Little Richard on discovering The Beatles -- Dick Cavett, 1970
by Mark Frauenfelder from on (#54AJF)
Little Richard and Dick Cavett have a wonderful conversation in this 1970 episode of Cavett's show. About three minutes in, Little Richard talks about how he "gave The Beatles their start in 1962," when he took them on tour, but this fact was not reported because Little Richard is Jewish. (Interestingly, JTA wrote that Little Richard was "fascinated with Judaism for decades - so much so that he might have even observed Shabbat.")
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