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How Little Richard helped launch the Beatles

  • Written by Clint Randles, Associate Professor of Music Education, University of South Florida
During their 1962 residency at Hamburg's Star-Club, the Beatles had the opportunity of a lifetime: opening for Little Richard. Horst Fascher/K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns via Getty Images

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