Little Richard
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Little Richard, flamboyant rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 87
Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock 'n' roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, died on May 9 after battling bone cancer. He was 87.
Chuck Berry, a founding father of Rock ‘n’ Roll, dies at 90
Chuck Berry, the singer, songwriter and guitar great who practically defined rock music with his impeccably twangy hits “Maybellene,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Memphis,” “My Ding-a-Ling” and “Sweet Little Sixteen,” has died. He was 90.