The Ravens - The Ravens Collection 1946-59 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ray really broke through on Atlantic starting in '54; these 2 CDs, though, take US to the top as we hear the earliest glimpses of the genius that would flower into the Genius of Soul. Listen as his smooth Nat King Cole-style R&B starts to fuse with gospel and blues; his hits Confession Blues; Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand, and Kissa Me Baby join How Long Blues; See See Rider; I'll Do Anything but Work; Honey Honey; Lonely Boy; This Love of Mine; Ain't That Fine; Someday 50 tracks including bonus Bill Samuels cuts! Album Tracks 1. I Love You, I Love You 2. Confession Blues 3. Alone in the City 4. Can Anyone Ask for More 5. Rockin' Chair Blues 6. Here I Am 7. If I Give You My Love 8. Can't You See Darling 9. This Love of Mine 10. Blues Before Sunrise 11. How Long Blues 12. A Sentimental Blues 13. You'll Always Miss the Water 14. Ain't That Fine 15. Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket 16. Sittin' on Top of the World 17. I've Had My Fun 18. See See Rider 19. What Have I Done 20. Honey Honey 21. She's on the Ball 22. TH' Ego Song 23. Late in the Evening Blues 24. Someday 25. I'll Do Anything But Work 1. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 2. All to Myself 3. Lonely Boy 4. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand 5. I'm Glad for Your Sake 6. Baby Won't You Please Come Home 7. Hey Now 8. Kissa Me Baby 9. The Snow Is Falling 10. Misery in My Heart 11. Baby Let Me Hear You Call My Name 12. Walkin' and Talkin' 13. I'm Wonderin' and Wonderin' 14. I Can't Do No More (Why Did You Go) 15. Guitar Blues 16. I Cover the Waterfront 17. Jockey Blues 18. I'm Coming Home to Stay 19. My Bicycle Tillie 20. One Hundred Years from Today 21. Candy Store Jump 22. That Chick's Too Young to Fry 23. I Cover the Waterfront 24. Jockey Blues 25. Port Wine

This continues the strand of R&B and country collections associated with Acrobat's highly popular InchAmerica's Greatest HitsInch series, this one focusing on the top R&B records in the US Billboard charts during 1961. This great value 113-track 4-CD anthology includes, with the exception of certain records which are unavailable for inclusion due to copyright restrictions, just about every record which peaked in the Billboard R&B Top 15 during that year. By this time, the R&B scene had evolved considerably as the rock 'n roll scene had matured and Tin Pan Alley had marketed it's teen-oriented offshoots, and there was an exciting feel to the charts, with substantial crossover into the pop charts through artists like Ben E. King, Ray Charles, Brook Benton, The Miracles, Aretha Franklin and The Marvelettes. There was also a significant weight of other records from the increasingly powerful Motown, Tamla and other labels producing material which would have a significant influence on emerging talent across the pond in the UK, like The Beatles, who absorbed some of the songs in this anthology into their repertoire, sowing the seeds of the British invasion which was soon to transform the pop landscape once more. With the blurring of the boundaries between the genres, the more traditional blues and R&B artists whose music had helped lay the groundwork for rock found it harder to reach the top positions in the R&B chart, and the foundations of the soul boom of the late '60s and 70s was clearly in evidence in many of the hits included here. As with all these collections, it provides a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings of which even enthusiasts of the genre may not Album Tracks 1. Jerry Butler - He Will Break Your Heart 2. Floyd Cramer - Last Date 3. Bert Kaempfert & His Orch. - Wonderla

Three CD set. 2019 UK collection. For the very first time you can now get your hands on a definitive collection of the funk and soul sensation that is The Bar-Kays. Robinsongs are proud to be the first tag to combine the Warner Brothers, Volt, Stax and Mercury repertoire to make this a unique compilation that covers the period from 1967 through 1989. The package features every single one of their Top 10 R&B Hits 'Soul Finger', 'Son Of Shaft', 'Shake Your Rump To The Funk', 'Too Hot To Stop', 'Holy Ghost', 'Move Your Boogie Body', 'Boogie Body Land', 'Hit And Run', 'Do It (Let Me See You Shake)', 'Certified True' and 'Freakshow On The Dancefloor'. Other tracks of note included in this package are 'Let's Have Some Fun', 'Dirty Dancer', 'Attitudes' and the full-length album version of 'Money Talks' plus the dance floor smash 'Sexomatic'. The history of the Bar-Kays is one of tragedy and triumph, plane crash to Gold Discs, Otis Redding to Isaac Hayes, which is all wonderfully summed up in a 24 page color booklet including an essay by Christian John Wikane, a New York based music journalist with contributions by the band's former front man Larry Dodson. Album Tracks 1. Soul Finger 2. Bar Kays Boogaloo 3. Don't Stop Dancing to the Music 4. Sang and Dance 5. Son of Shaft 6. Six O'Clock News Report 7. Money Talks 8. Holy Ghost 9. Too Hot to Stop 10. Shake Your Rump to 11. The Funk 12. Cozy 13. Spellbound 14. Whitehouseorgy 15. Standing on the Outside 16. Attitudes 17. Shut the Funk Up 18. Let's Have Some Fun 1. Give It Up 2. Get Up 'N Do It 3. I Lean on You/You Lean on Me 4. Shine 5. I'll Dance 6. Move Your Boogie Body 7. Up in Here 8. Today Is the Day 9. Running in and Out of My Life 10. Boogie Body Land 11. Body Fever 12. Freaky Behaviour 13. Traffic Jammer 14. Hit and Run 15. Nightcruising 16. (Busted)