KINGS & QUEENS OF RHYTHM & BLUES (10 CDS)

RAY CHARLES - SAM COOKE - CLYDE McPHATTER - LLOYD PRICE - RUTH
BROWN SOLOMON BURKE - LAVERN BAKER – BEN E. KING – BIG JOE
TURNER

„Rhythm and blues used to be called race music”, said Ray Charles. “This music
was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it.“ Hidden in plain sight,
banned on radio stations due to racial segregation, but still available on records and
played in bars, clubs and juke joints throughout the “chitlin’ circuit”, the music thrived
throughout the African-American communities from the early 1920s until the end of
the 1940s. Due to changing attitudes towards racism, which may or may not have
had something to with the enthusiastic way African-American music from Jazz to
Blues was welcomed in Europe after WWII, white audiences in the US caught on to
black music and race records were rebranded as “rhythm and blues.” This 10 CD
box presents 20 original albums of nine of the greatest stars of Rhythm & Blues from
1956 to 1962. Queens of the genre like Ruth Brown and Laverne Baker, as well as
Kings like Ray Charles, Ben E. King, Sam Cooke, Solomon Burke, Clyde McPhatter,
Lloyd Price and Joe Turner give you no less than 110 chart topping songs, from
“What´d I Say” via “You Send Me” to “Spanish Harlem” or “(What a) Wonderful
World” and “Stand by Me”. A treasure trove of the music they called Rhythm &
Blues.

CD 1
■ RAY CHARLES
– Greatest Hits (1962) - ABC-415
1. Them That Got 2.45
(Harper / Charles) #10
2. Georgia on My Mind 3.40
(Gorrell / Carmichael) #3
3. Unchain My Heart 2.51
(Jones / James) #1
4. I´m Gonna Move to the Outskirts 3.46
of Town (Weldon) #25
5. The Danger Zone (Mayfield) 2.26
6. I´ve Got News for You (Alfred) #8 4.42
7. Hit the Road Jack (Mayfield) #1 1.57
8. Ruby (Parish / Roemheld) #10 3.53
9. I Wonder (Gant / Leveen) 2.33
10. Sticks and Stones (Turner) #2 2.15
11. But on the Other Hand Baby 3.15
(Charles / Mayfield)
12. One Mint Julep (Toombs) #1 3.07
■ BONUS TRACKS
13. I´ve Got a Woman (Charles) 1954 #1
2.50
14. A Fool for You (Charles) 1955 #1 3.00
15. Drown in My Own Tears 3.19
(Glover) 1956 #1
16. What´d I Say Part I & II 5.04
(Charles) 1959 #1

■ SOLOMON BURKE
– Greatest Hits (1962) - AR 8067
17. Down in the Valley 2.22
(Burke / Berns) #20
18. Just out of Reach 2.42
(Of My Two Open Arms) (Stewart) #7
19. How Many Times 2.16
(Burke / Martin / Martin)
20. Baby (I Wanna Be Loved) 1.57
(Berns / Lane)
21. Gotta Travel On (Clayton) 2.07
22. Looking for my Baby (Burke) 2.19
23. I´m Hanging Up My Heart for You 3.04
(Berry / Covay) #15
24. Cry to Me (Russell) #5 2.28
25. I Almost Lost My Mind (Hunter) 2.16
26. A Tear Fell (Burton / Randolph) 2.33
27. Be Bop Grandma (Burke / Burke) 2.11
28. Keep the Magic Working 2.05
(Ballard / Tobias)
Total Time 80.00

CD 2
■ SAM COOKE
– Best Of (1962) - LPM 2625
1. You Send Me (Cooke) #1 2.43
2. Only Sixteen (Campbell) #13 2.00
3. Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha 2.38
(Campbell) #2
4. (I Love You) For Sentimental 2.36
Reasons (Watson / Best) #15
5. (What a) Wonderful World 2.05
(Campbell) #2
6. Summertime (Gershwin / Heyward) 2.19
7. Chain Gang (Cooke / Cooke) #2 2.33
8. Cupid (Cooke) #20 2.34
9. Twistin´ the Night Away (Cooke) #1
2.40
10. Sad Mood (Cooke) #23 2.37
11. Having a Party (Cooke) #4 2.32
12. Bring It on Home to Me (Cooke) #2
2.40

■ LLOYD PRICE
– Mr. Personality`s 15 Hits (1960)
- ABC-324
13. Personality (Logan / Price) #1 2.34
14. Three Little Pigs (Logan / Price) #15
2.35
15. Where Were You 2.36
(On Your Wedding Day?)
(Logan / Patton / Price) #4
16. Come into My Heart 2.05
(Logan / Price) #2
17. Never Let Me Go (Dixon) #26 2.28
18. Lady Luck (Logan / Price) #3 2.14
19. Have You Ever Had the Blues? 2.07
(Jennings / Logan / Price)
20. Is It Really Love? (Logan / Price) 1.56
21. I´m Gonna Get Married 2.18
(Logan / Price) #1
22. You Need Love (Logan / Price) 2.44
23. Wont´cha Come Home 2.03
(Logan / Price) #6
24. Just Because (Price) #3 2.45
25. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Price) #1 1.47
26. Why (Price) 2.11
27. Stagger Lee (Logan Price) #1 2.10
Total Time 65.24

CD 3
■ BIG JOE TURNER
– The Boss of the Blues (1956)
- AR 1234
Joe Turner sings Kansas City Blues
1. Cherry Red (Turner / Johnson) 3.24
2. Roll ´Em Pete (Johnson) 3.45
3. I Want a Little Girl (Moll / Mencher) 4.20
4. Low Down Dog (Turner) 3.40
5. Wee Baby Blues (Turner / Johnson)
7.20
6. You´re Driving Me Crazy 4.15
(Donaldson)
7. How Long Blues (Traditional) 5.49
8. Morning Glories (Traditional) 2.11
9. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 4.21
10. Piney Brown Blues 4.54
(Turner / Johnson)

■ BIG JOE TURNER
– Rock & Roll (1957)
- AR 8005
11. Shake, Rattle and Roll (Calhoun) #1
2.58
12. Flip, Flop and Fly 2.46
(Calhoun / Turner) #2
13. Feeling Happy (Turner) 2.12
14. Well All Right 2.27
(Calhoun / Nugetre / Gerald)
15. The Chicken and the Hawk 2.37
(Leiber / Stoller) #7
16. Boogie Woogie Country Girl 2.55
(Pomus / Ashby) #2
17. Honey Hush (Turner) #1 2.38
18. Corrine, Corrina 2.51
(Williams / Chatman / Parish) #2
19. Midnight Special Train 2.38
(Gerald / Nugetre)
20. Hide and Seek (Winley / Byrd) #3 2.42
21. Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop (Turner) 3.01
22. Crawdad Hole (Turner) 2.35
23. Chains of Love (Walls / Nugetre) #2
3.21
Total Time 79.46

CD 4
■ BIG JOE TURNER
– Rockin´ the Blues (1958)
- AR 8023
1. We´re Gonna Jump for Joy 2.07
(Turner) #15
2. Teen Age Letter (Richard) 2.24
3. Love Roller Coaster 1.53
(Pomus / Shuman / Turner)
4. Lipstick, Powder and Paint 2.26
(Stone) #8
5. Morning, Noon and Night 2.40
(Calhoun) #8
6. I Need a Girl (Pomus / Shuman) 1.57
7. Red Sails in the Sunset 2.08
(Williams / Kennedy)
8. Blues in the Night (Arlen / Mercer)
2.21
9. After a While (Turner) 2.34
10. World of Trouble (Turner) 2.25
11. Trouble in Mind (Jones) 2.20
12. TV Mama (Turner) #6 2.47
13. You Know I Love You (Turner) 3.08
14. Still in Love (Pomus) 2.58

■ BIG JOE TURNER
– Big Joe is here (1959)
- AR 8033
15. Wee Baby Blues (Turner / Johnson)
2.16
16. Rock a While (Nightingale) #12 2.01
17. Baby Still I Want You (Sweet) 2.46
18. The Chill Is On (Turner) #3 2.44
19. Poor Lover´s Blues (Turner) 2.39
20. Don´t You Cry (Pomus) 2.27
21. Ti-Ri-Lee (Turner / Ertegun / Wexler)
2.53
22. Married Woman (Turner) 2.46
23. Midnight Cannonball (Turner) 2.28
24. I´ll Never Stop Loving You (Case)
3.16
25. After My Laughter Came Tears 3.12
(Tobias / Turk)
26. Bump Miss Susie (Toombs) 2.21
Total Time 66.51

CD 5
■ RUTH BROWN
– Rock & Roll (1957)
- AR 8004
1. Lucky Lips (Leiber / Stoller) #6 2.07
2. As Long as I´m Moving (Calhoun) #4 2.42
3. Wild Wild Young Men (Nugetre) #3 2.30
4. Daddy Daddy (Toombs) #3 2.50
5. Mambo Baby (Singleton / McCoy) #1 2.41
6. Teardrops from My Eyes (Toombs) #1
2.52
7. Hello Little Boy (Brown) 2.36
8. Mama He Treats Your 2.53
Daughter Mean (Lance / Wallace) #1
9. 5 – 10 – 15 Hours (Toombs) #1 3.13
10. It´s Love Baby (Jarrett) #4 2.41
11. Sentimental Journey 2.35
(Homer / Green / Brown)
12. Old Man River (Hammerstein / Kern)
2.13
13. So Long 2.38
(Melsher / Harris / Morgan) #4
14. Oh What a Dream (Willis) #1 2.53

■ RUTH BROWN
– Miss Rhythm (1959)
- AR 8026
15. This Little Girl´s Gone Rockin´ 1.46
(Darin / Curtis) #7
16. Just Too Much (Taylor / Wexler) 2.27
17. I Hope We Meet 2.42
(On the Road Some Day) (Toombs)
18. Why Me 2.23
(Hendricks / Benton / Mack) #17
19. Somebody Touched Me (Ertegun) 2.24
20. When I Get You Baby (Lewis / Brown)
2.07
21. Jack O´Diamonds 2.28
(Leiber / Stoller) #23
22. I Can´t Hear a Word You Say 2.26
(Leiber / Stoller)
23. One More Time (Singleton / McCoy)
2.37
24. Book of Lies (Moore / Small) 2.30
25. I Can See Everybody´s Baby 2.59
(Kirkland / Thomas)
26. Show Me (Shapiro / Stallman) 2.37
Total Time 67.43

CD 6
■ RUTH BROWN
– Late Date with Ruth Brown (1959)
- AR 1308
1. It Could Happen to You 3.05
(Van Heusen / Burke)
2. Why Don´t You Do Right (McCoy) 2.10
3. Bewitched (Rodgers / Hart) 4.31
4. I´m Just a Lucky So and So 3.29
(Ellington / David)
5. I Can Dream, Can´t I (Kahal / Fain) 2.34
6. You and the Night and the Music 2.30
(Dietz / Schwartz)
7. You´d Be so Nice to Come Home To 1.50
(Porter)
8. We´ll Be Together Again 4.15
(Fisher / Laine)
9. I´m Beginning to See the Light 2.24
(Ellington / James / Hodges)
10. I Loves You Porgy 2.40
(Gershwin / Gershwin)
11. No One Ever Tells You 4.01
(Cootes / Atwood)
12. Let´s Face the Music and Dance 2.08
(Berlin)

■ RUTH BROWN
– Along Comes Ruth (1962)
- PHS 600-028
13. Mama He Treats Your 2.59
Daughter Mean (Lance / Wallace) #1
14. Cry Cry, Cry (Malone) 2.54
15. Why Don´t You Write Me (Hollins) 2.23
16. It´s Too Late (Willis) 2.33
17. Jim Dandy (Chase) 2.15
18. So Little Time (Clayton) 3.28
19. Sea of Love (Khoury / Baptiste) 2.55
20. Shake a Hand (Morris) 3.17
21. Love, Love, Love 2.05
(David / McRae / Wyche)
22. I Cried a Tear (Julia) 2.29
23. Please Accept My Love (Garlow) 2.04
24. The Treasure of Love 2.10
(Stallman / Shapiro)
n BONUS TRACKS
25. I´ll Wait for You (Toombs) 1951 #3 2.36
26. I Want to Do More 2.49
(Leiber / Stoller) 1955 #3
27. I Don´t Know 2.51
(Benton / Stevenson) 1959 #5
28. I Know 2.49
(Nugetre / Ramson / Toombs) 1951 #7
Total Time 79.38

CD 7
■ LAVERN BAKER
– La Vern (1956)
- AR 8002
1. Lots and Lots of Love (Baker) 2.23
2. Of Course I Do (Willis) 2.51
3. You´ll Be Crying (Corso) 2.56
4. Miracles (Feiler / Samuels / Feiler) 2.45
5. I´m In a Crying Mood 2.51
(Henderson / Ward)
6. Mine All Mine (Smith / Miller) 2.14
7. Harbor Lights (Williams / Kennedy) 2.20
8. I´ll Never Be Free 2.19
(Benjamin / Weiss)
9. Romance in the Dark 3.00
(Broonzy / Green)
10. Everybody Is Somebody´s Fool 2.08
(Adam / Hampton / Adams)
11. How Long Will It Be (Branson) 2.43
12. Fool That I Am (Hunt) 2.20

■ LAVERN BAKER
– Rock & Roll (1957)
- AR 8007
13. Jim Dandy (Chase) #1 2.10
14. Tra La La (Parker) #97 2.10
15. I Can´t Love You Enough 2.37
(Burton / Plummer / Baker) #7
16. Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head)
2.18
(Breedlove / White) #15
17. That´s All I Need 2.32
(Biggs / Baker / Chase) #6
18. Bop-Ting-A-Ling (Scott) #3 3.03
19. Tweedlee Dee (Scott) #4 3.05
20. Still (Burton / Plummer) #4 2.21
21. Play It Fair (Campbell) #2 2.56
22. Tomorrow Night (Coslow / Gross) 3.12
23. That Lucky Old Sun 2.53
(Smith / Gillespie)
24. Soul on Fire (Jermet / Baker) 3.03
25. My Happiness Forever (Pomus) #13
2.45
26. How Can You Leave a Man 2.38
Like This? (Wexler / Baker)
Total Time 69.51

CD 8
■ LAVERN BAKER
– Blues Ballads (1959)
- AR 8030
1. I Cried a Tear (Julia) #2 2.34
2. If You Love Me 2.38
(Parsons / Piaf / Monnot)
3. You´re Teasing Me (Pomus / Shuman) 2.15
4. Love Me Right (Kirshner / Darin) 1.53
5. Dix-A-Billy 1.50
(Harris / Evans / Reardon)
6. So High so Low (Baker) #12 2.04
7. I Waited Too Long 2.31
(Sedaka / Greenfield) #5
8. Why Baby Why (Glasser / Boldi) 2.24
9. Humpty Dumpty Heart (Boye) 2.33
10. It´s so Fine (Gordy / Carlo / Green) #24
2.19
11. Whipper Snapper (Leiber / Stoller) 2.08
12. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 2.22

■ LAVERN BAKER
– Saved (1961)
- AR 8050
13. Saved (Leiber / Stoller) #17 2.53
14. For Love of You (Jay / Baker) 2.14
15. Manana (Barbour / Lee) 2.08
16. My Time Will Come 2.23
(Stevenson / Benton)
17. Shadows of Love (Blackwell) 2.18
18. Must I Cry Again 2.35
(Valentine / Chase / Pemberton)
19. Bumble Bee (Fullylove) 2.27
20. Shake a Hand (Morris) #13 2.49
21. Don Juan (Leiber / Stoller) 2.26
22. Wheel of Fortune (Benjamin / Weiss) 1.59
23. Senor Big and Fine 2.15
(Pomus / Shuman)
24. Eternally (Chaplin / Parsoins) 1.57

n BONUS TRACKS
25. Jim Dandy Got Married 2.09
(Chase / Carlo / Tucker / Green) 1957 #7
26. Tiny Tim (Baker / Bradford) 1959 #18 2.14
27. See See Rider (Traditional) 1962 #9 2.27
28. Voodoo Voodoo 1.47
(Avil / Coleman) 1961
29. Hey Memphis 2.25
(Pomus / Shuman) 1961
30. Substitute (Benton / Otis / Stein) 1958 2.16
31. Fee Fee Fi Fo Fum ( Scott) 1956 2.41
Total Time 72.55

CD 9
■ CLYDE McPHATTER
– Love Ballads (1958)
- AR 8024
1. Heartaches (Klenner / Hoffmann) 2.16
2. Come What May (Tableporter) #3 1.40
3. Rock and Cry (Heath) #93 2.13
4. That´s Enough for Me (Benton / Otis) 2.03
5. I Gotta Have You (Selph) 2.15
6. Bip Bam (Calhoun) 2.43
7. Just to Hold my Hand 2.19
(Perryman / Robey) #6
8. Lucille (McPhatter) 3.02
9. Long Lonely Nights 2.23
(Uniman / Davis / Anderson / Henderson) #1
10. When You´re Sincere (Johnson) 2.44
11. No Matter What 2.01
(Wiener / Crane / Greenfield / Corn)
12. No Love Like Her Love 2.40
(Wood / Williams)
13. You´ll Be There 2.22
(Leiber / Stoller / Relf)
14. Love Has Joined Us Together 2.52
(James / Smith) & Ruth Brown #6

■ CLYDE McPHATTER
– Lover Please! (1962)
- MG 20711
15. Lover Please (Swan) #2 1.48
16. Pretty Girls Everywhere 2.48
(Church / Williams)
17. Money Honey (Stone) 2.40
18. Don´t Let Go (Stone) 2.22
19. Rockin´ Robin (Thomas) 2.36
20. Everybody Loves a Winner 1.52
(Singleton / Kilgore)
21. Little Bitty Pretty One (Byrd) #25 2.11
22. Such a Night (Chase) 2.29
23. Oh Lonesome Me (Gibson) 2.34
24. Next to Me (Kennedy / Singleton) 2.08
25. Sixty Minute Man (Ward / Marks) 2.07
26. I´m Movin On (Snow) 1.49

■ BONUS TRACKS
27. Seven Days (Taylor / Carroll) #2 2.28
28. Treasure of Love 2.08
(Shapiro / Stallman) #1
29. A Lover´s Question 2.28
(Benton / Williams) #1
30. Without Love (There Is Nothing) 2.57
(Small) #4
31. Ta Ta (McPhatter / Oliver) #7 2.21
Total Time 74.21

CD 10
■ BEN E. KING
– Spanish Harlem (1961)
- SD 33-133
1. Amor (Ruiz / Mendez / Skylar) #1 3.03
2. Sway (Ruiz / Gimbel) 2.17
3. Come Closer to Me 2.33
(Farres / Stewart)
4. Perfidia (Dominguez / Leeds) 2.02
5. Granada (Traditional) 2.26
6. Sweet and Gentle (Portal / Thorn) 2.23
7. Quizas, Quizas, Quizas 2.10
(Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)
(Farris / Davis)
8. Frenesi 3.09
(Dominguez / Charles / Russell)
9. Souvenir of Mexico 2.22
(Pomus / Shuman)
10. Besame Mucho (Velasquez / Skylar) 2.56
11. Love Me, Love Me (King) 2.34
12. Spanish Harlem 2.48
(Leiber / Spector) #10

■ BEN E. KING
– Don´t Play That Song! (1962)
- SD 33-142
13. Don´t Play That Song (You Lied) 2.45
(King / Ertegun) #2
14. Ecstasy (Pomus / Spector) #56 2.19
15. On the Horizon (Leiber / Stoller) 2.11
16. Show Me the Way (Goffin / King) 2.11
17. Here Comes the Night 2.18
(Pomus / Shuman) #81
18. First Taste of Love 2.28
(Pomus / Shuman) #53
19. Stand by Me 2.56
(King / Leiber / Stoller) #1
20. Yes (Leiber / Stoller) 2.44
21. Young Boy Blues 2.17
(Spector / Shuman) #66
22. The Hermit of Misty Mountain 2.17
(Batchelor / Roberts)
23. I Promise Love (King) 2.03
24. Brace Yourself (Blackwell) 2.59
Total Time 60.04