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Little Willie Littlefield

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Willie Littlefield, Jr., billed as Little Willie Littlefield (September 16, 1931 – June 23, 2013), was an American R&B and boogie-woogie pianist and singer whose early recordings "formed a vital link between boogie-woogie and rock and roll". [1]

58 relations: Ace Records (United Kingdom), Acetate disc, Al "Cake" Wichard, Aladdin Records, Albert Ammons, AllMusic, Amos Milburn, Bihari brothers, Billboard charts, Boogie-woogie, Burnley, Carlton Publishing Group, Castor, Cambridgeshire, Charles Brown (musician), Chicago Blues Festival, Discogs, Don Wilkerson, Dorset, El Campo, Texas, Ella Mae Morse, EPM Musique, Fats Domino, Federal Records, Flame Tree Publishing, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Houseparty (Little Willie Littlefield album), I'm in the Mood (album), Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Joel Whitburn, Jump blues, Kansas City (Leiber and Stoller song), King Records (United States), List of blues musicians, List of boogie woogie musicians, List of jump blues musicians, List of West Coast blues musicians, Maxwell Davis, Modern Records, New Orleans rhythm and blues, Oldie Blues, Peterborough, Pianist, Rate Your Music, Record producer, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, San Francisco Blues Festival, Singalong with Little Willie Littlefield, Singing, ..., Sturminster Newton, The Blacksmith Blues, The Red One (album), The Washington Post, Voorthuizen, West Coast blues, Wilbert Harrison, Yellow Boogie & Blues. Expand index (8 more) »

Ace Records (United Kingdom)

Ace Records Ltd. was started in 1978.

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Acetate disc

An acetate disc is a type of phonograph (gramophone) record, a mechanical sound storage medium, widely used from the 1930s to the late 1950s for recording and broadcast purposes and still in limited use today.

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Al "Cake" Wichard

Al "Cake" Wichard (born Albert C. Wichard, August 15, 1918 or 1919 — November 14, 1959) was an American blues and jazz drummer, especially active as a recording artist in the late 1940s.

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Aladdin Records

Aladdin Records was a record company and label founded in Los Angeles in 1945 by brothers Eddie and Leo Mesner.

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Albert Ammons

Albert Clifton Ammons (March 1, 1907 – December 3, 1949) was an American pianist and player of boogie-woogie, a bluesy jazz style popular from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Amos Milburn

Joseph Amos Milburn, Jr. (April 1, 1927 – January 3, 1980) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Bihari brothers

The Bihari brothers, Lester, Jules, Saul and Joe, were American businessmen of Hungarian Jewish origins.

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Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of singles or albums in the United States and elsewhere.

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Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie is a musical genre that became popular during the late 1920s, but developed in African-American communities in the 1870s.

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Burnley

Burnley is a market town in Lancashire, England, with a population of 73,021.

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Carlton Publishing Group

Carlton Publishing Group is a London-based book publisher of illustrated reference, biography, leisure and entertainment books.

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Castor, Cambridgeshire

Castor is a village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough unitary authority, about west of the city centre.

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Charles Brown (musician)

Tony Russell "Charles" Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999) was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced blues performance in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Chicago Blues Festival

The Chicago Blues Festival is an annual event held in June, that features three days of performances by top-tier blues musicians, both old favorites and the up-and-coming.

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Discogs

Discogs (short for discographies) is a website and crowdsourced database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases.

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Don Wilkerson

Don Wilkerson (c. 1932 – 18 July 1986) was an American soul jazz / R&B tenor saxophonist born in Moreauville, Louisiana, probably better known for his Blue Note Records recordings in the 1960s as bandleader with guitarist Grant Green.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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El Campo, Texas

Veterans Memorial at American Legion center in El Campo.

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Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse (September 12, 1924 – October 16, 1999) was an American popular singer.

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EPM Musique

EPM Musique is a French record label that was created in 1986 by François Dacla, former president of RCA France.

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Fats Domino

Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017) was an American pianist and singer-songwriter.

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Federal Records

Federal Records was an American record label founded in 1950 as a subsidiary of Syd Nathan's King Records and based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Flame Tree Publishing

Flame Tree Publishing is an independent publisher of books, calendars and other stationery items, based in Fulham, London, United Kingdom.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Houseparty (Little Willie Littlefield album)

Houseparty is a studio album by American R&B and boogie-woogie pianist and vocalist Little Willie Littlefield.

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I'm in the Mood (album)

I'm in the Mood is a studio album by American R&B and Boogie-woogie pianist and vocalist Little Willie Littlefield.

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Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Lyricist Jerome "Jerry" Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Mike Stoller (born Michael Stoller; March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners.

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Joel Whitburn

Joel Carver Whitburn (born November 29, 1939) is an American author and music historian.

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Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo style of blues, usually played by small groups and featuring saxophone or brass instruments.

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Kansas City (Leiber and Stoller song)

"Kansas City" is a rhythm and blues song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1952.

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King Records (United States)

King Records was an American leading independent record company and label founded in 1943 by Syd Nathan in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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List of blues musicians

Performers in the blues style range from primitive, one-chord Delta players to big bands to country music to rock and roll to classical music.

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List of boogie woogie musicians

Among the many boogie-woogie musicians are not only blues players, but rock and roll, and country musicians as well, and at least one classical musician.

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List of jump blues musicians

The following is a list of jump blues musicians.

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List of West Coast blues musicians

The following is a list of West Coast blues musicians.

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Maxwell Davis

Thomas Maxwell Davis, Jr. (January 14, 1916 – September 18, 1970), known as Maxwell Davis, was an American R&B saxophonist, arranger and record producer.

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Modern Records

Modern Music was an American record company and label formed in 1945 in Los Angeles by the Bihari brothers.

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New Orleans rhythm and blues

New Orleans Rhythm and Blues is a style of R&B that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana and was most popular between the years of 1948-1955, serving as a precursor to Rock & Roll and strongly influencing Ska.

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Oldie Blues

Oldie Blues was a Dutch record label founded and owned by Martin van Olderen.

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Peterborough

Peterborough is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of 183,631 in 2011.

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Pianist

A pianist is an individual musician who plays the piano.

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Rate Your Music

Rate Your Music (or RYM) is an online collaborative metadata database of musical and non-musical releases and films which can be catalogued, rated and reviewed by users.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rock and roll

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.

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Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône

Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France.

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San Francisco Blues Festival

Debuting in 1973, the San Francisco Blues Festival is the longest running blues festival in the United States.

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Singalong with Little Willie Littlefield

Singalong with Little Willie Littlefield is a studio album by American R&B and Boogie-woogie pianist and vocalist Little Willie Littlefield.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England.

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The Blacksmith Blues

"The Blacksmith Blues" is a song which was written for Ella Mae Morse by Jack Holmes.

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The Red One (album)

The Red One is a studio album by American R&B and Boogie-woogie pianist and vocalist Little Willie Littlefield.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Voorthuizen

Voorthuizen (Dutch Low Saxon: Voorthuzen) is a village in the municipality of Barneveld, in the Dutch province of Gelderland.

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West Coast blues

The West Coast blues is a type of blues influenced by jazz and jump blues, with strong piano-dominated sounds and jazzy guitar solos, which originated from Texas blues players who relocated to California in the 1940s.

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Wilbert Harrison

Wilbert Huntington Harrison (January 5, 1929 – October 26, 1994) was an American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player.

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Yellow Boogie & Blues

Yellow Boogie & Blues is a studio album by American R&B and Boogie-woogie pianist and vocalist Little Willie Littlefield.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_Littlefield

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