Little Richard and Danny and the Juniors.(1973) Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known as Little Richard, is an American recording artist, singer-songwriter and actor. A pop music and culture icon, Little Richard's most-celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s when his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship presaged the rise of rock and roll. His music influenced many other popular music genres, including soul, funk and hip hop and shaped generations of rhythm and blues artists. Little Richard has been honored by many institutions. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first
Ebenezer J. Penniman Ebenezer J. Penniman Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (January 11, 1804 – April 12, 1890) was an American politician and United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan. Born in Lansingburgh, New York, Penniman attended the common schools and was apprenticed as a printer at the age of thirteen in the office of the "New Hampshire Sentinel". When he was eighteen years of age, he bought his indenture and moved to New York City in 1822 to pursue a career in the mercantile business. Later, Penniman moved to Orwell, Vermont, where he engaged in business as a dry-goods merchant. In 1840,