| 1. | Richard Wayne Penniman better known by the stage name Little Richard , is an American singer, songwriter, and? |
| a. | | pianist |
| b. | | dancer |
| c. | | doctor |
| d. | | chef
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| 2. | Penniman's reputation rests primarily on a string of groundbreaking hit singles such as "Tutti Frutti" and? |
| a. | | Long Tall Sally |
| b. | | Shake Shake |
| c. | | Baby Please |
| d. | | No More Lovin
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| 3. | Little Richard early work was a mix of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and gospel music, but with a heavily accentuated back-beat, funky saxaphone grooves and raspy, shouted vocals, moans, screams, and other emotive inflections that marked a new kind of music? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 4. | Little Richard became a born-again Christian and withdrew from recording and performing secular music in what year? |
| a. | | 1955 |
| b. | | 1956 |
| c. | | 1957 |
| d. | | 1959
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| 5. | Who called Little Richard his idol and credited him with "first putting the funk in the rock and roll beat? |
| a. | | James Brown |
| b. | | Smokey Robinson |
| c. | | Dick Clark |
| d. | | Ray Charles
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| 6. | In 1969, Elvis Presley told Little Richard, "Your music has inspired me - you are the greatest?" |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 7. | Little Richard was born in Macon what? |
| a. | | Alabama |
| b. | | Georgia |
| c. | | Texas |
| d. | | Virginia
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| 8. | Little Richard was one of the first group of recording artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in? |
| a. | | 1980 |
| b. | | 1984 |
| c. | | 1986 |
| d. | | 1987
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| 9. | Little Richard was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in? |
| a. | | 1990 |
| b. | | 1992 |
| c. | | 1994 |
| d. | | 1996
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| 10. | Little Richard was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in? |
| a. | | 2000 |
| b. | | 2001 |
| c. | | 2002 |
| d. | | 2003
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