Lee Fields

Lee Fields is a bit of an enigma. Like a Roy C critics love him- his loyal following buy his records but despite his immense talent he isn't nearly as famous as he should be. Some know him as a superbad James Brown disciple. In fact, his vocals, the grooves on his 70s records and even his look was so much like the "Godfather" that he earned the nickname "Little J.B." To others he's a serious soul star with an instantly recognizable voice. Fields released his first single on the Bedford label in 1969, "Bewildered" b/w "Tell Her I Love Her." After the 1973 one-off "Gonna Make Love" on London, Fields caught on at Norfolk Sound; 1973 also saw the release of one of his most enduringly popular 45s, "Let's Talk It Over" b/w "She's a Love Maker" (though it wasn't a big seller at the time). Another prized item was 1975's "Everybody Gonna Give Their Thing Away to Somebody (Sometime)" b/w "East Coast Rapper," issued on Sound Plus. Fields spent most of the latter half of the '70s cutting sides for Angle 3, including perhaps his most sought-after single of all, "The Bull Is Coming" b/w "Funky Screw". His last single with Angle 3 came in 1981 from his 1979 LP, "Let's Talk It Over".

Fields was quiet for the rest of the '80s, but mounted a comeback in the early '90s, signing with the modern-day Ace label then Johnny Vincent's Avanti resulting in four lo-fi soul blues records. In 1999, he returned to James Brown funky for Desco on 'Let's Get A Groove On" followed by "Problems" for Soul Fire. He also releases music on his own BDA imprint.

Album Discography

"Let's Talk It Over" (Angle 3 1979)

1. Wanna Dance
2. Let's Talk It Over
3. Mighty Mighty Love
4. Flim Flam
5. She's A Love Maker
6. You're My Weakness
7. Everybody Gonna Give Thier Thing Away Pt1
8. Everybody Gonna Give Thier Thing Away Pt2
9. You're Breaking My Heart - Bonus Track
10. East Coast Rapper - Bonus Track
11. The Last Dance Pt1 - Bonus Track
12. The Last Dance Pt2 - Bonus Track
13. Funky Screw - Bonus Track
14. The Bull Is Coming - Bonus Track
15. Let's Get Funky Funky - Bonus Track

"Enough Is Enough" (Ace 1992)

1. I Want You So Bad
2. Groove Me
3. Let's Talk It Over
4. Meet Me Tonight
5. Straighten Up
6. Feel Like Cheating
7. Blues in the Bottle
8. A Man Got to Do What a Man Got to Do
9. Tell Me Why
10. Wish You Were Mine
11. When the Money Gets Low
12. Nobody Takes Advantage of Me

"Coming To Tear The Roof Down" (Ace 1995)

1. Hot & Lonely
2. Coming to Tear the Roof Down
3. Nasty Sexy Dance
4. Theses Arms of Mine - Lee Fields,
5. Two Good Men
6. Don't Leave Me by Myself
7. Let Me Be the One
8. I Won't Tell Nobody
9. Look Out for Yourself
10. I Won't Do Nothing You Wouldn't Do
11. I Want to Thank You for Being So Good to Me
12. Talk Is Cheap (You Got to Show Me)

"Dreaming Big Time" (Ace 1996)

1. Slip Out
2. Work Baby Worl
3. I'll Go to Jail
4. Dreaming Big Time
5. Looking for Somebody to Love
6. Let Them Talk
7. Wake up and Smell the Coffee
8. It's up to You
9. Sexy
10. Pretty Girls, Girls, Girls
11. Work Baby Work [Radio Version]
12. Tear the Roof Down

"It's Hard To Go Back After Loving You" (Avanti 1998)

1. Tom Dick & Harry
2. It's Hard to Go Back
3. You Got Another Thought
4. Tight Rope
5. A Scared Man Can't Gamble
6. All Up in It
7. Freak on the Dance Floor
8. Three Little Birds
9. Look Back
10. Everybody Gonna

"Let's Get A Groove On" (Desco 1999)

1. Intro by Mr. Fields
2. Let's Get a Groove On
3. Watch That Man
4. Hey Sallie Mae (Get Off My Feet)
5. All by Myself
6. Let a Man Do What He Wanna Do
7. Put It on Me
8. Take It or Leave It
9. Steam Train
10. I'm a Millionaire
11. Bad, Bad, Bad

"I Got A Problem" (BDA 1999)

"Let Me Hit It" (BDA)

"Forever" (BDA)

1. Put Your Body In Gear 1
2. Tear It Up
3. Put Your Body In Gear 2
4. You Won't Bring Me Down
5. Mighty Love
6. Look Back
7. Last Dance
8. Let Them Talk
9. Why Can't You Be True
10. Looking For Somebody

"Giving It To You Straight" (BDA)

"Problems" (Soul Fire 2000)

1. Problems
2. The Right Thing
3. Rapping With Lee
4. Bad Trip
5. Get on the Good Foot
6. I Don't Know Where I'm Going
7. Clap Your Hands
8. Honey Dove
9. I'm the Man
10 You Made a New Man Out of Me

"Keep It Real" (BDA 2002)

1. Keep It Real
2. Everytime I See You?
3. Can You Slip Out
4. Feel Like Cheating
5. Bang In The Boom Thang Man
6. I Got A Problem
7. Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
8. Forget About You
9. Booze In The Bottle
10. Let's Do A Quickie

"The Way We Used To" (BDA 2004) LISTEN

1. Live My Life Without You
2. Best Thing You Ever Had
3. Ain't That Loving You
4. It's All Wrong But It's All Right
5. Don't Hold A Candle To You
6. Bird In A Hand
7. Gonna Forget
8. These Arms Of Mine
9. You're My Weakness
10. I Won't Do

"The Naked Truth" (BDA 2005)

1. Dance Like Your Naked
2. Dance Like Your Naked instrumental
3. Keep on Loving You
4. The Best Thing You Ever Had
5. I Will Go to Jail
6. Wake Up
7. I Got a Problem
8. Money Talks
9. Ain't that Loving You
10. You Won't Bring Me Down
11. It Could Have Been