Little Richard: Great Gosh A'Mighty

THE FIRST SIGN appeared on a flight from Melbourne to Sydney in 1957. Little Richard was travelling up country as part of a touring bill alongside Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and the self-styled "female Elvis", Alis Lesley, when he saw the plane's engines glowing red hot. Convinced they were ablaze, the singer prayed, summoning a company of angels to help guide the aircraft safely back onto terra firma.