Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
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| Released | November 1968 | |||
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| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 37:36 | |||
| Label | King 1038 | |||
| Producer | James Brown | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [4] |
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things is the 21st studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in November 1968, by King Records.
Early in his career, Brown had opened shows for Little Willie John,[1] a prominent R&B singer from the mid-1950s to the 1960s perhaps most well-known for the song "Fever". Brown recorded Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things a little more than a half-year after John's death. Side One of the album consists of cover versions of Little Willie John songs. Side Two is all instrumentals.[3][5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Talk to Me, Talk to Me" | Joe Seneca | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Suffering With the Blues" | Lloyd Pemberton, Teddy Conyers | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Cottage for Sale" (featuring Members of The Dapps & New York Studio Orchestra) | Larry Conley, Willard Robison | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Bill Bailey" | Hughie Cannon | 2:44 |
| 5. | "Home at Last" | Rudy Toombs | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Heart Break (It's Hurtin' Me)" | Jon Thomas, Carlee Hoyle | 3:05 |
| 7. | "What Kind of Man" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Eddie Setser, Troy Seals | 2:06 |
| 8. | "A Note Or Two, Pt. I" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood | 3:08 |
| 9. | "I'll Lose My Mind" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Bobby Byrd | 3:12 |
| 10. | "Fat Eddie" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Ron Lenhoff | 2:37 |
| 11. | "You Gave My Heart a Song to Sing" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Bobby Byrd | 2:48 |
| 12. | "A Note Or Two, Pt. II" | James Brown, Bud Hobgood | 3:01 |
Personnel (side one)
- James Brown – lead vocals
- Johnny Grimes – trumpet
- Waymon Reed – trumpet
- Les Asch – tenor saxophone
- David Parkinson – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis – organ
- Wallace Richardson – guitar
- Al Lucas – bass
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie – drums
References
- ^ a b c White, Cliff; Weinger, Harry (1990). Messing With The Blues. Polydor. pp. 7 & 12.
- ^ a b Leeds, Alan (October 2007). The Singles, Volume 5: 1967–1969 (published February 29, 2008). pp. 13–22.
- ^ a b Mark Deming. "Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "James Brown". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 109. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things by James Brown". iTunes. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.