Peaceful Journeys to Andre Harrell and Little Richard! Many Blessings 🙏 to the pioneers in Music, Film and Entertainment! Andre O’Neal Harrell (September 26, 1960 – May 8, 2020) was an American record executive, record producer, songwriter and rapper. Harrell was the founder of the record label, Uptown Records. Harrell also served as the president/CEO of Motown Records. He was the first half of the hip hop duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde. Harrell is perhaps most known as the man that turned Diddy into a music mogul. Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "Architect of Rock 'n' Roll", traveled in his early days with the legendary vaudeville star Spencer "Snake" Anthony. One of Richard's early bands had the young, then unknown singer James Brown (the Godfather of Soul), a fourteen-year-old keyboardist named Billy Preston, and the famous and legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. His first recording session took place at WGST in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; he was backed by a local band led by Billy Wright. This session produced a local hit called "Every Hour" which enjoyed heavy airplay on Atlanta's WERD radio station which was the first completely Black-owned radio station in the United States. #emz_inc #ironskillettv #ironskilletsportstv #ironskilletsportsradio #thesizzle219 #bhm #littlerichard #andreharrell https://www.instagram.com/p/CABB3jcAYEi/?igshid=5wwa8qzy84a
