Class of 1986 - Little Richard Honors

Inductee Honors

Little Richard

"Architect of Rock and Roll"

No. 8 on Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time

Music style helped form soul and funk genres as well as rhythm and blues

"Tutti Frutti" (1955) - Signature song on U.S. and UK pop charts ... Included in the National Recording Registry (2010)

"The Girl Can't Help It," "Long Tall Sally," & "Tutti Frutti" on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

"Long Tall Sally," "Tutti Frutti," & "Good Golly, Miss Molly" listed on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll

Here's Little Richard album honors -

On Time's 100 Greatest and Most Influential Albums of All Time (2010)

No. 50 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (as are "Tutti Frutti," "Lucille," & "Long Tall Sally")

"...his unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat announced a new era in music..." (National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress)

"Long Tall Sally" (1956) - No. 1 on Billboard Rhythm and Blues Best Sellers chart

Point of interest - Little Richard's performances helped form integration between white and black Americans in audiences. ... His music and concerts broke the "color line."

Point of intrigue - The Beatles occasionally opened for Little Richard.

Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1990)

Star on Nashville's Music City Walk of Fame (2008)

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame 

Inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (1984)

Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame (2009)

Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame (2015)

Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy and Rhythm and Blues Foundation

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1993)

Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation (1994)

American Music Award of Merit (1997)

NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame (2002)

Apollo Theater Hall of Fame (2006)

Rhapsody & Rhythm Award from the National Museum of African American Music (2015)

Distinguished Artist Award at the 2019 Tennessee Governor's Arts Awards

(Wikipedia)