Description
Release Date: 2020
Label: Jasmine Records
Track List
Disc: 1
- 1 Ray Charles • a Fool for You
- 2 Carol Fran • Emmitt Lee
- 3 Brook Benton • Everything Will Be All Right
- 4 James Brown & the Famous Flames • Try Me (I Need You)
- 5 Miss La-Vell • If (I Could Be with You)
- 6 Ted Taylor • Be Ever Wonderful
- 7 Tarheel Slim & Little Ann • It’s Too Late
- 8 Bobby Bland • I’ll Take Care of You
- 9 Al “TNT” Braggs • I Don’t Think I Can Make It
- 10 Oscar Perry • I Found True Love
- 11 Roy Brown • Sugar Baby
- 12 Ruth Brown • Anyone But You
- 13 Rufus & Friends • I Didn’t Believe
- 14 Larry Birdsong • Sooner or Later
- 15 Sam & Dave • No More Pain
- 16 Charles Perrywell • Your Lonesome Now
- 17 The Womack Brothers • Yield Not to Temptation
- 18 Prince Conley • All the Way
- 19 Solomon Burke • Just Out of Reach
- 20 Joe Perkins • I’m Not Gonna Leave
- 21 Sammy Fitzhugh • Lover’s Plea
- 22 Arthur Alexander • You Better Move on
- 23 William Bell • You Don’t Miss Your Water
- 24 Carla Thomas • I Kinda Think He Does
- 25 George Hughley • It Hurt Me Too
- 26 Irma Thomas • I Done Got Over It
- 27 Bud Harper • Down the Aisle
- 28 Johnnie Taylor • I’ll Always Be in Love with You
- 29 Arthur K. Adams • I’ll Be Your Friend
- 30 Delores Johnson • Give Me Your Love
Disc: 2
- 1 Johnny Adams • a Losing Battle
- 2 Fred Lowery • Wait and See
- 3 The Tonettes • Please Don’t Go
- 4 Buddy Ace • Screaming Please
- 5 Charles James • Please Wait
- 6 Barrett Strong • What Went Wrong
- 7 The Canes • I’ll Never Give Her Up
- 8 Sam Cooke (With Lou Rawls) • Bring It on Home to Me
- 9 Roscoe Shelton • Yesterday’s Mistake
- 10 Jeb Stuart • Must I Keep on Waiting
- 11 The Valentinos • Lookin’ for a Love
- 12 Ivory Joe Hunter • You Only Want Me When You Need Me
- 13 Jimmy Dotson • Search No More
- 14 Little Willie John • Big Blue Diamonds
- 15 The Tams • Untie Me
- 16 Joe Medwick • You Ain’t Treating Her Right
- 17 Betty Lavette • My Man, He’s a Lovin’ Man
- 18 Willie Harper • I’ll Never Leave You
- 19 Rodge Martin • I’m Standing By
- 20 Little Esther Phillips • Release Me
- 21 Shirley Raymond • You’re Gonna Miss Me
- 22 Otis Redding • These Arms of Mine
- 23 Junior Lewis • Tumbling Down
- 24 Barbara Lynn • You’re Gonna Need Me
- 25 The Lyrics • Crying Over You
- 26 Sugar Pie Desanto • Ask Me
- 27 Varetta & the Thomases • Fly By Night
- 28 Joe Tex • I Let Her Get Away
- 29 The Simms Twins • That’s Where It’s at
- 30 Johnnie Morisette • Don’t Throw Your Love on Me So Strong
Notes
Less up-tempo, frantic and danceable – and considerably more melodic – than regular 60s Soul, the roots of SOUTHERN SOUL can be dated back to the mid-50s. This 60-track, 2-CD set comprehensively explores the birth of Southern Soul, from the point where Gospel, R&B and even rural Country began to merge. Many of the genre’s biggest names are featured herein, notably Ray Charles, Bobby Bland, Sam Cooke, Ted Taylor, Ivory Joe Hunter, Brook Benton, Solomon Burke, Arthur Alexander, Irma Thomas, Johnny Adams, Little Willie John, Betty Lavette, Little Esther Phillips, etc. Also included are deep Soul cuts from James Brown, Otis Redding, Roy Brown, Ruth Brown, Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, William Bell, The Tams, Barbara Lynn, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Joe Tex, etc. , names perhaps more readily associated with regular R&B and/or 60s Soul. This is a unique and irresistible collection of hits and collectors’ obscurities, many of the latter unavailable elsewhere on CD.
