Little Richard Children: Meet Danny Jones Penniman

Little Richard was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. He was the father of Danny Jones Penniman.

Little Richard and his then wife Ernestina adopted their Danny Jones, a one-year-old from a church associate.

In an interview with Rolling Stone,  Danny revealed that after his biological father died, his mother had asked Richard to take him in.  “He would never say anything to me about whatever I was doing. He would just always encourage me,” he told Rolling Stone.

“I had six sisters and three brothers, living in a poor neighborhood, doing whatever. My mom asked him: Could he take care of me? Because she didn’t she want me turning out like the rest of my -sisters and brothers, and he agreed to it.”

Richard became close to Danny’s biological mother Creola Jones in the 1980s, after giving up his rock and roll lifestyle to devote himself to the church.

According to a June 2020 Rolling Stone story, the singer became acquainted with Creola and her family through attending masses in Los Angeles. Danny continued to live and work with Richard in Tennessee until his death in 2020.