Whenever I’m asked for my favorite interviewee, I immediately respond "Little Richard," the architect, originator, innovator, quasar or whatever he chose to call himself of rock ‘n’ roll. I’d talked ...

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 ...