{"id":2684,"date":"2020-05-15T12:22:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:00:29","slug":"how-little-richard-helped-launch-the-beatles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=2684","title":{"rendered":"How Little Richard helped launch the Beatles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Girl Can\u2019t Help It<\/a>\u201d is a 1956 film by Frank Tashlin about a young woman, played by Jayne Mansfield, who dreams of being a star vocalist. Some consider it the first rock \u2018n\u2019 roll music video ever made<\/a>; built into the story line were full versions of song performances by Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent. But Little Richard\u2019s music was the star of the show \u2013 so much so that his song \u201cThe Girl Can\u2019t Help It\u201d became the movie\u2019s title.<\/p>\n

At a small Liverpool movie theater, a 14-year-old Paul McCartney watched the hit film, mesmerized by the energy, talent and charisma of Little Richard, who had a cameo performing \u201cReady Teddy.\u201d<\/p>\n