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Jimmy Holiday: How Can I Forget?: Everest Sessions

1 CD / Acrobat (USA) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: How Can I Forget; Janet; Don't Laugh; Poor Boy; Country Girl; I've Got a Women; Allison; I Lied; I Believe in Love; One More Thing; Hollywood; Ol' Man River
Artists: Jimmy Holiday

Jimmy Holiday is today perhaps better remembered as a prolific songwriter although he came to fame firstly as a performer in 1963. He attained a...continue...
This collection of Jimmy Holiday's Everest recordings includes each of the 12 sides the soul singer/songwriter recorded for the label between 1963 and 1965: the original hit version of "How Can I Forg...continue...

Sam Cooke: Wonderful World

CD / Delta Leisure Group / 2011-07-05

Tracks: Wonderful World; Only Sixteen; Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive; When I Fall In Love; Love You Most of All; Unchained Melody; Lovable; She's Funny That Way; There, I've Said It Again; Everybody Loves To...
Artists: Sam Cooke

Aretha Franklin: Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia [Box]

CD / Sony Legacy / 2011-03-22

Tracks: Won't Be Long; Over The Rainbow; Love Is The Only Thing; Sweet Lover; All Night Long; Who Needs You?; Right Now; Are You Sure [From The Broadway Musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown]; Maybe I'm A Fool;...
Artists: Aretha Franklin

Tributee: Dinah Washington.

Liner Note Authors: Daphne Brooks; Leo Sacks; John Hammond, Sr. .

Photographers: Don Hunstein; Vernon Smith; Hank Parker; Sandy Speiser.

Arrangers: Bob...continue...

Jesse Belvin: The Unforgettable Mr. Easy *

CD / Jasmine Records / 2011-03-01

Tracks: Dream Girl; Baby Don't Go; Confusing Blues; Dream Girl; Hang Your Tears Out To Dry; I'm Only a Fool; Trouble and Misery; Where's My Girl; Love, Love of My Life; One Little Blessing; Gone; Betty My Da...
Artists: Jesse Belvin

Liner Note Author: Bob Fisher .

Jesse Belvin was on the verge of major stardom when he and his wife were killed in a head-on auto accident on February 6, 1960, shortly after a performance in Li...continue...

Sam Cooke: Wonderful World: The Very Best of Sam Cooke 1957-60

CD / Jasmine Records / 2011-03-01

Tracks: Loveable; You Send Me; Summertime, Pt. 1; I'll Come Running Back to You; Forever; (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons; Desire Me; I Don't Want to Cry; That's All I Need to Know; You Were Made for Me...
Artists: Sam Cooke

It might not seem so apparent these days, but Sam Cooke was an innovative stylist during his secular commercial peak, intimately merging R&B, gospel, and pop into what would eventually be called soul....continue...

Sam Cooke: Mr. Soul [Midnight]

CD / Ais / 2011-01-11

Tracks: You Send Me; (What A) Wonderful World; No One Can Take Your Place; Summertime (Pt. 1); Win Your Love For Me; Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha; Ol' Man River; Steal Away; Love You Most of All; Desire Me...
Artists: Sam Cooke

Personnel: Sam Cooke (vocals); Cliff White, Everett Barksdale, Rene Hall, Al Chernet (guitar); Seldon Powell (saxophone); Hank Jones , Ernie Hayes (piano); Earl Palmer , Charles Blackwell, David Franc...continue...

Sam Cooke: When I Fall in Love

CD / Hallmark / 2010-11-23

Tracks: When I Fall in Love; You Send Me; Ol' Man River; Moonlight in Vermont; Around the World; Danny Boy; Ain't Misbehavin'; Summertime; Everybody Likes to Cha-Cha; Someday; I Cover the Waterfront; Mary, M...
Artists: Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke: The Great Sam Cooke [Box]

CD / Hallmark / 2010-11-02

Tracks: Lonesome Road, The; Tammy; Ol' Man River; Moonlight in Vermont; Canadian Sunset; Summertime; Around the World; Ain't Misbheavin'; Bells of St. Mary's, The; So Long; Danny Boy; That Lucky Old Sun; God...
Artists: Sam Cooke

This album lives up to its grandiose title. Sam Cooke's smooth, velvet-tenor croons oh so soulfully on 14 tasteful morsels. The reason for the Cooke hype will become crystal-clear to neophytes after l...continue...

Aretha Franklin: Original Album Classics

CD / Columbia (USA) / 2010-02-02

Tracks: You Made Me Love You; I Told You So; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody; Nobody Like You; Exactly Like You; It's so Heartbreakin'; Rough Lover; Blue Holiday; Just for You; That Lucky Old Sun; I...
Artists: Aretha Franklin

Import only three CD box. Includes the albums; The Electrifying Aretha Franklin, Soul Sister and The Tender the Moving the Swinging Aretha Franklin which is...continue...
Liner Note Authors: Peter Levinson; Pete Welding.

Photographers: Don Hunstein; Henry Parker.

Arranger: Robert Mersey.

The Original Album Classics series by Germany's Sony/BMG is a...continue...

Clyde McPhatter: Money Honey [Single]

CD / Great Voices of the Century / 2010-01-26

Tracks: Money Honey; Way I Feel, The; Such a Night; Lucille; Honey Love; Warm Your Heart; Oh What a Dream; Please Don't Freeze; Bip Bam; Someday You'll Want Me to Want You; Somebody Touched Me; White Christm...
Artists: Clyde McPhatter

Aretha Franklin: Soul Sister/Take It Like You Give It

1 CD / American Beat Records / 2008-12-16

Tracks: Until You Were Gone; You Made Me Love You; Follow Your Heart; Ol' Man River; Sweet Bitter Love; Mother's Love, A; Swanee; (No, No) I'm Losing You; Take a Look; Can't You Just See Me; Cry Like a Baby;...
Artists: Aretha Franklin

Jesse Belvin: Guess Who: The RCA Victor Recordings

2 CD / Ace (Label) / 2004-10-12

Tracks: Secret Love; Love Is Here to Stay; Ol' Man River; Now You Know; Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart; Guess Who?; Witchcraft; My Funny Valentine; Funny; Take Me Back to the Island; (I'm Afraid) The Mas...
Artists: Jesse Belvin

The late great Los Angeles R&B vocalist's RCA recordings complete on UK CD for the first time. Features two full albums and nearly a dozen...continue...
Personnel: Marty Paich, Red Callender, Russ Freeman , Art Pepper.

Arranger: Jesse Belvin.

This two-CD anthology does Belvin fans and collectors a mighty favor by collecting all of his RC...continue...

Roy Hamilton: You Can Have Her

1 CD / Collectables / 2003-09-16

Tracks: You Can Have Her; Hurt; Golden Boy, The; Little Voice, A; My Prayer; All the Way; Mr. Rock N' Soul; Ain't Gonna Leave My Love No More; Since I Fell for You; Ol' Man River
Artists: Roy Hamilton

Personnel: Roy Hamilton (vocals)....continue...

The Temptations (R&B): In a Mellow Mood

1 CD / Motown (Record Label) / 2003-02-25

Tracks: Hello, Young Lovers; Taste of Honey, A; For Once in My Life; Somewhere; Ol' Man River; I'm Ready for Love; Try to Remember; Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me); What Now My Love?; That's Life; W...
Artists: The Temptations (R&B)

The Temptations: David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams (vocals).

Originally released on Gordy #924 in August 1967.

Includes liner notes by Soupy Sa...continue...

Roy Hamilton: Rare Tracks 1955-1959

1 CD / Collectables / 2003-02-18

Tracks: From Here to Eternity; Star of Love; One God; Chained; I Took My Grief to Him; Simple Prayer, A; Mother's Love, A; So Long; Love's Lament; I'm Gonna Lock You in My Heart; Aisle, The; That Old Feeling...
Artists: Roy Hamilton

Liner Note Author: Kenneth Williams.

Recording information: 07/28/1954-12/17/1959.

Hamilton recorded 16 albums during his association with Epic, and Rare Tracks 1955-1959 gathers some of...continue...

The Temptations (R&B): Temptations Live! [Remaster]

1 CD / Motown (Record Label) / 1999-05-18

Tracks: Introduction; Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) / The Girl's Alright With Me / I'll Be In Trouble / I Want A Love I Can See; What Love Has Joined Together; My Girl; Yesterday / What Now My Love; Beau...
Artists: The Temptations (R&B)

This 1999 reissue contains one bonus track not on the original release.

The Temptations: Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams.

Reissue producer: H...continue...

Earl Grant: Singin' & Swingin': The Best of Earl Grant *

1 CD / MCA (USA) / 1998-10-20

Tracks: Ol' Man River; End, The; Swingin' Gently; Not One Minute More; Ebb Tide; Under Paris Skies; Evening Rain; Misty; House of Bamboo; Teach Me Tonight; Very Thought of You, The; Learnin' the Blues; Sweet...
Artists: Earl Grant

Reissue producer: Marty Wekser.

Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Personnel: Earl Grant (vocals, piano).

Audio Remixer: P...continue...

Gloria Lynne: Try a Little Tenderness/I'm Glad There Is You

1 CD / Collectables / 1997-12-17

Tracks: Intermezzo; Try a Little Tenderness; Long Ago (And Far Away); Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe; Be My Love; Hundred Years from Today, A; Bali Ha'i; Indian Love Call; Please Be Kind; One Step from Heav...
Artists: Gloria Lynne

Full title: Try A Little Tenderness/I'm Glad There Is You.

Contains 2 LPs on 1 CD: TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS (1960)/I'M GLAD THERE IS A YOU (1961).

Personnel: Gloria Lynne (vocals).
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Jimmy Holiday: How Can I Forget

1 CD / Collectables / 1996-08-07

Tracks: How Can I Forget; Janet; Don't Laugh; Poor Boy; Country Girl; I've Got a Woman; Allison; I Lied; I Believe in Love; One More Thing; Hollywood; Ol' Man River
Artists: Jimmy Holiday

Personnel: Jimmy Holiday (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Mark Marymont.

This collection of Jimmy Holiday's Everest recordings includes each of the 12 sides the soul singer/songwriter record...continue...

The Jimmy Castor Bunch: Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Calling You

1 CD / Collectables / 1995-05-18

Tracks: Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You; Bang Bang; Our Day Will Come; Ham Hocks Espanol; How Beautiful You Are; Hey Willie; Oh Yeh!; Winchester Cathedral; Southern Fried Frijoles; Ol' Man River; Just You...
Artists: The Jimmy Castor Bunch

Includes liner notes by Mark Marymont.

Personnel: Jimmy Castor (vocals, saxophone).

Liner Note Author: Mark Marymont.

Before he was the clown prince of novelty disco-funk with hit...continue...