LITTLE RICHARD
Chattanooga, TN —Friends of the Festival is excited to announce that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Little Richard will headline The Coca-Cola Stage on the last night of the 2009 Riverbend Festival, Saturday, June 13th at 9:30PM.
Known as the “The Architect of Rock 'n' Roll”, Little Richard is considered a key figure in the transition from rhythm & blues to rock & roll in the 1950s because of such hits as "Tutti Frutti", "Lucille" and "Long Tall Sally". He was subsequently honored by being one of seven of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and was one of only four of these honorees (along with Ray Charles, James Brown, and Fats Domino) to also receive the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award.
