Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things

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,^{[citation needed]} by King Records.

ReleasedNovember 1968 (1968-11)

Recorded

• June 27, 1968 (1968-06-27) (side one)^[1]
• August 17, 1967 – October 18, 1968 (1967-08-17 – 1968-10-18) (side two)^[2]

Studio

• Bell Sound Studios (New York City, New York) (side one)^[1]
• King Studios (Cincinnati, Ohio) (side two)^[2]

GenreFunk

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Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
Studio album by James Brown
Released	November 1968 (1968-11)
Recorded	June 27, 1968 (1968-06-27) (side one)[1] August 17, 1967 – October 18, 1968 (1967-08-17 – 1968-10-18) (side two)[2]
Studio	Bell Sound Studios (New York City, New York) (side one)[1] King Studios (Cincinnati, Ohio) (side two)[2]
Genre	Funk
Length	37:36
Label	King 1038
Producer	James 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)

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AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

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Early in his career, Brown had opened shows for Little Willie John,^[1] 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.^[3][5]