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  • Little Willie John
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  • American rock singers
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
  • 1968 deaths
  • 20th-century American singers
  • Musicians from Detroit, Michigan
  • African-American male singers
  • American soul singers
  • 1937 births
  • King Records artists
  • People from Ouachita County, Arkansas
abstract
  • R&B singer, born 15 November 1937 in Cullendale, Arkansas, died 26 May 1968 in Walla Walla, Washington.During his short career Willie had many hits, from 1956's Fever to 1961's Take My Love (I Want To Give It All To You). He was signed to King Records (3) his whole career and headlined at New York City's Apollo Theater alongside James Brown many times.He went to prison after stabbing a man at his own engagement party in Seattle and eventually died in Washington State Prison of pneumonia in 1968 (although the report of death states it was a heart attack). James Brown managed to get Willie out on parole two years before he died, but he had to go back in again after crossing the state line to Los Angeles thus violating the parole regulations. James Brown eventually recorded a tribute album to him: Thinking Of Little Willie John... And A Few Other Nice Things. Little Willie John was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1996.Brother of Mable John and Mertis John.
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  • William Edward John (November 15, 1937 - May 26, 1968), better known by his stage name Little Willie John (sometimes abbreviated LWJ), was an American Rock and Roll, and R&B singer who performed in the 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his popular music chart successes with songs such as, %22All Around the World%22 (1955), %22Need Your Love So Bad%22 (1956) and %22Fever%22 the same year, the latter covered in 1958 by Peggy Lee. An important figure in early R&B music, Little Willie John was a 1996 Inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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  • 1937-11-15
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  • 1968-05-26
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  • Little Willie John
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  • King Records
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  • R&B
  • Doo-wop
  • Soul
  • Rock 'N' Roll
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