Search - History of Soul :: Soul Music Hits the Charts 1955-1962

(2013/History Of Soul) 60 tracks with 28 page booklet.
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).Medium 1Lookin' For A Love - The ValentinosWay Over There - The MiraclesI'm Movin' On - Ray CharlesHurt - Timi YuroTwo Lovers - Mary WellsSoothe Me - The Sims TwinsMama Said - ShirellesLet's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go - Hank BallardLet Me Go The Right Way - The SupremesA Lover's Question - Clyde McPhatterBaby (You've Got What It Takes) - Dinah Washington & Brook BentonLet Them Talk - Little Willie JohnNothing Can Change This Love - Sam CookeSave The Last Dance For Me - The DriftersYou Got What It Takes - Marv JohnsonTrust In Me - Etta JamesAm I The Man - Jackie WilsonNobody But You - Dee ClarkBaby It's You - ShirellesYou'll Lose A Good Thing - Barbara LynnMother / In / Law - Ernie K-DoeLead Me On - Bobby "Blue" BlandYou've Got The Power - James BrownCome Tomorrow - Marie KnightStagger Lee - Lloyd PriceRaindrops - Dee ClarkLetter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & The PipsAll Around The World - Little Willie John...