Meet Leva Mae Stewart, Charles Penniman

The craziest, probably finest, and most influential rock and roll vocalist of the 1950s, infamously frequently covered by white performers.

Few of the legendary performers from the early days of rock & roll were as compelling and thrilling as Little Richard, and no one surpassed his charisma and flamboyance. Little Richard fused gospel, rhythm & blues, and boogie woogie into a sound that was purely electric, shocking audiences with his flashy clothes, outrageous persona, and willingness to present a sexually ambiguous image at a time when such things were all but unknown in popular culture.

He maintained a reputation as an unrelenting stage performer, capable of blowing almost any act off the stage, and his influence would be felt decades after he stopped consistently charting singles, even though he had a relatively brief career as a major hitmaker (almost all of his hits appeared in 1956 and 1957).

Who are Little Richard parents?

He was born in Macon, Georgia, on December 5, 1932 to Leva Mae Stewart, his mom, and Charles Penniman, his dad.

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