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Born Sept. 16, 1931 in El Campo, Texas, USA. Died June 23, 2013 in Leusden, The Netherlands Blues singer/pianist popular in California during the early 1950's. He recorded the original version of Leiber & Stoller's song Kansas City in 1952 under the title of "K.C. Loving". Littlefield popularised the 'triplet' piano style in R&B on his Modern recordings.
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