@retrosspection: Black History Month - Day 4 ✨ After Little Richard released “Tutti Frutti”, Specialty Records owner, Art Rupe, convinced him to sell the rights to the record for just $50. It sold 500,000 copies and Little Richard earned just $25,000 from it. In addition to that, he didn’t even receive royalties when his music was used in movies, sampled for commercials, or covered by other artists. Imagine what it meant for him to see white artists covering his amazing song, being promoted and played everywhere while he didn't receive a penny for it. “I was a dumb Black kid and my mama had 12 kids and my daddy was d3ad. I wanted to help them, so I took whatever was offered.” But Richard was repaid for his impact: Michael Jackson, who was very inspired by him, famously purchased the publishing rights to the Beatles catalog in 1985 for $47 million. The catalog included music by other artists, as well as Little Richard’s. So MJ offered him a lifetime job with his publishing company as a writer. Richard didn’t accept but soon regretted it. In the end, MJ opted to give Richard his publishing rights forever, for free. #littlerichard #tuttifrutti #rockknroll #rocknrollhistory #michaeljackson #happyblackhistorymonth #vintageblackglamour #vintagemusic #BlackMusic #50s #1950s #1960s#60s #blackexcellence #BlackHistory #50smusic #pioneer #blackpioneers #patboone #blackhistorymonth

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