Wow Wow Wow Wow Wow! Old School Talent...

I'm speechless... Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson as a child...

I wish I could embed it but you just have to go watch & listen... Old School Talent

Edited from Little Richard to Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson...

www.rockabilly.nl...

Born Frankie Robinson in Detroit on 28th December 1938, the youngest of seven children born to Clarence and Elizabeth Robinson, neither of whom were musicians, while yet a toddler “Sugar Chile” began pounding on the piano left at his house by an aunt – he reputedly hammered out a recognisable version of Erskine Hawkins’ current hit “Tuxedo Junction” at the age of two and by the following year was allegedly able to copy any music he heard on the radio. His nickname was bestowed about the same time when he developed a liking for sugar cubes, which his mother gave him to mollify him when he was upset, and he became her little “Sugar Chile”.

Wow, that was amazing indeed, such skill and talent at that age.

Do you happen to know what show this was from?

Wow is right
I loved watching his technique
his little hands making fists & what not

Odd was the beginning
although I don't know the context of the movie...
Little Richard says " I really need to go look for my Ole Man "
white guy says " Not now Later" [ after you entertain us white folk]
@ least that's how it came off to me...

never the less Little Richard is Awesome!

reply to post by Grey Magic


No I don't. I got it in an email, this is what that email said about it:

This is amazing to see. It's Richard Wayne Penniman (aka Little Richard) about fifteen years before "Tutti Frutti, oh, Rudy...." If you're familiar with early period Beatles, you'll know that McCartney was heavily influenced by Little Richard.

A-whop bop-a-lu bop a-whop bam boom

Here is some very rare footage of "Little Richard" as a child, when he was just starting out in the music biz' ... from some movie with Van Johnson ..

ETA: Just found this on the web in the comments section of this web page relhurg1.com...: I guess I have to edit my OP.. It's apparently Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson. That's the problem with email...

I just found the movie on IMDB! It’s a film from 1946 called “No Leave, No Love” starring Van Johnson, Patricia Kirkwood, and Keenan Wynn. The piano number that’s attributed to Little Richard is actually Frank”Sugar Chile” Robinson.

Originally posted by spoonbender
Wow is right

I loved watching his technique
his little hands making fists & what not

And ELBOW! He really was a natural...

Thank you for THAT!

Nice!