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, 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.
Track listing
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 Wally Richardson – guitar Al Lucas – bass Bernard Purdie – drums
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