Little Richard trade ad for "A Little Bit of Something (Beats a Whole Lot of Nothing)"

Little Richard trade ad for "A Little Bit of Something (Beats a Whole Lot of Nothing)"

Little Richard

Not only is Richard’s music representative of the songs and type of music that would have been played in West Augustine’s hang out spots, like the Peppermint Lounge or Odd Fellows Hall, it was also reported that Little Richard played live in West Augustine’s own Odd Fellows Hall in the mid-1950s. By this time Richard would have been close to the height of his musical career, dropping gold singles and booking large venues, though it was common of African American blues and rock performers to still make room to play less capitalized gigs in small black neighborhoods, in part as a tribute the communities their music took root in.

Appeared in Billboard, July 1, 1967, p. 24. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Little_Richard#/media/File:Little_Richard_(1967).png

1964

Public domain.

1967