Row 1: Neil Peart, Riley Gale, Martin Birch, Peter Green, Lee Kerslake. Row 2: Ken Hensley, Pete Way, McCoy Tyner, Billy Joe Shaver and Bill Withers. Row 3: Little Richard, Eddie Van Halen, Ennio Morricone, Andy Gill and John Prine. Row 4: Florian Schneider, Fredderick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, Adam Schlesinger, Bones Hillman and…

Little Richard poses for a portrait in circa 1957. Photo: Michael Ochs. Little Richard will forever be responsible for my daughter’s name. The same could be partially said for Charles Schulz, Lucille Ball’s parents and the person who named my grandmother’s cousin—who, not coincidentally—was terribly nice to me when…