Elmer Lee Fields (born April 26, 1950) is an American soul singer, sometimes nicknamed "Little JB" for his physical and vocal resemblance with James Brown.
His recent work is with The Expressions, including the albums Faithful Man (2012), Special Night (2017), and It Rains Love (2019).
Fields released "Everybody Gonna Give Their Thing Away to Somebody (Sometime)" b/w "East Coast Rapper," on SoundPlus in 1975.
Most of the second half of the 1970s Fields spent cutting singles for Angle 3 Records, including "The Bull Is Coming" b/w "Funky Screw".
On Ace, Fields released Coming to Tear the Roof Down in 1995 and Dreaming Big Time in 1996 in which he played keyboards and synthesizers.
[8] Later that year Fields signed to Desco Records founded by Gabriel Roth and Phillip Lehman.
[10] Fields was featured on the debut album Gimmie the Paw by the label's band The Soul Providers in 1997.
"Give Me a Chance" and "Shot Down" were two 7" singles he released on Daptone over 2001-2002 and in late 2002, the album Problems, on Soul Fire.
He then released two albums Emma Jean in 2014 and Special Night in 2017 (on Big Crown Records by former Truth and Soul co-founder Leon Michels).
[15] Fields's track "Honey Dove" was featured during Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's thirteenth season in 2011 (Episode 10, "Spiraling Down").
[19] Fields' recordings were referenced in several episodes of the 2023 American Arnold Schwarzenegger television series, FUBAR.
Lee Fields and The Expressions released the album Special Night in 2017 with Big Crown Records.
Lee Fields and The Expressions released the album It Rains Love in 2019 with Big Crown Records.