Little Willie John – The Sweet, The Hot, The Teenage Beat (Vinyl LP)

Description

*This is a Vinyl LP*

Release Date:  2019

Label:  Vinyl Passion

 

Track List

Side A

1. Now You Know
2. Drive Me Home
3. Flamingo
4. Every Beat Of My Heart
5. So Lovely
6. There Is Someone In This World For Me
7. Take My Love (I Want To Give It All To You)
8. Home At Last
9. Autumn Leaves
10. (I’ve Got) Spring Fever

Side B

1. Need Your Love So Bad
2. Rock Love
3. All Around The World
4. Letter From My Darling
5. Fever
6. Talk To Me, Talk To Me
7. Tell It Like It Is
8. Leave My Kitten Alone
9. Heartbreak (It’s Hurtin’ Me)
10. Sleep

 

Notes

Little Willie John was an American R&B singer who performed most successful in the mid-fifties. He had a string of R&B hits, including the original version of Need Your Love So Bad, (later Fleetwood Mac) and his million-seller Fever (later Peggy Lee). In The mid-fifties James Brown opened shows for John and even recorded a tribute album. The ‘Band’ guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson, mentioned John in the song Somewhere Down The Crazy River. Mark Lanegan wrote and recorded Like Little Willie John for his 2004 ‘Bubblegum’ album. Little Willie John died in prison (aged 30) and was posthumously inducted into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ in 1996.