# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/little-willie-littlefield
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:34:46.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/little-willie-littlefield"
name: "Little Willie Littlefield"
slug: "little-willie-littlefield"
description: "Willie Littlefield, Jr., billed as Little Willie Littlefield, was an American R&B and boogie-woogie pianist and singer whose early recordings \"formed a vital link between boogie-woogie and rock and roll\". Littlefield was regarded as a teenage wonder and overnight sensation when in 1949, at the age of 18, he popularized the triplet piano style on his Modern Records debut single, \"It's Midnight\". He also recorded the first version of the song \"Kansas City\", in 1952."
tagline: "American R&B pianist and singer (1931-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Littlewillielittlefield.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: "1931-09-16"
deathDate: "2013-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.148309333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2171063/"
    handle:    "nm2171063"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.littlewillielittlefield.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/669814"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ليتلى ويلى ليتليفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_Littlefield"
    title: "Little Willie Littlefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_Littlefield"
    title: "Little Willie Littlefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_Littlefield"
    title: "Little Willie Littlefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Willie_Littlefield"
    title: "Little Willie Littlefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8039b8e9-3706-409e-8b67-ee2b7201093a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1865860"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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