Little Willie John - Leave My Kitten Alone (King 5219)

Flip: Let Nobody Love You
Issued on King Records in 1959
Covered by The Beatles

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Music

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• Beatles
• R&B
• Vinyl
• 45
• King

[nicodagger]

The Beatles, and John Lennon in particular, couldn't come close to the power and truth of Little Willie's voice..this version is much better. The Beatles were just some white English guys, like so many others, who played African-American music and wound up sounding inferior. This applies to The Stones, The Animals, The Yardbirds, Them, Van Morrison (well they're Irish)...and on and on...Black fok INVENTED R n B, rock, jazz, blues, and on and on, and they always do it the best. Period.

[boogaludo]

I agree 100%....but I experienced telling the naked truth about those white blues/r&b and jazz bands will not leading to more acceptance to most of the people.

Ike Turner once said: "Who want to hear white guys imitating what the blues used to be"?

My opinion about this is there are much to many who wants to hear that.

Thx for your comment

[DrMandarino]

i like the "meow" backing!

[boogaludo]

this is excactly what makes the song so special to me

[I0o0I0o0I]

Do you have song "My love is". It's from album The King Sessions. Great song, but impossible to find.

[boogaludo]

I'm sorry I do not know the song. When you have a file of it please send it to me.

[Beezerjuice]

JohnLennon was not trying to sound like Little Willie.

The Beatles did a cover of his song, I would much rather hear the original of a song than a cover.With the exception of Ike and Tina Turners Proud Mary. Why can't we just listen to good music and forget all this racial Rhetoric.

[kennyrocksable]

Little Willie ain't afraid of no bulldog! No wonder this ranks as one of his many classics! I rate this high up there with 'fever' and 'all around the world'.

[Kevin19700]

Excellent !

[kellazon]

@DrMandarino Meow!!!

[eoj2495]

Great song.... has anyone seen it on 78??

[Toodlem]

@videoeer Still another view... I don't care for either one. No offense intended, I just wanted to throw in still another opinion. And if you're irked, I know how you feel. I heard Roxy Music do John Lennon's "Jealous Guy." I thought it was terrible but there are quite a few who like their version better. It seemed incomprehensible to me. The whole point in all this being To Each His Own. It's been said "opinions are like a**holes; everyone has one" to which I add, "and they all stink." LOL.

[Beezerjuice]

You know soul ain't nothin but a feelin. You know U-tube should have a disclaimer on their page,that says think before opening mouth. All of this crap about who's version is better or who's is worse is nonsense. All it is ,is someone giving their interpretation of the way they think the song should sound and be sung. If you like it, you like it and if you don't. you don't. Ain't nobody holdin your feet to the fire and makin you listen to anything.

[gawagney]

@Beezerjuice With you on that!

[gawagney]

@nicodagger I agree with you. Every word....and I speak as not only a Beatles' fanatic but also as a 'British' (I am British by the way) R&B/Blues freak, from the '60's.

[01musicfan]

Thanks for posting,this one I love this version as well as the one by Johnny Preston. It just isn't the same without the "Meows".

[videoeer]

@Beezerjuice Racial rhetoric aside, do you think Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower really compares to the

original by Bob Dylan?

[videoeer]

If you can handle criticism, I would have to suggest that opinions are not absolutes.

In my opinion, Lennon's vocal on this number put the original to shame. And in my opinion, the Stones' "Love in Vain" far surpasses Robert Johnson's original version.

I have nothing against blues purism--unless it gets in the way of your ears. Of course, that's just my opinion as well. But thank you for this posting. I had been under the obviously erroneous assumption that the Beatles had written this!