the 1950s, he recorded "Tutti Frutti," "Long Tall Sally," and "Good Golly Miss Molly." Since then, he has turned to religion. His music influenced, among others, the Beatles. See also rock music.

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Salant, CBS, and the Battle for the Soul of Broadcast Journalism: The Memoirs of Richard S. Salant
Book by Richard S. Salant, Susan Buzenberg, Bill Buzenberg; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Broadcasters--United States--Biography, Businesspeople--United States--Biography, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc--History, Executives--United States--Biography, Salant, Richard S.--D. 1993, Television Broadcasting Of News--United States
...is the demand of Susan B. Anthony. Rochester, N.Y. March 29, 1885." And under that was a little plaque: "Presented to Richard S. Salant by the Womens Advisory Council in grateful appreciation for his endeavors on behalf of women...
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The Correspondence of Richard Steele
Book by Rae Blanchard, Richard Steele; Oxford University Press, 1941
Subjects: Steele, Richard--Sir--1672-1729
...therefore we have seen two Children born to you, one from a little Mechanick in a Shop, and the other from your Bright-Cook-Maid . The little Mechanick was the daughter of Richard Tonson, printer and bookseller, whose child Steele cared...
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Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents
Book by Rick Perlstein, Richard Nixon; Princeton University Press, 2008
Subjects: Nixon, Richard M--(Richard Milhous)--1913-1994--Archives, Presidents--United States--Archives, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., American, United States--Politics And Government--1945-1989--Sources
...of his political appeal. II Richard Milhous Nixon was born on a...memoirs, my father built. The little plaster-frame cottage you can still visit it at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace...they could swim in it, or at least wade in it. All except the...in a few more times. One of Richard Nixons biographers, reflecting...
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Letters of John Richard Green
Book by Leslie Stephen, John Richard Green; Macmillan Company, 1901
Subjects: Church Of England--Clergy--Correspondence, Green, John Richard--1837-1883, Historians--Great Britain--Correspondence
...May 20, 1877. I have done less to-day than usual; a little work this morning, and an...so far. This last part from Richard II. to 1460 has been a stiffer...so scandalously done in my Little Book that I got no help there...It wasnt so when I wrote Little Book , and what with that...
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Richard Meier, Architect, 1964/1984
Book by Richard Meier; Rizzoli, 1984
Subjects: Architecture, Modern--20th Century--United States, Meier, Richard--1934-
...the building, but it is no less respectful of Wright for its...The principal reason why Richard Meier pays such great attention...school, on the other hand, Richard Meier clearly places these...architect in the U.S., Richard Meier presents himself as...architect of Glasgow, and to a lesser extent of the not so great...series of vertical slats, like little fences, is what calls Mackintosh...
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So Much Less, So Much More: Richard Maxwell's the Frame (Nach Amerika!)
Journal article by Erik Abbott; Western European Stages, Vol. 19, 2007
Subjects: Maxwell, Richard, Musical theater, New York City Players, Theater criticism, Theater directors & producers
So Much Less, So Much More: Richard Maxwells the Frame...neighborhood of Bonn. Richard Maxwells latest offering...what was going on, at least in "Germany." The...only exception, at least at first glance. In...flamboyant duds seemed less a design choice than...song, and with just as little warning, slipped out...
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Richard C. Butler and the Little Rock School Board: the Quest to Maintain "educational Quality"
Journal article by Elizabeth Jacoway; The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 65, 2006
Subjects: American history, Civil rights, Desegregation, Oral history, Public schools, Race relations, State court decisions
Richard C. Butler and the Little Rock School Board: the...of the dilemma of the Little Rock School Board failed...justices deliberated less than thirty minutes before deciding that the Little Rock School Board must...the school closings. Richard Butler had expected defeat...
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"To Prove Good . . . before the World, or at Least to . . . Cloak It . . . More Cunningly": Textual Desire in John Jewel and Richard Hooker
Journal article by Rudolph P. Almasy; Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. 77, 2008
Subjects: Christianity, Religion, Sexual behavior
...that truly reformed church. Thus, it is less important that an individual would understand...the horizon. Perhaps polemic is finally less interested or less effective in speaking to an individual...were texts authored by the nation - or at least by national needs.70 And surely one...
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The Real Impact of Eliminating Affirmative Action in American Law Schools: An Empirical Critique of Richard Sander's Study
Journal article by David L. Chambers, Timothy T. Clydesdale, William C. Kidder, Richard O. Lempert; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 57, 2005
Subjects: Affirmative action--Influence, African American college students--Laws, regulations and rules, College students, Black--Laws, regulations and rules, Law school admissions--Laws, regulations and rules, Law schools--Admission, Law schools--Laws, regulations and rules, Reverse discrimination in education--Laws, regulations and rules, Reverse educational discrimination--Laws, regulations and rules, Sander, Richard H.--Criticism and interpretation
...into schools where they are doomed to do less well than they otherwise could. Systemic...dependent variable. A t-statistic of less than 2.0 indicates a weak, inconsistent...predicting the dependent variable," at least if what one means by "helpful" is that...never pass is wrong. (49) We know little more about who passes and who fails the...and those who are predicted to have a less than 50% chance of passing and compare...
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Roundtable Discussion of Richard J. Samuels's Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan
Journal article by T.J. Pempel, Sheldon Garon, Junko Kato, Yves Tiberghien, Richard J. Samuels; Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 6, 2006
Subjects: Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Political history--Analysis, Political leadership--Analysis, Samuels, Richard--Works
...limitations of great constraints are less compelling. Still, the palette...them more conventional and less transformational. Doko, as...for those who did--or at least for those who tried and failed...University Press, 1994). (27.) Richard Samuels, "Leadership and...Public Policies (Boston: Little, Brown, 1984; 2nd ed...
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Tutti Frutti, How Little Richard Captured the World: Fifty Years Ago, the Release of Little Richard's Tutti Frutti Instituted the Era of Rock'n'Roll, the Greatest Single Revolution in the History of Popular Music. Little Richard Was Genuinely the "King of Rock and Roll"-And He Helped Make White Societies in Europe and America Aware of the African Heritage Presence in Their Midst. Clayton Goodwin Reports
Magazine article by Clayton Goodwin; New African, December 2005
Subjects: African American singers--Appreciation, African American singers--Performances, Little Richard--Appreciation, Little Richard--Performances
Tutti Frutti, How Little Richard Captured the World: Fifty Years Ago, the Release of Little Richards Tutti Frutti Instituted the Era of...Revolution in the History of Popular Music. Little Richard Was Genuinely the "King of Rock and Roll...
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Why Quantum Mechanics Is Not So Weird after All: Richard Feynman's "Least-Action" Approach to Quantum Physics in Effect Shows That It Is Just Classical Physics Constrained by a Simple Mechanism. When the Complicated Mathematics Is Left Aside, Valuable Insights Are Gained
Magazine article by Paul Quincey; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 30, July 2006
Subjects: Feynman, Richard P.--Criticism and interpretation, Feynman, Richard P.--Research, Feynman, Richard P.--Works, QED: The Strange Theory of Light (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Quantum mechanics--Evaluation, Quantum theory--Evaluation
...Is Not So Weird after All: Richard Feynmans "Least-Action" Approach to Quantum...either quantum mechanics is less weird than we usually think...alternative called the Principle of Least Action, or more correctly...unfamiliar idea, but well worth a little effort to try and digest...those interested should read Richard Feynmans book, QED: The...
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Protecting the Rump: We Continue Our Series of Pen-Portraits of Less-Well-Known Parliamentarians with a Sketch of Richard Salwey, Member of the Long Parliament and Commissioner for the Navy
Magazine article by Stephen K. Roberts; History Today, Vol. 53, May 2003
Subjects: English Commonwealth, 1649-1660--17th century AD, English Commonwealth, 1649-1660--History, Legislators--17th century AD, Legislators--History, Legislators--Political activity, Salwey, Richard--History, Salwey, Richard--Political activity, United Kingdom. Parliament. House of Commons--History, United Kingdom. Parliament. House of Commons--Officials and employees
...Series of Pen-Portraits of Less-Well-Known Parliamentarians with a Sketch of Richard Salwey, Member of the Long...Protectorate. The career of Richard Salwey (1615-85), MP...One of the fourteen was Richard Salwey. Born into a Worcestershire...
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With a Little Help from Their Friends: Richard Seymour Examines the Role of the Powerful Pakistani Intelligence Agency That Helped to Blow the Cover of the Recent Suspected Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Flights Mid-Flight
Magazine article by Richard Seymour; The Middle East, October 2006
Subjects: Intelligence service--Forecasts and trends, Terrorism--Investigations
With a Little Help from Their Friends: Richard Seymour Examines the Role of the Powerful...Transatlantic Flights Mid-Flight. by Richard Seymour ON THURSDAY, 10 August, police...their wings clipped by being moved on to less powerful positions. Among the casualties...
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Dutch Courage: Richard Cork on the Pioneer Collectors Who Turned the Little-Known Vincent Van Gogh into an Avant-Garde Hero
Magazine article by Richard Cork; New Statesman, Vol. 135, April 24, 2006
Subjects: Art collectors--Influence, Dutch painters--Collections and collecting, Dutch painters--Works, Gogh, Vincent Van--Collections and collecting, Gogh, Vincent Van--Works, Painters, Dutch--Collections and collecting, Painters, Dutch--Works
Dutch Courage: Richard Cork on the Pioneer Collectors Who Turned the Little-Known Vincent Van Gogh into an Avant-Garde Hero. by Richard Cork Vincent Van Goghs reasons for shooting...desperation that led to his suicide. Less bleak works were also on the market...
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Big Welcome for One Little Richard
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), April 22, 2005
Subjects: Little Richard
Big Welcome for One Little Richard. From Little Richard to Loudon Wainwright III, Alan Nichol has the lowdown Rarely...immediately, of course, but the impact on popular music made by Richard Wayne Penniman, the third of his parents 12 children...
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Little Richard Rocks On
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 4, 2005
Subjects: Little Richard
Little Richard Rocks On. Byline: By ERIC BURTON Western Mail Rock n roll legend Little Richard proved at this Cardiff gig that he is...mixture of chat and his rock n roll hits. Richard Penniman is not and never has been a great...
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Culture: King of a Time like Ours; It's One of Shakespeare's Least Famous Roles, So How, Asks Tamzin Lewis Is Actor Richard McCabe Portraying King John?
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), November 2, 2006
Subjects: Actors, Actresses, McCabe, Richard
...Its One of Shakespeares Least Famous Roles, So How, Asks Tamzin Lewis Is Actor Richard McCabe Portraying King John...obscurity. But having seen Richard McCabe resurrecting the...Like much of his audience, Richard hasnt ever seen a production...
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Long Gen on Silver; Buying Silverware Can Be a Tricky Business, but with a Little Help You Should Find a Few Worthy Pieces, Says Richard Edmonds
Newspaper article by Richard Edmonds; The Birmingham Post (England), March 18, 2000
...Can Be a Tricky Business, but with a Little Help You Should Find a Few Worthy Pieces, Says Richard Edmonds. by Richard Edmonds Silver has always had its enthusiasts...or one good one, which might cost a little bit more, what would you do - go for...
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BLIND DATE WITH FATE; RICHARD WALLACE Hears How Michelle Pfeiffer Discovered True Love When She Least Expected
Newspaper article by Richard Wallace; The Mirror (London, England), June 12, 1998
Subjects: Pfeiffer, Michelle
BLIND DATE WITH FATE; RICHARD WALLACE Hears How Michelle Pfeiffer Discovered True Love When She Least Expected. by Richard Wallace Michelle Pfeiffer likes to be in control, but shell be eternally grateful for the night she kicked against her...
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Little Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LITTLE RICHARD 1935 , American musician and singer, b. Macon, Ga., as Richard Wayne Penniman. One of the first rock musicians in the 1950s, he recorded "Tutti Frutti," "Long Tall Sally," and "Good Golly Miss Molly." Since then...
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Ingle, Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
INGLE, RICHARD fl. 1642 53, English seaman and tobacco trader. Little is known of him. While the English civil war was in progress, he appeared (1645) with several ships off Maryland, and, armed...
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Byrd, Richard Evelyn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BYRD, RICHARD EVELYN 1888 1957, American...Antarctica. Establishing a base at Little America , he discovered the...rear admiral, and his book Little America was published. His...established once again at Little America. As winter approached...
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Aldington, Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALDINGTON, RICHARD ol dingt n, 1892 1962, English poet and novelist. While...intellectual rebellion; experiments with milder satire proved less effective. After World War II he published little poetry. His most important work was in biography Wellington...
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Nicolls, Richard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NICOLLS, RICHARD 1624 72, first English governor of New York, b. Bedfordshire, England...governor. Nicolls and his followers took New Amsterdam from the Dutch with little difficulty. Despite his arbitrary powers, he was an effective ruler...
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