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Nappy Brown with the Zippers Quartet - I'm Getting Lonesome / Little By Little - Savoy 1516 - 1956

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DOOWOP - VOCAL GROUP HARMONY - RHYTHM AND BLUES

About Nappy Brown

Napoleon Brown Goodson Culp better known by his stage name Nappy Brown, was an American R&B singer. His hits include the 1955 Billboard chart No. 2 "Don't Be Angry", "Little By Little", and "Night Time Is the Right Time". His style was recognizable; Brown used a wide vibrato, melisma, and distinctive extra syllables, in particular, "li-li-li-li-li."

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