Search - Roy Hamilton :: Warm Soul Plus

Born in Leesburg, Georgia, in 1929, and having developed his singing technique in a church choir, Roy is generally well-known for the many pop/gospel/R&B hits that he recorded for Epic in the '50s/'60s. Most notably his version of 'You'll Never Walk Alone', which, along with other famous songs such as 'If I Loved You', 'Ebb Tide', 'Hurt' and 'Unchained Melody', all helped to catapult Roy into the spotlight and huge fame. Unfortunately, the hits eventually dried up and Epic finally let him go in 1962. This period has been extensively documented and there are a plethora of fine CDs of this repertoire currently in the marketplace. The era we are concerned with here is his first album for MGM in 1963 Warm Soul and also the seven MGM singles that were originally released from 1963-1965. Warm Soul is re-issued here for the first time and is in part, a showcase of many fine MOR ballads, which are complemented in turn by some gorgeous gospel and soul recordings. Roy by now had honed his style perfectly to suit the recently emerging Soul sound and many consider his MGM 45 repertoire to be some of finest he ever committed to vinyl. Poker. 2007.