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Little Richard's 10 Greatest Moments: From 'Tutti Frutti' to 'Full House'

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You can't tell the story of rock n' roll without the story of Little Richard, one of the genre's earliest pioneers and most devout practitioners, and ultimately one of its most esteemed spokespeople.

He learned from some of the genre's all-time legends, paid it forward to some of the greatest to follow in his footsteps, and also graced rock with some of the most iconic, eternal singles in the genre's 70-year-old history.

Following his death this week at age 87, we're looking back at the 10 greatest moments from the career of the man born Richard Wayne Penniman -- whose claims of being "the architect of rock and roll" have long been historically validated. Opens for Sister Rosetta Tharpe as a teenager (1947) While Little Richard might have

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