continuation of the @wild beatles/little richard thread series investigating who the true 🐐 is

some of y'all out here acting like little richard invented rock when fats domino literally did it years before richard blew up with the fat man in 1950, we talking real influence math

richard himself said he actually started making music because of fats, he was just taking that foundation, screaming on top of it and flexing with the outfits like don't get me wrong, his energy level insane to this day but facts are facts, fats set the streets of new orleans on fire before anyone else even thought to sprint on them

so it's actually not popularity and sales, it's not direct influence either, it's essentially about who did it first, we gotta respect the chronology, respect the og, fats domino is lowkey the true goat and nobody's talking about it because richard was more flashy smh

@wild @Elric

also fats more prolific than richard

fats had over 35 top 40 hits on the billboard pop charts, little richard can't even hold a candle to that

The other night “ain’t that a shame” randomly popped into my head and I hadn’t heard it in years. Classic

this s*** bangs

bro hating on little richard lol 50s ktt

if this site was all 80 year olds that's what we would be talking about

Over 35. Have never known that actually. Legend.

Insane, genuinely.

hard quote

nah fr, woulda been impressive for any artist but for a black artist back then this was absolutely insane, the industry was still super segregated, wasn't eclipsed till motown showed up in the 60s

There's a reason Fats had a big ass chain and rings on every fingers he was nearly outselling Elvis for alot of his prime

The amount of gems Fats has is unreal

I think him and Ricky Nelson had the most deep cut classics of the 50s guys

Whenever somebody called humble hillbilly Elvis the king of rock and roll to his face, he would correct them that Fats was the real king

The real godfathers of modern music are Ernest Hogan and WC Hardy but ya'll not ready for that convo.

True.

Elvis had his issues but he constantly gave credit to his Black influences which is contrary to what many on the Internet say.

Also said he would trade everything to be able to write songs like Chuck Berry