# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/little-willie-john
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:11:26.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/little-willie-john"
name: "Little Willie John"
slug: "little-willie-john"
description: "William Edward \"Little Willie\" John was an American R&B singer who performed in the 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his successes on the record charts, with songs such as \"All Around the World\" (1955), \"Need Your Love So Bad\" (1956), \"Talk to Me, Talk to Me\" (1958), \"Leave My Kitten Alone\" (1960), \"Sleep\" (1960), and his number-one R&B hit \"Fever\" (1956)."
tagline: "American R&B singer (1937–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Little_Willie_John_press_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-11-15"
deathDate: "1968-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.84
  momentum:             20.18565294266229
  historical:           17.48309866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3174290/"
    handle:    "nm3174290"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3mOiEPe870jJrahcf2TPYZ"
    handle:    "3mOiEPe870jJrahcf2TPYZ"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ليتل فيلي جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليتل فيلى جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%84_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لیتل فیلی جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3"
    title: "リトル・ウィリー・ジョン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%ED%8B%80_%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC_%EC%A1%B4"
    title: "리틀 윌리 존"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Джон, Литтл Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_John"
    title: "Little Willie John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d59ce86d-2cc3-49be-be12-3eb4dde6e1ed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump