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Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things

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Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1968
Recorded1968
GenreFunk
Length37:36
LabelKing
ProducerJames Brown
James Brown chronology
James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul
(1968)
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
(1968)
A Soulful Christmas
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

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 December 1968, by King Records, James Brown, who early in his career had opened shows for John, recorded a tribute album, Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things, a little more than a half year since the death of Little Willie John, a prominent R&B singer from the mid-1950s to the 1960s. Only Side One of the album is cover versions of Little Willie John songs. Side Two is all instrumentals. [1][3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Talk to Me, Talk to Me"Joe Seneca3:28
2."Suffering With the Blues"Lloyd Pemberton, Teddy Conyers3:06
3."Cottage for Sale" (featuring Members of The Dapps & New York Studio Orchestra)Larry Conley, Willard Robison3:29
4."Bill Bailey"Traditional2:44
5."Home at Last"Rudy Toombs4:49
6."Heart Break (It's Hurtin' Me)"Jon Thomas, Carlee Hoyle3:05
7."What Kind of Man"James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Eddie Setser, Troy Seals2:06
8."A Note Or Two, Pt. I"James Brown, Bud Hobgood3:08
9."I'll Lose My Mind"James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Bobby Byrd3:12
10."Fat Eddie"James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Ron Lenhoff2:37
11."You Gave My Heart a Song to Sing"James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Bobby Byrd2:48
12."A Note Or Two, Pt. II"James Brown, Bud Hobgood3:01

References

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  1. ^ a b Mark Deming. "Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things - James Brown". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "iTunes - Music - Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things by James Brown". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-07-13.