Little Richard shatter racial divisions in the music industry. Little Richard was born Richard Wayne Penniman on December 5, 1932, in Macon, Georgia. He was the third of twelve children of Leva Mae (née Stewart) and Charles "Bud" Penniman. His father was a church deacon who sold bootlegged moonshine on the side and owned a nightclub, the Tip In Inn. His mother was a member of Macon's New Hope Baptist Church. Initially, Little Richard's first name was supposed to have been "Ricardo" but an error resulted in "Richard" instead. The Penniman children were raised in a neighborhood of Macon called Pleasant Hill.
Who I Was Born to Be Who I Was Born to Be "Who I Was Born to Be" is the first original song recorded by Susan Boyle and appears on her multi-platinum debut album "I Dreamed a Dream". The song perfectly fit Susan Boyle's life, so much so that she has performed this song regularly over the years. After decades of trying to be a professional singer, Susan Boyle can truthfully sing "I am who I was born to be." Moreover, the wording was so apt that Susan Boyle adopted a similar title for her autobiography, "The Woman I Was Born to Be". The lyrics were