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Little Willie John book: "FEVER" interview Fox 2 Detroit
Susan Whitall and Kevin John talk about Little Willie John book: "FEVER" and upcoming Book Event at the Southfield Public Library
Fox 2 News Weekend with Jay Towers
Fox 2 News Weekend with Jay Towers
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FEVER: Little Willie John's Fast Life, Mysterious Death, & The Birth Of Soul
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"Little Willie John is the soul singer's soul singer." Marvin Gaye "My mother told me, if you call yourself 'Little' Stevie Wonder, you'd better be as good as Little Willie John." Stevie Wonder Little Willie John was induced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. Before Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, The Temptations, Levi Stubbs and The Four Tops and The Supremes there was John. He is best k...
Little Willie John - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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STEVIE WONDER Inducts LITTLE WILLIE JOHN into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Keith John (son) and Darlynn John (widow) accept the award. January 17, 1996 ... Check out the new Little Willie John book: "FEVER" www.amazon.com/Fever-Little-Strange-Authorized-Biography/dp/0857681370
Jack White of The White Stripes, covered his song "I'm Shakin".
YES!
All throughout this interview I kept thinking awwww Kevin looks just like his father , May his soul rest in peace! In my young age , listening to little Willie John gives me goosebumps and stirs my soul …that’s a gift from God and you both represent your father so honorably ❤Keith has a powerful voice too def enjoyed his music in the spike Lee films !!
Thanks for the positive comment! 👍
@@kjohn0258 you are welcome !!
Just know that Little Willie John sang the song Fever, yet he did not write the song. Otis Blackwell and Eddie Cooley wrote the song FEVER!! I know Eddie Cooley personally. A very good man, kind and full of wisdom. He passed away on his birthday April 15, 2020.
Is this the Keith John who worked with Stevie on the song, I Can Only Be Me, from School Daze?🤔🤔🤔🤔🎵🎼🎶🎼
Resume the body and conduct an autopsy.
No documentary about him???
Keith John is one of Stevie Wonder’s longtime Great Backup Singers!🙏🏾❤️💐🎤🎼
Wow…and Keith John is the one that sings in the movie School Daze…I can only be me
I don't like the way she wouldn't let his son's talk
I only heard about him after watching ashleysaysso
If you really want to get the full (ACCURATE ) Story check out the book -- Available on Amazon.com
Never heard of him before today after watching Ashleysaysso video but its heartwarming to see his sons advocate for their father all the years after his transition. God bless.
First question asked was the same thing I wanted to know. Why is she in the middle of this?
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I'm shaking is one of the best soul songs ive ever heard. Thankyou for recording it sir.
We have a black musician walk of fame and I don't think little willie john is mentioned. We need to change that.
What's involved?
Little Willie John's " A Cottage for Sale" is BEAUTIFUL!! That song made me a fan of his. LWJ is one of the greatest vocalists that lived in this life. Interesting interview! I definitely want to read this book on his life.❤️🎤🎶
@nataliebrownbrown3992 ...Billy Eckstine's version of "A Cottage For Sale" was a huge hit in the 'forties.
Great interview.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Rip. Great artist
A group from Wilmington Delaware, Teddy and the Continentals that people don't know that
Never heard of him growing up
Before the Video era ... listen to his music on youtube and then check out the book (Amazon.com)
I've got the book. Willie John is to me the closest thing to the voice of God! Great, Great performer and singer. Here's one his classics I play regularly... th-cam.com/video/GTUQ9M2BR6w/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the positive comment
My favorite song of Little Willie John is " Talk to me, Talk to me ".
Heard Willie before, but usually on compilations of the era and genre(s), but today I LISTENED! I now definitely have him in the top notch level of legends. I was very impressed with this album, and will certainly find the whole collection. Little Richard, Solomon Burke, Ray Charles, and ALL names - Sam Cooke, of course. Willie was as good. Thanks to the interviewees here, but huge thanks to Willie......
Thanks for the nice reply! 😉
Capt.Garrity ,a serious racist,and Captain of the midnight shift,beat the shit outta Willie and left him to die of a fractured skull. If an autopsy is done today it will reveal visible injuries to the skull !
Have y'all. Have a movie or TV series on your father kevin
Little Richard referenced Little Willy John in his autobiography movie
Understood. Yet, it's still incorrect! Little Willie John is correct. Check out the Biography Fever ... Little Willie John, the Record: Label "KING" Records and other sources. I know that I am correct, since, he was my father.
Mysterious death? He had a heart attack. What’s so mysterious about that?
Read the book! The circumstances are what the book mentioned ...
calm down lady...listen to the early songs by James Brown on Federal records..James could croon. Little Willie couldn't sing with the POWER that James sang with. Don't make fun of James dancing and his stage show...if Willie could have had a stage show like James he would have been much bigger. Little Willie John was a bad man, but you must give James his respect.
you're not very knowledgeable about the facts! But, I won't hold that against you. Research what their contemporaries have to say on the subject! 😉
Research Willie's career he COULD dance and move with the best of them! There's not available video! His voice spoke volumes! He could mesmerize his listeners! The artists of his era would mentioned this (BB King, Joe Tex, Sam and Dave, Johnnie Taylor and even James Brown himself ... )
I've been a fan of soul music for so long (relatively speaking, since I'm only 27 years old) and I only discovered Little Willie John thanks to the spotify algorithm like a year ago, when it suggested me to listen to "I Need Your Love So Bad". Since then, I'm in love with LWJ and I can't stop. It really makes me kinda angry that he is not more world famous for being the legend that he is. No one I know ever heard of him either... Especially here in Germany. But I'm over here fangirling over him and singing my favourite songs of his every day, pining over his voice and his beautiful smile on the photographs... wanting to know everything there is to know about this special artist. Thank you for uploading this! I have ordered the book too and can't wait for it to arrive! What I wouldnt give to have been alive in a time and place where I could have been more in touch with the soul music community, to go to an event where LWJ might have performed.. It would make my life complete
Thank you soo much for your positive, comments about my father's music! PLEASE ... let me know what you think after you've had a chance to read the book! Thanks, again!
@@feverwilliejohn2453 So nice of you to reply to my comment! Thank you! Wow you are Little Willie Johns son, which one are you? Amazing!! I love that you're (still) actively strengthening his legacy. When I read on his life on wikipedia, I was shocked by how suddenly his life took such a tragic turn and I also felt sick in my stomach sensing the injustice, I thought to myself that Little Willie John couldnt have been guilty. And I dont like how the media makes it look like he is. I feel like through his music one can tell that he was a good soul, I mean he clearly put his heart into his singing, enabling us to feel his heart through listening to his voice. I'm glad that there is a book where I can read all about him. I'll definitely let you know what I think and I would be delighted to have a chat about him and his music with someone who appreciates. I already can't stop talking about him but no one really understands. Where can I sign up for a fanclub? I feel pretty alone here with my love for LWJ. How can we make him more well known? I can't even pick a song of his at the Karaoke Bar!! :( :( Why is there no movie, no documentary, no TV stuff about him... It's just not right
@@Snufaay Once you've read the book you'll get many of your questions answered. We still hope that one day, there will be a Biopic or at least a high quality documentary.
@@feverwilliejohn2453 Thank you! I hope it will happen. In any case I already know I'll still be telling my grandchildren about Little Willie John
Wonder what you think about Peggy Lee's version of Fever?
While I have my personal thoughts, to make sure that my comments are not viewed as unbiased, I'd like to sure what Johnny Otis said about LWJ and FEVER during the 1996 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame introduction of LWJ ... He mentioned that many artists have recorded Fever, But ... "The definitive Version is Little Willie John's" The Little Willie John version is the "ORIGINAL" People copy and imitate things ... but the Original is just that! These are my thoughts! Thanks for asking.
What style, grace and lovingly standing together!
Keith John is very good. his voice is similar to his father's. little williams john
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Keith John is very good. his voice is similar to his father's. little williams john.
Worse interviewer ever!!
Such handsome sons and this was a phenomenal interview with many facts about Little Willie John that I never knew.🎼🖤
Glad you enjoyed the interview!
Little Willie John sits up there in Soul Heaven beside Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Clyde McPhatter, Little Jimmy Scott, Frankie Lymon and other legends as one of the greatest voices in American music history. The fact that he only lived 30 years, yet has left such an amazing impression on all who were blessed to hear his angelic voice, is a testament to his greatness as an artist. I am so happy to have been exposed to Little Willie and I play his records all the time, and love all that he sang, Let Them Talk, Talk to Me, Tell it Like it IS, Need Your Love so Bad and so many more! Little Willie John lives on!!
Thank you soo much for your kind words!
My mother is 88. When I was a little child I remember her playing his records over and over. She still listens to them all these years later and so do I. We all love the music of our youth. Wonderful music.
RIP PHILLIP PAUL
I've said it before had Little Willie John lived he would have been the greatest R&B singer ever such a wast of life and talent very sad
Thank you for your favorable review! :)
No one has ever been able to out sing, Little Willie John. His voice still resenates in my mind. I had the privilege of meeting him at the Apollo Theater and he was a perfect gentleman. He was a free spirit, a genius and very much misunderstood for his time. He was the best and always will be. Frankie Lemon and Ronnie Dyson come to mind immediately.
In behalf of the John family, I'd like to Thank You so much for your kind words about my father! :)
I agree
I agree Joyce although I am guessing you meant to say Frankie Lymon, not Lemon.
I definitely meant Frankie Lymon, thank you for catching the typo.
@@joycevanhook3049 Thanks Joyce and you may not know this ( I did not know this at first either), but you are able to edit your first comment (or any comment or reply you post on TH-cam) by clicking on the three little dots at the upper right side of your comment and correcting the typo or to make any other changes you want.
Interviewer interrupts too much. Check out Peter Guralnick's outstanding biography, 'Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke'. The book has a lot of information about Little Willie John's performance career.
Actually, the interviewer is very good! He's won many awards for his work! The time he had was limited and he wanted to cover as much as possibly! I just wish he had more time! Doing the interview was a lot of fun! :)
Stevie!
So what really happened to Little Willie J o h n?
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LWJ, What a voice! What a talent! I remember seeing this great singer at the Royal Theatre in my hometown of Baltimore in the early sixties. It was one of the first R&R shows I had ever attended. I'll never forget that at the end of his show his son joined him on stage. The kid must have been about 4 or 5 years old.
Wish we had the video footage! It appears to lost forever!!! Thanks for posting your comment! (Son of LWJ! :) )
What an Incredible Artist! So happy he was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Thanks for the positive comment!
This would make a absolutely wonderful tv series. Can’t understand why we haven’t see it already Loved the song you’re a sweetheart most b
His son gives me gay vibes smh lol
Stop hating with the WRONG Vibes!
Little Willie John should be more created what he deserve.
Thank you for this upload! I still have and Cherish my Signed by Little Williw John 45" of I'm Shakin' my brother got in Detroit and later gave me as a birthday Present. Wish he were still here performing. Thank you so much to his sons, Gentlemen both. Carrying on their fathers' legacy & letting the world know just how great LWJ was and how much music and listners should thank him!
You are more than welcome! Thanks for your nice comments. I'm Shakin' is one of my favorites too! If you have not already, please check out the book, available on Amazon.com www.amazon.com/Fever-Little-Willie-Mysterious-Death-ebook/dp/B004ZZNNOG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Why did none of them mention Harry Balk? Balk was an early music promoter starting in the mid 50”s in Detroit and eventually became an exec at Motown Records. It was Harry Balk who discovered Little Willie John, signed him to a multi-year management contract and landed him his first record contract with King Records. I hope they at least mention this in their book.
This was a limited TV interview. Harry Balk was interviewed early on for the book. He is mentioned prominently throughout the book and there are photos of him in the book! In fact, there is a photo in the book from April 2006. Harry Balk is pictured with Willie's widow, Darlynn, and his sons, Kevin and Keith.