Just a Little Bit (Rosco Gordon song)
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| "Just a Little Bit" | ||||
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| Single by Rosco Gordon | ||||
| B-side | "Goin' Home" | |||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | 1959 | |||
| Genre | Blues, R&B | |||
| Length | 2:05 | |||
| Label | Vee-Jay | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Disputed | |||
| Rosco Gordon singles chronology | ||||
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"Just a Little Bit" is an R&B-style blues song recorded by Rosco Gordon in 1959. It was a hit in both the R&B and pop charts. Called "one of the standards of contemporary blues,"[1] "Just a Little Bit" has been recorded by various other artists, including Little Milton and Roy Head, who also had record chart successes with the song.
"Just a Little Bit" was developed when Rosco Gordon was touring with West Coast blues artist Jimmy McCracklin. According to Gordon, McCracklin started to write the song and agreed that Gordon could finish it, with both of them sharing the credit.[2] Gordon later presented a demo version to Ralph Bass at King Records, who was reportedly uninterested in the song.[2] Gordon then approached Calvin Carter at Vee-Jay Records, who agreed to record it.
Meanwhile, Federal Records, a King Records subsidiary, released a version of "Just a Little Bit" by R&B singer Tiny Topsy,[3] with songwriting credit given to Ralph Bass and several others unknown to Gordon.[2] The Tiny Topsy song, featuring a pop-style arrangement with background singers and flute, did not reach the record charts.[4]
