I received this email today and thought it was worth sharing.

This is amazing to see. It's Richard Wayne Penniman

(aka Little Richard) about fifteen years before

"Tutti Frutti, oh, Rudy...." If you're familiar with

early period Beatles, you'll know that McCartney

was heavily influenced by Little Richard.

A-whop bop-a-lu bop a-whop bam boom

Here is some very rare footage of "Little

Richard" as a child, when he was just starting out

in the music biz' ... from some movie with Van

Johnson ..

http://www.wimp.com/oldschool/ http://amplify.com/u/a17xvx