The Wild and Frantic Little Richard

The Wild and Frantic Little Richard was the second and final album Little Richard released under the Modern Records label. Additional personnel listed in Modern archives as Stax Session Musicians, except for Baby What Do You Want Me To Do, which is listed as Little Richard's backing band, The Upsetters. Album The Wild and Frantic Little Richard.jpg

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  • 1966

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Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and recording artist, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame web site entry on Richard...

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Modern Records

Modern Records was an American record label formed in 1945 in Los Angeles by the Bihari brothers — Jules, Saul, Lester and Joe Bihari. In the early 1950s, it launched several subsidiaries — RPM Records, Flair Records and Meteor Records. It launched more subsidiaries — Crown Records and United...

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