R&B Soul Music Jukebox Discography and Biography of Little Willie John
Little Willie John Songs

(with biography below if available)

William Edward "Little Willie" John (November 15, 1937 - May 26, 1968) was an American rock 'n' roll and R&B singer who performed in the 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his successes on the record charts, with songs such as "All Around the World" (1955), "Need Your Love So Bad" (1956), and "Fever" (1956). An important figure in R&B music of the 1950s, John was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

Below is a list of Little Willie John songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: King 4935
chart position: RandB #1, US #24
written by: Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport)
album: Fever
Little Willie John Fever
1956 King
2 record label: King 5356
chart position: RandB #6, US #38
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Jon Thomas
album: Sure Things
Little Willie John Heartbreak (It's Hurtin' Me)
1960 King
3 record label: King 45 5799
chart position: RandB #11, US #100
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Sonny Thompson
album: In Action
comments: [ballad]
Little Willie John Let Them Talk
1960 King
4 record label: King 5516
chart position: RandB #5, US #87
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Mertis John
Little Willie John Take My Love (I Want to Give It All to You)
1961 King
5 record label: King 45 5394
chart position: RandB #10, US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Earl Burnett & Adam Geibel
album: Sure Things
Little Willie John Sleep
1960 King
6 record label: King 5108
chart position: RandB #5, US #20
written by: Joe Seneca
album: Talk to Me
Little Willie John Talk to Me, Talk to Me
1958 King
7 record label: King 4841
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Mertis John (as Mertis John Jr.)
album: Fever
comments: [blues soul]
Little Willie John Need Your Love So Bad
1956 King
8 record label: King 4841
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Rudy Toombs
comments: [blues soul] [b side to Need Your Love So Bad]
Little Willie John Home at Last
1956 King
9 record label: King 5142
chart position: RandB #14, US #66
written by: Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh
album: Mister Little Willie John
comments: [ballad]
Little Willie John You're a Sweetheart
1958 King
10 record label: King 4935
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Charles Singleton and Rose Marie McCoy
comments: [B side to Fever]
Little Willie John Letter from My Darling
1956 King
11 record label: King 5147
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Titus Turner
album: Talk To Me
comments: [soul blues]
Little Willie John Tell It Like It Is
1958 King
12 record label: King 4960
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Billy Ward and Rose Marks
Little Willie John Do Something for Me
1956 King
13 record label: King 5428
chart position: RandB #21, US #48
written by: Little Willie John and Darryl John
Little Willie John Walk Slow
1960 King
14 record label: King 5503
chart position: RandB #17
written by: Edmund Anderson and Ted Grouya (as Theodor Grouya)
Little Willie John Flamingo
1961 King
15 record label: King 5452
chart position: US #60
written by: Little Willie John , James "Jay" McDougal and Titus Turner
Little Willie John Leave My Kitten Alone
1961 King
16 record label: King 5458
chart position: US #61
written by: Ray Noble
Little Willie John The Very Thought of You
1961 King
17 record label: King 5342
chart position: US #63
written by: Larry Conley and Willard Robison
Little Willie John Cottage for Sale
1960 King
18 record label: King 5170
chart position: Cashbox RandB #25
written by: Otis Blackwell
album: In Action
Little Willie John No Regrets
1959 King
19 record label: King 5516
chart position: US #93
written by: Shirley Wolfe and Sy Soloway
Little Willie John Now You Know
1961 King
20 record label: King 5219
chart position: US #108
written by: Henry Glover and Rudy Toombs
Little Willie John Let Nobody Love You
1957 King
-- record label: Vendella\'s 101
written by: J. Brown, L. Schuman
comments: [deep soul]
Little Willie Johnson Darling Let's Love
1969 Vendella\'s
-- record label: PJ Records 1002
written by: Willie Johnson
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Little Willie Johnson My Heart Is Yours
1966 PJ Records




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