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    • Dec 5, 1932
    R&B singer Richard Penniman is born in Macon, Georgia. As Little Richard, he gains a Country Music Association nomination after appearing on the 1994 album "Rhythm Country & Blues." Two of his songs are remade in country: "Slippin' And Slidin'," by Billy "Crash" Craddock; and "Lucille," by Waylon Jennings
    Oct 16, 1951
    Little Richard holds his first recording session, at WGST Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. He goes on to write two songs that become country hits: Waylon Jennings' "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Slippin' And Slidin'"
    Jun 5, 1952
    A grand jury in Macon, Georgia, indicts Frank Tanner for the murder of Bud Penniman, the father of Little Richard, in February. The case is later dismissed. Little Richard writes the country hit "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"
    Sep 13, 1955
    R&B singer Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti" in the J&M Studio in New Orleans. The song will be referenced in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' 1972 country single "Do You Remember These"
    Feb 10, 1956
    Little Richard records "Slippin' And Slidin'" at J&M Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana. The song becomes a rock 'n' roll standard, and earns a new country treatment in 1973 from Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Oct 16, 1956
    Little Richard records the R&B hit "Send Me Some Lovin'" at J&M Studio in New Orleans. Hank Williams Jr. & Lois Johnson will earn a country hit by remaking the song 15 years later
    Dec 19, 1956
    Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" is one of 14 musical performances in the Jayne Mansfield movie "The Girl Can't Help It," which debuts in theaters. Also performing: Eddie Cochran, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bobby Troup and The Platters
    Jan 16, 1957
    Little Richard records the R&B hit "Lucille" in Washington, D.C. Twenty-six years later, Waylon Jennings records a country version of the song
    Sep 24, 1957
    The Alan Freed biopic "Mister Rock & Roll" premieres at the Paramount Theater in New York City. Listed as a co-writer of the future Forester Sisters hit "Sincerely," Freed appears on-screen, as do Little Richard, Clyde McPhatter and Frankie Lymon
    Oct 12, 1957
    During a show in Sydney, Australia, Little Richard announces he's quitting rock & roll, saying "God doesn't like it." The decision comes just months after he recorded "Lucille," a future Waylon Jennings hit
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