. . "1935-01-14Z"^^ . . . "Charles Connor (born January 14, 1935, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) is an American drummer, best known as a member of Little Richard's band. Richard's shout of \"a-wop bop-a loo-mop, a-lop bam-boom\" at the beginning of \"Tutti Frutti\" is said to be a reference to Connor's drum rhythms. James Brown described Little Richard's and his band, with Connor as the drummer, as \"the first to put funk into the rhythm.\""@en . . "Connor, Charles"@en . . . "Drummer" . . "1935Z"^^ . "Charles Connor"@en . . . . . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" . . "1950Z"^^ . .