Yoko Ono, left, and musician Little Richard celebrate after cutting the ribbon to open the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland Friday, Sept. 1, 1995.

Little Richard upended American culture starting in the mid-1950s with a set of scorched-earth performances on record, in concert, in film and on televison. The high-pompadoured pianist, born ...

Little Richard, left, and the Pointer Sisters perform during the taping of “American Bandstands 50th…A Celebration” in 2002. By Tribune News Service ...

Little Richard was at the epicenter of this shift, playing his alchemic, ground-breaking rock ‘n’ roll music to integrated crowds when the country was still in the grip of Jim Crow-era norms.

The Grammy-nominated Little Richard music film is now streaming online. Here's how to watch the 'I Am Everything' documentary on Amazon and Apple TV.

One of the original rock & roll greats, Little Richard merged the fire of gospel with New Orleans R&B, pounding the piano and wailing with gleeful abandon. While numerous other R&B greats of the early ...

Little Richard turns an early-1950s Fats Domino song, “Going Home,” into a loose, anguished blues on his 1964 album “Little Richard Is Back (And There’s a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On).” ...