“The Girl Can’t Help It” is a 1956 film by Frank Tashlin about a young woman, played by Jayne Mansfield, who dreams of being a star vocalist. Some consider it the first rock ‘n’ roll music video ever ...

Wild and outrageous do not begin to describe Little Richard. He hit American pop like a fireball in the mid-1950s, a hopped-up emissary from cultures that mainstream America barely knew, drawing on ...

He was a challenge to 1950s proprieties, wrapped in a package of pleasure and freedom. Hear 17 of his essential songs. By Jon Pareles Wild and outrageous don’t begin to describe Little Richard. He hit ...

Collaborators and eyewitnesses recall the colourful, groundbreaking life and times of Little Richard, a founding father of ...