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Little Johnny Jones (01 Nov 1924 - 19 Nov 1964)

Male Person - United States Chicago blues pianist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (1)

Official

Single

  1. Doin' the Best I Can / Hoy Hoy 1954

Recordings by (16)

  1. Doin' the Best I Can ?:?? (1954)
  2. Hoy Hoy ?:?? (1954)
  3. Chicago Blues 3:12 (1986)
  4. Big Town Playboy 2:55 (02 Feb 1993)
  5. Worried Life Blues 2:12 (15 Apr 1993)
  6. I May Be Wrong 2:51 (1993)
  7. Sweet Little Woman 2:59 (1993)
  8. Shelby County Blues 3:19 (1997)
  9. Big Town Playboy ?:?? (1999)
  10. Hoy Hoy (Alt. take) 2:13 (2000)
  11. Up the Line (Doin’ the Best I Can) 2:40 (2000)
  12. Chicago Blues 3:13 (2000)
  13. Wait Baby 3:10 (2000)
  14. Dirty by the Dozen 2:55 (02 Feb 2004)
  15. Dirty by the Dozen (Sweet Little Woman) 3:00 (2017)
  16. Doin’ the Best I Can 2:39 (2017)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Come On, If You’re Coming 2:50 Tampa Red (Jul 1949) piano
  2. When Things Go Wrong With You (It Hurts Me Too) 3:03 Tampa Red (Jul 1949) piano
  3. 1950 Blues 3:15 Tampa Red (1950) piano
  4. Love Her With a Feelin' 3:16 Tampa Red (1950) piano
  5. I Won’t Let Her Do It 2:45 Tampa Red (1951) piano
  6. Coming Home 2:26 Elmore James (1957) piano
  7. The 12 Year Old Boy 3:05 Elmore James (1957) piano
  8. I Can’t Hold Out 2:17 Elmore James (May 1960) piano, piano
  9. Do the Do 2:11 Howlin’ Wolf (Dec 1962) piano
  10. Tail Dragger 2:59 Howlin’ Wolf (Jan 1966) piano
  11. Baby Please Set a Date 2:53 Elmore James (1966)
  12. My Best Friend 3:21 Elmore James (1969) piano
  13. Tomorrow Night 2:29 Junior Wells (1972) piano
  14. Eagle Rock 2:23 Junior Wells (1972) piano
  15. Junior’s Wail 2:55 Junior Wells (1972) piano
  16. Big Stars Falling Blues 3:11 Tampa Red (1974) piano
  17. So Much Trouble 3:01 Tampa Red (1974) piano
  18. But I Forgive You 2:54 Tampa Red (1974) piano
  19. Sweet Little Angel 2:58 Tampa Red (1974) piano
  20. Elmore’s Contribution to Jazz 2:20 Elmore James (1975) piano
  21. Hoodoo Man 3:08 Junior Wells (1977) piano
  22. Ways Like an Angel 3:18 Junior Wells (1977) piano
  23. Calling All Blues 2:34 Junior Wells, Earl Hooker (1989) piano
  24. Do You Remember 2:26 Big Maceo (1992) piano
  25. The Sun Is Shining (alternate) 2:45 Elmore James (1992) piano
  26. Big City Blues 2:32 Big Maceo (1992) piano
  27. One Sunday Morning 2:50 Big Maceo (1992) piano
  28. Just Tell Me Baby 2:31 Big Maceo (1992) piano
  29. Bobby's Back 2:12 Elmore James (1992) piano
  30. Big Town Playboy 2:55 Little Johnny Jones (02 Feb 1993) piano
  31. T.V. Mama 2:48 Elmore James feat. Big Joe Turner & His Blues Kings (06 Apr 1993) piano
  32. My Best Friend (take 1) 2:48 Elmore James (1993) piano
  33. Dark and Dreary (take 1) 0:27 Elmore James (1993) piano
  34. I May Be Wrong 2:51 Little Johnny Jones (1993) piano
  35. I’ll Never Let You Go 2:23 Tampa Red (1993) piano
  36. Baby What’s Wrong 2:53 Elmore James (1993) piano
  37. I Got a Strange Baby (false start & chat) 1:02 Elmore James (1993) piano
  38. Midnight Boogie 2:45 Tampa Red (1993) piano
  39. Make My Dreams Come True (take 7) 2:43 Elmore James (1993) piano
  40. So Mean to Me (take 4) 2:30 Elmore James (1993) piano
  41. Where Can My Baby Be (take 1) 0:20 Elmore James (1993) piano
  42. It’s Too Late Now 2:55 Tampa Red (1993) piano
  43. It’s Good Like That 2:32 Tampa Red (1993) piano
  44. Round House Boogie (aka Sax Symphonic Boogie) 2:47 Bep Brown Orchestra (1993) piano

Vocals

  1. I Won’t Let Her Do It 2:45 Tampa Red (1951)
  2. But I Forgive You 2:54 Tampa Red (1974)
  3. Big Town Playboy 2:55 Little Johnny Jones (02 Feb 1993) lead vocals
  4. I May Be Wrong 2:51 Little Johnny Jones (1993)
  5. Too Late Too Long 3:02 Tampa Red (1993)
  6. Boogie Woogie Woman 2:27 Tampa Red (1993)

Credited as (6)

  1. Little Johnny Jones
  2. Johnny Jones & Billy Boy Arnold
  3. Johnny Jones with Billy Boy Arnold
  4. Johnny Jones
  5. Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs
  6. Tampa Red featuring Little Johnnie Jones / Big Maceo / Big Walter Horton / Sonny Boy Williamson II

Works (2)

Wrote

  1. Hoy Hoy
  2. Big Town Playboy

Links (6)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/355585

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/640777

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000199261

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/107599129

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1865656

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10660