Little Willie John fue un cantante de rythm & blues que gozó de cierta popularidad durante los 50s y primeros 60s y el primero en llegar a las listas de ventas con la canción 'Fever', luego aún más popular en la voz de Peggy Lee. Su carrera se vió truncada al dar con sus huesos en la cárcel acusado de apuñalar a un hombre en una pelea que se originó después de uno de sus conciertos. Al salir en libertad condicional empezó a preparar un disco para retomar su carrera pero murió pronto a la edad de 30 años por circunstancias que nunca estuvieron claras (ataque al corazón, neumonía o axfisia son algunas de las causas alegadas) sin llegar a ver el nuevo disco publicado.
Little Willie John was a rhythm & blues singer who enjoyed a certain popularity in the 50s and early 60s and the first one to reach the charts with the song 'Fever', even more popular later in the voice of Peggy Lee. His career was cut short when he went to jail accused of stabbing a man in a fight after a show. When he got out soon started to prepare a new record to relaunch his career but died suddenly at the age of 30 years for uncleared reasons (heart attack, pneumonia or axfisia are some of the causes alleged) without seeing the new record published.
Little Willie John was a rhythm & blues singer who enjoyed a certain popularity in the 50s and early 60s and the first one to reach the charts with the song 'Fever', even more popular later in the voice of Peggy Lee. His career was cut short when he went to jail accused of stabbing a man in a fight after a show. When he got out soon started to prepare a new record to relaunch his career but died suddenly at the age of 30 years for uncleared reasons (heart attack, pneumonia or axfisia are some of the causes alleged) without seeing the new record published.
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