[1] His most notable track was "Dirty Work Going On",[2] which was written by Ferdinand "Fats" Washington,[3] and originally recorded by Little Joe Blue in 1966.
[1] He was brought up in Tallulah, Louisiana, before he relocated in 1951 to Detroit, Michigan, to work in the automobile plants.
40),[7] was covered by Magic Sam,[8] and Shakey Jake Harris,[9] and by Willie Kent & His Gents.
[12] Little Joe Blue's Greatest Hits (1996), a two-album set available on CD via Evejim, included (among others) the tracks "Dirty Work Going On", "Encourage Me Baby", "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" and Little Milton's "How Could You Do It to Me".
[13] He died in Reno, Nevada, United States,[1] in April 1990 at the age of 55, from stomach cancer.