VA - Soul Music Hits The Charts 1955-1962 (2013) 2CD

Some might think that soul music s days of chart glory came later, but by the time Ray Charles was anointed High Priest of Soul in 1961, black America s airwaves were habitually using the term soul to describe a gospelized R&B style that had been producing reliable hits since the late 50s. This collection represents the emergence of that fabulous sound in the charts in New York (the centre of the country s recording industry), the Midwest (Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago), the South (Georgia, Memphis, New Orleans, Texas), and the West (Los Angeles).

TRACKLIST:

Disc 1
1. The Valentinos - "Lookin' For A Love"
2. The Miracles - "Way Over There"
3. Ray Charles - "I'm Movin' On"
4. Timi Yuro - "Hurt"
5. Mary Wells - "Two Lovers"
6. The Sims Twins - "Soothe Me"
7. The Shirelles - "Mama Said"
8. Hank Ballard - "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go"
9. The Supremes - "Let Me Go The Right Way"
10. Clyde McPhatter - "A Lover's Question"
11. Brook Benton & Dinah Washington - "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"
12. Little Willie John - "Let Them Talk"
13. Sam Cooke - "Nothing Can Change This Love"
14. The Drifters - "Save the Last Dance For Me"
15. Marv Johnson - "You Got What It Takes"
16. Etta James - "Trust In Me"
17. Jackie Wilson - "Am I The Man"
18. Dee Clark - "Nobody But You"
19. The Shirelles - "Baby It's You"
20. Barbara Lynn - "You'll Lose A Good Thing"
21. Ernie K-Doe - "Mother-In-Law"
22. Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Lead Me On"
23. James Brown - "You've Got The Power"
24. Marie Knight - "Come Tomorrow"
25. Lloyd Price - "Stagger Lee"
26. Dee Clark - "Raindrops"
27. Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Letter Full Of Tears"
28. Little Willie John - "All Around The World"
29. Maxine Brown - "Funny"
30. Jackie Wilson - "Reet Petite"

Disc 2
1. The Tams - "Untie Me"
2. Etta James - "At Last"
3. Ike & Tina Turner - "Tra La La"
4. The Drifters - "There Goes My Baby"
5. Chuck Jackson - "I Don't Want To Cry"
6. Maxine Brown - "All In My Mind"
7. Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Every Beat Of My Heart"
8. Gene Chandler - "Duke Of Earl"
9. Marv Johnson - "I Love The Way You Love"
10. Carla Thomas - "Gee Whiz"
11. Ray Charles - "Them That Got"
12. The 5 Royales - "Dedicated To The One I Love"
13. The Falcons - "Just For Your Love"
14. Lloyd Price - "Just Because"
15. James Brown - "Lost Someone"
16. Irma Thomas - "It's Raining"
17. Sam Cooke - "Twistin' The Night Away"
18. Ed Townsend - "For Your Love"
19. The Shirelles - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
20. Eugene Church - "Pretty Girls Everywhere"
21. Tommy Hunt - "Human"
22. The Jarmels - "A Little Bit Of Soap"
23. Clyde McPhatter - "Lover Please"
24. Gene McDaniels - "A Hundred Pounds Of Clay"
25. The Drifters - "Please Stay"
26. Eddie Holland - "Jamie"
27. The Marvelettes - "Beechwood 4-5789"
28. Roy Hamlton - "You Can Have Her"
29. Sam Cooke - "You Send Me"
30. Ben E King - "Stand By Me"