{"id":807274,"date":"2020-05-09T12:07:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T18:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=996803"},"modified":"2020-05-09T12:07:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T18:07:56","slug":"elton-john-on-little-richard-a-true-legend-icon-and-a-force-of-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/elton-john-on-little-richard-a-true-legend-icon-and-a-force-of-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John on Little Richard: \u2018A True Legend, Icon and a Force of Nature\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elton John<\/a> remembered Little Richard<\/a> on social media Saturday following the music icon\u2019s death at the age of 87.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWithout a doubt \u2013 musically, vocally and visually \u2013 he was my biggest influence,\u201d John wrote in a series of tweets<\/a>.<\/span> \u201cSeeing him live in my teens was the most exciting event in my life at that point. Goosebumps, electricity and joy came from every pore.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1966, John \u2014 then Reginald Dwight, the organist in the band Bluesology \u2014 opened for Little Richard during the rock pioneer\u2019s London concert. \u201cWhen I saw Little Richard standing on top of the piano, all lights, sequins and energy, I decided there and then then that I was going to be a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll piano player,\u201d John said in the biography His Song: The Musical Journey of Elton John.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

John continued Saturday, \u201cHis records still sound fresh and the opening few seconds of \u2018Tutti Frutti\u2019 are the most explosive in music history. I was lucky enough to work with him for my \u2018Duets\u2019 album in 1993. He was shy and funny and I was SO nervous.<\/span> The track we recorded \u201cThe Power<\/a>\u201d is a favorite in my catalogue. We also played live at the Beverly Hilton and I felt like I\u2019d died and gone to heaven. He influenced so many and is irreplaceable. A true legend, icon and a force of nature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a 1973 Rolling Stone<\/em> interview<\/a>, John said of Little Richard\u2019s influence on his music, \u201cI\u2019m more a Little Richard stylist than a Jerry Lee Lewis, I think. Jerry Lee is a very intricate piano player and very skillful, whereas I think Little Richard is more of a pounder. I think his rock and roll records are the best rock and roll records ever made, as far as just the genuine sound on them goes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Without a doubt \u2013 musically, vocally and visually \u2013 he was my biggest influence. Seeing him live in my teens was the most exciting event in my life at that point. Goosebumps, electricity and joy came from every pore. pic.twitter.com\/Enno1mgfTO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elton John (@eltonofficial) May 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The track we recorded \u201cThe Power\u201d is a favourite in my catalogue. We also played live at the Beverly Hilton and I felt like I\u2019d died and gone to heaven.
He influenced so many and is irreplaceable. A true legend, icon and a force of nature. #RIP<\/a> Little Richard
Love, Elton x<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elton John (@eltonofficial) May 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Elton John remembered Little Richard on social media Saturday following the music icon\u2019s death at the age of 87. \u201cWithout a doubt \u2013 musically, vocally and visually \u2013 he was my biggest influence,\u201d John wrote in a series of tweets. \u201cSeeing him live in my teens was the most exciting event in my life at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-807274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-11 14:34:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}