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The Turbulent Career Of Little Willie John

Bill Millar, History of Rock, The, 1982

Little Willie John brought soul to blues balladry and helped to change the whole direction of black popular music. Born William Edward John in Camden, Arkansas, on 15 November 1937, he grew up in a Detroit household with four brothers and two sisters.

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