Bob Dylan pays moving tribute to Little Richard: ‘He was my shining star’

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bob Dylan has paid moving tribute to rock’n’roll pioneer Little Richard, who died on Saturday aged 87. The singer-songwriter issued a poignant statement via his Twitter account: “I just heard the news about Little Richard and I’m so grieved,” he wrote. He would say, ‘I taught Paul everything he knows’.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up While Mick Jagger wrote: “He was the biggest inspiration of my early teens and his music still has the same raw electric energy when you play it now as it did when it first shot through the music scene in the mid-Fifties. Goosebumps, electricity and joy came from every pore.” Read The Independent’s tribute to Little Richard by critic Mark Beaumont here.