Maxine Brown - Oh No Not My Baby: The Best of Maxine Brown

Title: Oh No Not My Baby: The Best of Maxine Brown Artist: Maxine Brown Release Date: 1990 Re-Released On: 11/20/1995 Label: Kent (UK) Duration: 75:01 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 029667294928 Genre: Rhythm & Blues Styles: Soul, Early R&B, Brill Building Pop, Pop-Soul, Uptown Soul, Southern Soul Moods: Elegant, Organic, Stylish, Bittersweet, Cathartic, Earnest, Gentle, Laid-Back/Mellow, Melancholy, Passionate, Plaintive, Sensual, Sentimental, Yearning, Amiable/Good-Natured, Romantic Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Since I Found You
2. Gotta Find a Way
3. I Wonder What My Baby's Doing Tonight
4. Let Me Give You My Lovin'
5. It's Torture
6. One in a Million
7. Oh No, Not My Baby
8. You're in Love
9. Anything for a Laugh
10. Coming Back to You
11. Yesterday's Kisses
12. Ask Me
13. All in My Mind
14. Little Girl Lost
15. I Want a Guarantee
16. The Secret of Living
17. Baby Cakes
18. One Step at a Time
19. I've Got a Lot of Love Left in Me
20. I Don't Need Anything
21. Oh Lord, What Are You Doing to Me
22. I Cry Alone
23. Funny
24. Misty Morning Eyes
25. Love That Man
26. Losing My Touch
27. Put Yourself in My Place
28. It's Gonna Be Alright

Year Type Label Catalog # 1995 CD Kent (UK) 949

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This 28-song CD is undoubtedly the best compilation of this underrated soul singer's work, featuring many of her '60s singles and several tunes from the era that were unreleased until the '80s. This disc draws from her recordings for the Wand label between 1963 and 1967, when Brown was at her artistic peak. Of course the hit title track is a highlight, but there are no clunkers in this excellent collection of overlooked '60s pop-soul, featuring the New York "uptown" production that also graced the records of fellow Wand/Scepter artists like Dionne Warwick and Chuck Jackson. Brown was one of the most versatile soul divas of the '60s, showing the influence of Brill Building pop, girl groups, Motown, and even Stax soul and supper-club ballads. As with a similar artist like Betty Everett, this versaility has worked against her in some ways. Neither full-fledged pop nor unabashedly soul, her work cannot be easily pigeonholed into a certain soul genre, and has cost her the respect that some purists reserve for "deep" soul singers. But her work holds up well. Collectors should be aware that this disc doesn't include any of the records she cut in the early '60s before joining Wand; the version of her 1961 Top 20 hit "All in My Mind" here is from a live 1964 release, not the original single. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Maxine Brown Vocals Peter Gibbon Liner Notes