Ask “Mr. Music”
Jerry Osborne



FOR THE WEEKS OF MAY 8 & 15, 2017

DEAR JERRY: I know Little Anthony, Little Richard, and a few other "Little" singers.

But what I would love to see is a list of those who charted during the 45 era, and as many as you can dig up whose records didn't make the national charts.
——Maurice Willoughby Jr., Palos Verdes Est., Calif.

DEAR MAURICE: These first 25 "little" ones had one or more charted hits, but as a quick reference, only one of their records is noted.

A name appearing more than once is probably not a duplication of the same artist.

Not included are groups, such as Little Dippers and Little River Band:


Little Anthony and the Imperials - "Tears on My Pillow" (1964) R&B No. 2
Little Beaver - "Party Down" (1974) R&B No. 2
Little Bill and the Bluenotes - "I Love an Angel" (1959) No. 66
Little Caesar and the Consuls - "(My Girl) Sloopy" (1965) No. 50
Little Caesar and the Romans - "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)" (1961) No. 9
Little Esther Phillips -"Release Me" (1962) R&B No. 1
Little Eva - "The Loco-motion" (1962) No. 1
Little Jimmy Dickens - "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" (1965) C&W No. 1
Little Jo Ann - "My Daddy Is President" (1962) No. 67
Little Joe and the Thrillers - "Peanuts" (1957) No. 22
Little Joe Blue - "Dirty Work Going On" (1966) R&B No. 40
Little Joey and the Flips - "Bongo Stomp" (1962) No. 30
Little Jonna Jaye - "I'll Count You In" (1965) No. 144
Little Junior Parker - "Feelin' Good" (1953) R&B No. 5
Little Mac and the Boss Sounds - "In the Midnight Hour" (1965) R&B No. 37
Little Milton - "We're Gonna Make It" (1965) R&B No. 1
Little Nat - "Do This Do That" (1962) No. 102
Little Natalie & Henry With the Gifts - "It's Uncle Willie" (1963) No. 101
Little Peggy March - "I Will Follow Him" (1963) No. 1
Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally" (1956) R&B No. 1
Little Royal and the Swingmasters - "Jealous" (1972) R&B No. 15
Little Stevie Wonder - "Fingertips - Pt. 2" (1963) No. 1
Little Walter & His Jukes - "My Babe" (1960) R&B No. 1
Little Willie John - "Sleep" (1960) No. 13
Little Willie Littlefield - "It's Midnight (No Place to Go)" (1949) R&B No. 3

Here are over 300 "Little" records that didn't make the charts during the period specified:

Little Al Nichols - "You Ought to Be Ashamed" (1970s)
Little Alice - "So What if I Can't Cook" (1962)
Little Alton and the Velvetones - "She Said Yeah" (1966)
Little Angel and the Sparkles - "Come on 'n Rock" (1959)
Little Ann - "Going Down a One-Way Street" (1968)
Little Archie - "You Can't Tie Me Down" (1967)
Little Arthur Matthews - "Bad Bad Bulldog" (1956)
Little Axe & the Golden Echoes - "Remember Me" (1962)
Little Becky Cook With the Mad Lads - "Let's Dance" (1961)
Little Ben and the Cheers - "Beggar of Love" (1968)
Little Ben and the Four Kings - "Forever Mine" (1961)
Little Benny - "My Sweetheart" (1961)
Little Bernie and the Blazers - "My Love I Have You" (1961)
Little Bernie and the Cavaliers - "Lonely Soldier" (1962)
Little Bessie - "Broken Hearted" (1961)
Little Betty - "Twistin' School" (1961)
Little Billy and the Traders - "Champagne" (1962)
Little Billy Mason - "Make Me Your Own" (1956)
Little Bob - "My Hearts on Fire" (1967)
Little Bob and His Electric Uke - "Midnight Sun" (1966)
Little Bobby Bell With the Angels - "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered" (1958)
Little Bobby Moore - "Ginger Snap" (1962)
Little Bobby Parker - "I Won't Believe It Till I See" (1966)
Little Booker - "Teen-Age Rock" (1958)
Little Boy Bluehorn - "Extra Gang Blues" (1963)
Little Boy Blues - "I Can Only Give You Everything" (1966)
Little Boyd and the Blues Bees - "Harmonica Rock" (1959)
Little Brenda Holly With Ray Guyce and His Lonesome Valley Boys - "Lonesome Music" (1959)
Little Brother Brown - "Too Much Jelly Roll" (1951)
Little Brother Montgomery and His Vicksburgers - "Cow Cow Blues" (1957)
Little Bubber - "High Class Woman" (1953)
Little Buck - "Let It Be Now" (1960)
Little "Lil" Buck and the Top Cats - "Monkey in a Sack" (1969)
Little Buddy - "Love Me, Shirley Lee" (1958)
Little Buster - "Lookin' for a Home" (1964)
Little Butch and the Vells - "Over the Rainbow" (1958)
Little "Butchie" Saunders and His Buddies - "Rock 'N Roll Indian Dance" (1956)
Little Caesar - "Goodbye Baby" (1952)
Little Caesar - "I'm Reachin'" (1958)
Little Caesar and the Ark Angels - "The Ghost of Mary Meade" (1960)
Little Caesar and the Conspirators - "It Must Be Love" (1965)
Little Caesar and the Empire - "Everybody Dance Now" (1967)
Little Cal - "Young School Girl" (1959)
Little Carol and Orchestra - "I Do Believe" (1959)
Little Cathy Carter - "Me Don't Tell No Lies" (1965)
Little Ceasar and the Euterpeans - "It Ain't What You Do It's the Way How You Do It" (1969)
Little Charles - "The Kangaroo" (1961)
Little Charles - "(We're Gonna) Raise a Ruckus (Tonight)" (1962)
Little Charles - "Guess I'll Have to Take What's Left" (1965)
Little Charles and the Daffodils - "Slave to Love" (1959)
Little Charles and the Gents - "Mummy Drag" (1960)
Little Charles and the Sidewinders - "It's a Heartache" (1966)
Little Charles and the Swinging Five - "Cool Teenager" (1964)
Little Charlie and the Nightcats - "Poor Tarzan" (1987)
Little Cheryl - "Mama, Let the Phone Bell Ring" (1963)
Little Chico and the Corondolays - "My Wishes" (1965)
Little Chips and the Chordells - "Amazon Girl" (1961)
Little Chris and the Righteous Singers - "I've Got to Hold You" (1976)
Little Cindy - "He's Around" (1959)
Little Cindy - "Light Up, Lightnin' Bugs" (1959)
Little Clem and the Dew Drops - "Waiting in the Chapel" (1958)
Little Clydie and the Teens - "A Casual Look" (1956)
Little Cooper and the Drifters - "Evening Train" (1959)
Little Curtis and the Blues - "Please Keep Me" (1968)
Little "D" and the Delighters - "Oh My Darling" (1958)
Little "D" and the Harlems - "Deep in the Heart of a Woman" (1963)
Little Danny - "Your Precious Love" (1960)
Little David - "Crying Blues" (1952)
Little David - "I'm Glad I Waited" (1958)
Little David - "Everybody's Laughing in My Face" (1962)
Little David Alexander - "Dupree Blues" (1958)
Little David and Family - "Be a Fence" (1970)
Little David and His Framus - "Gypsy Guitar" (1963)
Little David and His Harps - "I Won't Cry" (1956)
Little David and the Giants - "Rockin' Robin" (1964)
Little David Bush (David Ruffin) - "You and I" (1959)
Little David Dunn - "My Gal Rockhead" (1962)
Little Dean's Combo - "Happy Bullfrog" (1964)
Little Denice - "You Can Teach Me New Things (But Not Old Tricks)" (1970)
Little Denise Stevenson - "Would It Be Me?" (1973)
Little Denny and the Torkays - "The Flying Fish" (1961)
Little Dickie Chaffin and the Cheyenne Cowboys - "Think Twice Before You Go" (1959)
Little Dion - "Little Sister" (1967)
Little Dixie - "Be Fair" (1959)
Little Dooley - "Just Like a Child" (1967)
Little Dooley and the Fabulous Tears - "You Twine So Fine" (1965)
Little Doug - "A Real American Joe" (1955)
Little Duck and the Drakes - "Every Beat of My Heart" (1966)
Little Duck and the Quackers - "Excuse Me" (1968)
Little "E" and the Mello-Tone Three - "Candy Apple Red Impala" (1961)
Little Eddie and the Johnny Mann Singers - "Look No More" (1962)
Little Eddie and the Don Juans - "This Is a Miracle" (1957)
Little Eddie and the Five Dollars - "Yellow Moon" (1958)
Little Eddie and the 5 Sands - "Leave It Alone" (1964)
Little Eddie and the Starlites - "Linda Lu" (1965)
Little Eddie Brandon - "Wild Weekend" (1964)
Little Eddie Love - "Come Runnin to Me" (1960)
Little Eddie Mint - "Two More Days" (1959)
Little Edith - "I Believe in You" (1965)
Little Ellen - "That Other Guy" (1961)
Little Ellis and His L7s - "Barb Wire" (1962)
Little Enis - "I Kept the Wine and Threw Away the Roses" (1974)
Little Ernie - "You Lied and I Cried" (1963)
Little Fay - "I Don't Care What the People Say" (1966)
Little Flaytus and the Dream-Airs - "Buy a Van" (1985)
Little Florence - "Miss You So" (1963)
Little Floyd - "Here I Am" (1962)
Little Frankie - "Going, Going, Gone" (1963)
Little Frankie Lee - "Taxi Blues" (1965)
Little Freddie and the Gents - "Betty" (1965)
Little Freddie and the Rockets - "All My Love" (1958)
Little George Jones - "Kiss Me Darling" (1965)
Little George N' the Mixed Generation - "Party" (1970s)
Little Gerhard - "How Old Do You Have to Be" (1959)
Little Gigi - "I Volunteer" (1965)
Little Gino and His Jinks - "Beggar of Love" (1950s)
Little Girl Blue - "But It's True" (1964)
Little Gracie - "Sixteen Teens" (1961)
Little Grady Lewis and the Soul Smokers - "Soul Smokin'" (1971)
Little Gregory and the Concepts - "Get Away" (1969)
Little Grier - "Don't Cry" (1962)
Little Guy and the Giants - "It's You" (1960)
Little Hank - "Try to Understand" (1965)
Little Hank and the Rhythm Kings - "Christene" (1956)
Little Harold and the Fabulous Nomads - "Baby Baby Just a Little More Soul" (1967)
Little Helen - "The Richest Girl" (1967)
Little Henry and the Shamrocks - "Come to Me" (1964)
Little Henry Lee - "She's a Woman" (1969)
Little Herbert and the Arabians - "Bouncing Ball" (1964)
Little Herbie - "Crab Louie" (1962)
Little Herbie Mayes and the Twisters - "Bony Maronie" (1962)
Little Herman - "I'm Gonna Put the Hurt on You" (1964)
Little Hite and the Soul Rockers - "Fine" (1969)
Little Hudson and His Red Devil Trio - "Rough Treatment" (1953)
Little Hughie and the Contacts - "Dummy Line" (1963)
Little Hymie - "Clock Rock" (1960)
Little Ike - "She Can Rock" (1959)
Little Ike and His Orchestra - "Polka Dots" (1955)
Little Iva and Her Band - "When I Needed You" (1960)
Little Jan and the Radiants - "If You Love Me" (1960)
Little Janice - "Not Till Him" (1969)
Little Jeanette - "Crazy Crazy" (1968)
Little Jeannie - "Mommy Hide the Cookie Jar" (1959)
Little Jerry and the Chants - "Ooh Wee Baby" (1960)
Little Jessie - "Huggin'" (1958)
Little Jewel - "I Want To" (1967)
Little Jimmie Merritt - "Fancy Free" (1959)
Little Jimmy - "Hornets" (1964)
Little Jimmy and the Homewreckers - "I'm on Fire" (1972)
Little Jimmy and the Sparrows - "Two Hearts Together" (1958)
Little Jimmy and the Tops - "Puppy Love" (1959)
Little Jimmy Arceneaux - "No Nation Ricky" (1961)
Little Jimmy Brown - "Tell It Like It Is" (1961)
Little Jimmy Ray - "Make Her Mine" (1959)
Little Joe - "Glamour Girl" (1957)
Little Joe - "Fool on the Hill" (1968)
Little Joe Allen and the Off Beats - "Tiger" (1958)
Little Joe and the Latinaires - "Someday" (1963)
Little Joe and the Moroccos - "Trouble in the Candy Shop" (1958)
Little Joe and the Mustangs - "I Dig You Baby" (1964)
Little Joe and the Ramrods - "The Yogi Twist" (1963)
Little Joe Anthony - "You Got It Good" (1962)
Little Joe Blue - "Dirty Work Going On" (1966)
Little Joe Cook - "These Lonely Tears" (1962)
Little Joe Mosley and the Sequins - "Lookin' for a Job" (1958)
Little Joey Morant Quintet - "The Great Pretender" (1960)
Little John - "Lonely Years" (1970)
Little John (The House Rocker) - "Do the Dip" (1966)
Little John and the Monks - "Needles and Pins" (1965)
Little John and the Sherwood Men - "Movin' Out" (1963)
Little John & Tony - "All I Ask" (1965)
Little John and the Untouchables - "Funny What a Little Kiss Can Do" (1962)
Little Johnnie - "One More Chance" (1962)
Little Johnnie Adams With Joan Redditt - "Girls Are Cold" (1966)
Little Johnny Allen - "She's the Girl for Me" (1956)
Little Johnny and the Insteps - "(Do the) Muslin" (1965)
Little Johnny and the Rumblers - "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine" (1964)
Little Johnny Poole - "Sunny Day" (1962)
Little Joseph - "Christmas Jingle" (1965)
Little Jr. Jesse and His Tear Drops - "Kansas City" (1971)
Little Juan - "Big Fat Juan" (1962)
Little Juarez - "El Jefe" (1966)
Little Julian Herrera - "I Remember Linda" (1958)
Little Julius - "Bachelor" (1963)
Little June and His Januarys - "Hello" (1963)
Little Junior and the Butler-Aires - "Last Mile of the Way" (1965)
Little Junior Lewis - "Your Heart Must Be Made of Stone" (1960)
Little Junior's Blue Flames - "Mystery Train" (1953)
Little Kenneth and the Rhythm Makers - "You Can Go on Home" (1968)
Little Kim and the Streetlighters - "Later for the Twist" (1962)
Little "Lambsie" Penn - "I Wanna Spend Xmas With Elvis" (1956)
Little Lance - "Santa's Coming in a Whirlybird" (1960)
Little Larry - "Ride With Me" (1963)
Little Lawrence and the Suspenders - "Don't Mess Around" (1954)
Little Lee and Judy - "Everyday" (1963)
Little Lee Babcock - "You're the Only One I Know" (1966)
Little Leo - "Teenie Weenie Bee" (1954)
Little Leon Payne - "History of Love" (1962)
Little Leroy and the Longjohns - "She's a Wonder" (1961)
Little Lewis - "How I Feel" (1968)
Little Linda - "Hey Little Lover" (1960)
Little Lisa - "Hang on Bill" (1965)
Little Lou and His Band - "Marathon Twist" (1962)
Little Louie and the Finger Cymbals - "Surely" (1966)
Little Louie and the Lovers - "Someday You'll Pay" (1962)
Little Luther - "Cryin' Blues" (1961)
Little Lynn and the 4 Rivers - "Send My Records C.O.D." (1961)
Little Mac - "Times Are Getting Tougher" (1960)
Little Mack - "Don't Leave Me Now" (1961)
Little Manny - "Chuke Baby" (1960)
Little Marcus and the Devotions - "The Lone Stranger Went Mad" (1964)
Little Marie Allen - "Humdinger" (1959)
Little Marion - "Let Me Back in Your Arms" (1965)
Little Mary With Morris Pejoe's Band - "You Don't Want My Loving No More" (1965)
Little Mason - "I'm Just a Fool"
Little Maxie Bailey - "Brown Skin Woman Blues" (1953)
Little Maxine Simmons - "Since I Lost You" (1961)
Little Melvin - "Too Slick" (1960)
Little Melvin and the Boleros - "I'm in Love" (1970)
Little Miguel's Golden Five - "Garlic Breath" (1967)
Little Milton - "Little Milton's Boogie" (1953)
Little Miss Charlotte Campbell - "True Lover" (1959)
Little Miss Cornshucks - "Waiting in Vain" (1952)
Little Miss Janice - "Scarred Knees" (1967)
Little Miss Jessie With Benny Sharp & His Orchestra - "My Baby's Gone" (1961)
Little Miss Peggie - "Oink" (1962)
Little Miss Sharecropper (LaVern Baker) With Eddie "Sugarman" Penigar & His Band - "Easy Baby" (1950)
Little Miss Wanda - "My Johnny" (1956)
Little Mojo - "Paula" (1960)
Little Moose and the Hunters - "Granny Rock" (1959)
Little Mummy - "Where You at, Jack" (1960)
Little Murph and His All Stars - "Little Murph Walks" (1960)
Little Nat and the Etiquettes - "You're So Close" (1967)
Little Natalie and Henry With Gifts - "It's Uncle Willie" (1963)
Little Nate and the Chryslers - "Someone Up There" (1959)
Little Nate and the Shells - "Someone Up There" (1977)
Little Norman - "Drag Strip Baby" (1957)
Little Oscar - "Suicide Blues" (1967)
Little Otis - "I Out-Duked the Duke (1962)
Little Pal Hardy - "Red Lips and Poker Chips" (1955)
Little Papa Joe - "Looking for My Baby" (1955)
Little Patrick and the Sig-a-lerts" (1962)
Little Pattie and the Statesmen - "He's My Blonde-Headed, Stompie Wompie (Real Gone Surfer Boy)" (1964)
Little Penny - "How Many Nights" (1962)
Little Pete and the Youngsters - "You Told Another Lie" (1962)
Little Pia (Zadora) - "Bye Bye Boy" (1964)
Little Prince and the Freeloaders - "Nursery Love" (1962
Little Ralphie D. - "Half Way Lover" (1966)
Little Ralphie Molina - "Rock 'N' Roll the Vowels" (1958)
Little Ray - "Give Me Your Love" (1959)
Little Ray - "I Who Have Nothing" (1965)
Little Ray Campbell With Joe Williams Orch. - "Tears for You" (1958)
Little Red Walter - "Aw Shucks Baby" (1960)
Little Reuben - "In the Name of Loneliness" (1976)
Little Richie - "Just Another Heartache" (1965)
Little Rick - "Little Miss Heartbreak" (1963)
Little Rico & King Krooners - "Memoirs" (1960)
Little Rita - "Dear Love" (1960)
Little Rita Laraine - "Stop" (1962)
Little Robbie - "I've Got Troubles of My Own" (1964)
Little Robbie and the Empirics - "Why Why Why" (1963)
Little Roger and the Goosebumps - "Hit and Run" (1974)
Little Romeo and the Casanovas - "Remember Lori" (1965)
Little Ron and the Esquires - "I Found Someone" (1960s)
Little Ron Johnson - "This Old World" (1962)
Little Ronnie and the Chromatics - "I Was Wrong" (1966)
Little Ronnie Mudd - "A Teardrop Fell" (1967)
Little Rose Little - "Get a Hold of Yourself" (1964)
Little Roy Bullwackies All Stars - "Tribal War" (1975)
Little Roy and the Long Johns - "It's Heaven" (1961)
Little Royal and the Swingmasters - "Jealous" (1972)
Little Sammy - "Can You Love Me" (1960)
Little Sammy and the Tones - "Christine" (1962)
Little Sammy and the Wheeletts - "Good By My Love" (1962)
Little Samson - "Don't Take Your Love" (1960s)
Little Sandy "C" - "My Prayer" (1963)
Little Sandy Parker - "That's the Reason (I'm Leaving Town)" (1957)
Little Scooter Bill - "Do the Itch" (1962)
Little Scotty - "Slow That Disco Down" (1975)
Little Shelton - "What Can I Do" (1971)
Little Sherman and the Mod Swingers - "The Price of Love" (1969)
Little Shy Guy and the Hot Rods - "My Little Baby" (1957)
Little Sonny - "I Gotta Find My Baby" (1958)
Little Soul - "Problems" (1967)
Little Sport - "There Is a Mountain" (1967)
Little Stanley - "Wanted" (1967)
Little Steve - "I See a Star" (1962)
Little Sunny Day and the Clouds - "Lou Ann" (1961)
Little Susie - "Christmas Season" (1956)
Little Susie - "My Daddy" (1962)
Little Suzie - "Young Love" (1961)
Little Sylvia - "Drive, Daddy, Drive" (1952)
Little Ted and the Novas - "Baby-Baby-Baby" (1960s)
Little Temple and His "88" - "I Are the Wrong Part" (1954)
Little Terry - "Shake Me Up, Baby" (1957)
Little Tom and His Valentines - "School Girl" (1961)
Little Tommy - "All I Want for Christmas" (1960)
Little Tommy - "I'm Hurt" (1965)
Little Tommy and the Elgins - "Never Love Again" (1962)
Little Toni and the Brothers - "Princess" (1960)
Little Tony and the Hawks - "Cry Cry Cry" (1966)
Little Tootsie - "Comin' Down the Chimney" (1959)
Little Victor - "Can't Stop My Loving You" (1962)
Little Victor and Orchestra - "Papa Lou and Gran" (1961)
Little Victor and the Vistas - "No More" (1962)
Little Vincent - "Always Together" (1961)
Little Walkin' Willie - "Clayhouse Blues" (1955)
Little Walter Jr. - "Miss O'Mally's Rally" (1955)
Little Wilbur and the Pleasers - "Plaything" (1957)
Little Willie - "Baby I'm Wondering" (1960s)
Little Willie - "My Heart Is Yours" (1960s)
Little Willie and the Adolescents - "Get Out of My Life" (1966)
Little Willie Brown and the Cameos - "Cut It Out" (1961)
Little Willie Littlefield - "K.C. Loving" (1952)
Little Willie Parker - "Looking in From the Outside" (1964)
Little Willie Pollard - "'67 Blues" (1967)
Little Wilma - "It Must Be Love" (1960s)
Little Witch - "Cry a Little Inside" (1972)
Little Woo Woo and the Moroccos - "This Wonderful Girl of Mine" (1960)
Little Worley and the Drops - "Who Stole My Girl" (1961)


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