Home Little Richard poses for an early portrait circa 1952 in Atlanta, Georga. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images) Little Richard poses for an early portrait circa 1952 in Atlanta, Georga. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

Little Richard poses for an early portrait circa 1952 in Atlanta, Georga. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

ATLANTA – CIRCA 1952: Little Richard poses for an early portrait circa 1952 in Atlanta, Georga. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

Little Richard poses for a studio portrait, wearing a cloak and having his hand kissed by a man in a guardsman’s uniform, USA, 1965. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns)