In Richmond, California, late 1970's, minister Richard Penniman warned his congregation of the evils of rock and roll music. This was very strange, since he was one of the biggest rock and roll stars of the 1950's. Who was he?

The minister preaching against the "devil's music" was Richard Wayne Penniman, better known to the world as Little Richard. The situation was deeply ironic, as Penniman wasn't just a star of the genre; he was one of its primary architects. His explosive, piano-pounding performances and foundational hits like "Tutti Frutti" and "Good Golly, Miss Molly" in the 1950s helped create the very sound he was now condemning from the pulpit.

This 1970s period as a minister was part of a lifelong struggle for the artist. Little Richard was constantly torn between his deeply held religious beliefs and the flamboyant, hedonistic lifestyle of a rock and roll superstar. He had famously quit music at the peak of his fame in 1957 to become a preacher, viewing a near-disaster on tour as a sign from God. Throughout his life, he would cycle between