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Personnel includes: Lil Greenwood (vocals); Little Willie Littlefield (piano); The Johnny Otis Band, Roy Milton's Solid Senders.Recorded between 1950 & 1953. Includes liner notes by Opal Nations.Liner Note Author: Opal Nations.This 22-track compilation neatly gathers everything Lil Greenwood recorded for Modern and
On the first session, for example, the Four Jacks are in attendance to give a nice group feel to My Last Hour and to Little Willie Littlefield's duet with Lil on Monday Morning Blues. Similar combinations followed, and from the second session Thurston Harris and The Lamplighters are to be heard in good form on I'm Crying' and I'll Go.
Bihari signed Littlefield to a deal that spanned around three years and yielded around fifty masters, including some of the best "boogies, blues and bounce" of the period. Little Willie Littlefield soon showed that he was much more than merely a Milburn clone, and his recordings prove time and time again that he has as much right to the title "R&B Legend".
Best known for her work with Ellington, Greenwood recorded these tracks for Modern Records & Federal Records between 1950 & 1953. The Modern tracks were backed by Roy Milton's Solid Senders, while backing on the Federal cuts come from Little Willie Littlefield & the Johnny Otis Band, among others. 22 tracks. Ace Records. 2002.
Complete song listing of Little Willie Littlefield on OLDIES.com ... Just Walking in the Rain ; 11. Singing the Blues ; 12. I Just Wanna Make Love to You ; 13. Skinnie Minnie ; 14. Red Sails in the Sunset ; 15. I Gotta Know ; 16. Suzie Q ; 17. Honest I D ...
On The Blues Side. Rhythm & Blues. Chuck Berry. CD £11.70. Going Back To Kay Cee. Rhythm & Blues. Little Willie Littlefield. CD £11.70. The Sound Of The R&B Hits. Rhythm & Blues. Various Artists (Motown) CD £13.12. Cow Town Blues. Rhythm & Blues. Floyd Dixon. CD £11.70. At Last (MP3) Rhythm & Blues. Blue Rhythm Boys. MP3 £7.99. Kent, Los ...
Vocally Littlefield was very similar to fellow Texas rock pianist Amos Milburn, using a disarmingly lethargic delivery with a warm mellow tone to convey an enormous amount of soul in his singing. Despite writing most of his own material Littlefield was an early recipient of some of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller’s compositions when they were just starting out, including the original version of ...
