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Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, was one of the seminal figures in the history of rock 'n' roll music, known for signature songs such as Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally that featured his charismatic showmanship and dynamic music, characterized by frenetic piano playing, pounding back beat and raspy shouted vocals. A black-and-white video clip widely circulated on Facebook purports to show a preternaturally talented 10-year-old Richard playing and singing an intricate boogie-woogie piano piece for a couple of uniformed soldiers and a woman: Although Richard Penniman was undeniably musically talented as a youngster, he is not the child seen in this clip. This video is an excerpt from the 1946 post-war film No Leave, No Love, starring Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn, and Pat Kirkwood, and the piano-playing wunderkind featured in the movie is Frank Sugar Chile Robinson: In fact, Robinson was just seven years old when he appeared in No Leave, No Love. Here's a better and more complete version of his sequence in that film, playing a popular piece of the time known as Caldonia (or Caldonia Boogie):
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