Just A Little Bit, first released by Tiny Topsy (1959). Hit versions by Rosco Gordon (1960), Roy Head (1965), and Little Milton (1969). From the wiki: Just a Little Bit was developed when Rosco Gordon was touring with West Coast blues artist Jimmy McCracklin. According to Gordon, McCracklin started to write the song and agreed that Gordon could finish it with both of them sharing the credit. Gordon later presented a demo version to Ralph Bass at King Records, who was reportedly uninterested in the song. Gordon then approached Calvin Carter at Vee-Jay Records, who agreed to record it. Meanwhile, Federal Records, a King Records subsidiary released a version of Just a Little Bit by R&B singer Tiny Topsy, with songwriting credit given to Ralph Bass and several others unknown to Gordon. The Tiny Topsy song, featuring a pop-style arrangement with background singers and flute, did not reach the record charts. Rosco Gordons Just a Little Bit was released in late 1959 and entered the Billboard R&B chart in February 1960, his fourth (and last) single to enter the R&B chart, where it reached number 2 during a stay of seventeen weeks in 1960. The opening horn line of the original Roscoe Gordon version is also known to have influenced Paul McCartney during the writing of the Beatles hit Birthday.
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