There is no question that Little Richard Penniman was a hit-making machine. Here are the nine biggest Billboard appearances from the legendary musician, who died on May 9. Starting with Tutti ...

Little Richard continued to make records in the '50s and, after a brief break, into the '60s and beyond. But "Good Golly, Miss Molly" was his last great hit, a blues-based piano-driven number ...

Prior to the Hot 100’s inception, Little Richard also achieved top 10 hits with “Jenny, Jenny” and “Keep a Knockin’,” both in 1957, and “Good Golly, Miss Molly,” in 1958.

Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" is known as the greatest song in rock and roll. Richard wrote "Tutti Frutti" out of frustration with his boss and it became his signature hit.

The death of Little Richard Saturday at age 87 stirred feelings of nostalgia for many familiar with the flamboyant singer's works. The singer, born Richard Penniman, spent more than half a century ...

With slightly cleaned-up lyrics, "Tutti Frutti" was the record that gave birth to Little Richard as he is now known — the gleeful "woo!"s, the furious piano playing, the sax-driven, pedal-to-the-metal ...

It only lasted on the chart for four weeks. King of Rock and Roll was the singer’s only record to reach the Billboard 200 except for Little Richard’s Greatest Hits, which performed similarly.

Little Richard landed a record deal with RCA in 1951, but his career advanced slowly until 1956, when he hit the charts with a groundbreaking single called "Tutti Frutti," which he wrote in his ...

Although he never hit the top 10 again after 1958, Little Richard's influence was massive. The Beatles recorded several of his songs, including "Long Tall Sally," and Paul McCartney's singing on ...

'Little' Richard Penniman waves to the crowd while performing his classic hits as well as some of Fats Domino's at 'The Domino Effect,' a Fats Domino tribute concert in 2009 in New Orleans.

NASHVILLE -- Little Richard, the flamboyant singer, songwriter, and musician known for a string of rock and roll hit songs and fiery showmanship, has died, according to his pastor. He was 87.