The Roots of Soul (10CD)

1. James Brown – Please, Please, Please (Brown/Terry) 1956

2. Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite (Gordy Jr./Carlo) 19572

3. Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael/Gorrell) 1960

4. Sam Cooke – You Send Me (Cooke) 1957

5. Bobby Day – Over And Over (Byrd) 19581

6. The Royales (Hank Ballard & The Midnighters) – Get It (Tucker/Ballard) 1953

7. Ivory Joe Hunter – Empty Arms (Hunter) 1957

8. Lavern Baker – Play It Fair (Campbell) 1955

9. Jimmy Jones – Good Timin’ (Ballard/Tobias) 1960

10. James Brown – Why Do You Do Me (Byrd/Keels) 1956

11. Jessie Hill – Ooh Poo Pa Doo (Hill) 1960

12. Clyde Mcphatter – Just To Hold My Hand (Perryman/Robey) 1957

13. Don & Dewey – I’m Leavin’ It All Up To You (Harris/Terry) 1957

14. Etta James – Good Rockin’ Daddy (Berry/Josea) 1955

15. Roy Brown – School Bell Rock (Brown) 1959

16. Ray Charles – Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (Bland) 1960

17. Rosco Gordon – Just A Little Bit (Gordon) 1960

18. Barrett Strong – Money (Bradford/Gordy Jr) 1960

19. James Brown – I Don’t Know (Brown/Terry) 1956

20. Solomon Burke – Just Out Of Reach (Stewart) 1960

21. Wilbert Harrison – Kansas City (Leiber/Stoller) 1959

22. Lavern Baker – I Cried A Tear (Julia) 1958

23. James Brown – I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On (Knox/Scott) 1956

24. Sam Butera – Bim Bam (Butera/Stanley) 1958

25. Jackie Wilson – Lonely Teardrops (Gordy Jr./Carlo) 1958

26. Don Covay – Paper Dollar (Covay) 1957

27. Ray Charles – Confessin’ The Blues (Charles) 1949

28. Ivory Joe Hunter – Since I Met You Baby (Hunter) 1956

29. Solomon Burke – I’m All Alone (Crudup) 1956

30. Thurston Harris – Fine Fine Frame (Harris) 1959

31. James Brown – No, No, No, No (Brown) 1956

32. Clyde Mcphatter – Rock And Cry (Gagliano) 19571

33. Marie Adams – What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For (Mccarthy/Johnson/Monaco) 1958

34. Sam Cooke – I’ll Come Running Back To You (Cooke) 1957

35. Fats Domino – So Long (Domino/Bartholomew) 1956

36. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – It’S Love Baby (Jarrett) 1955

37. Ray Charles – I’m Moving On (Snow) 1959

38. James Brown – Hold My Baby’S Hand (Brown/Smith/Scott/Byrd) 1956

39. Don & Dewey – The Letter (Harris/Terry) 1957

40. Bobby Day – Come Seven (Rene/Ellison) 1957

41. Jackie Wilson – To Be Loved (Gordy Jr./Carlo) 1958

42. James Brown – I Won’t Plead No More (Byrd/Keels) 1956

43. Ivory Joe Hunter – I Almost Lost My Mind (Hunter) 1950

44. Lloyd Price – Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Price) 1952

45. Ray Charles – One Mint Julep (Toombs) 1960

46. Ruth Brown – I Want To Do More (Leiber/Stoller) 1955

47. Jimmy Jones – Handy Man (Blackweel/Jones) 1960

48. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Teardrops On Your Letter (Glover) 1959

49. Sam Cooke – (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (Watson/Best) 1958

50. Marv Johnson – You Got What It Takes (Carlo/Davis/Fuqua/Gory Jr/Johnson) 1959

51. James Brown – Chonnie-On-Chon (Brown/Scott/Byrd/Smith) 1956

52. Moonah – All Shook Out (Mattis) 1953

53. Solomon Burke – A Picture Of You (Meerenstein) 1957

54. Alice Jean & The Mondellos – 100 Years From Today (Young/Washington) 1957

55. Bobby Day – My Blue Heaven (Whiting/Donaldson) 1959

56. Little Wiilie John – My Nerves (Toombs/Glover) 1956

57. Ray Charles – My Bonnie (Traditional) 1958

58. Rudy Green – It’s You I Love (Green) 1953

59. Clyde Mcphatter – Seven Days (Carroll/Taylor) 1956

60. James Brown – Just Won’t Do Right (Brown) 1957

61. Ray Charles – Sticks And Stones (Turner/Glover) 1960

62. The Tempos – Never Let Me Go (The Tempos) 1958

63. Oscar Mclollie & Jeanette Baker – Hey Girl, Hey Boy (Mclollie/Thomas) 1958

64. James Brown – Let’S Make It (Brown) 1957

65. TV Slim – Flatfoot Sam (Wills) 1957

66. Sam Cooke – You Were Made For Me (Cooke) 1958

67. Clyde Mcphatter – Twice As Nice (Mcphatter) 1959

68. Jackie Wilson – That’S Why (I Love You So) (Gordy Jr./Carlo) 1959

69. Ray Charles – See See Rider (Traditional) 1950

70. Wilbert Harrison – C. C. Rider (Willis) 1960

71. Little Richard – Send Me Some Lovin’ (Price/Marascalco) 1957

72. James Brown – Gonna Try (Brown) 1957

73. Faye Adams – Shake A Hand (Morris) 1953

74. Solomon Burke – I’M In Love (Horton) 1956

75. Ray Charles – Tell The Truth (Pauling) 1960 3

76. Ivory Joe Hunter – A Tear Fell (Hunter) 1956 5

77. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Finger Poppin’ Time (Ballard) 1960

78. Alice Jean & The Mondellos – Daylight Saving Time (Mcclay/Darksdale) 1957

79. James Brown – Can’T Be The Same (Brown) 1957

80. Bobby Day – When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano (Rene) 1957

81. James Brown – Messing ‚With The Blues (Brown) 1957

82. Clyde Mcphatter – Treasure Of Love (Stallman)Shapiro9 1956

83. Sam Cooke – Lonely Island (Ahbez) 1958

84. Ruth Brown – Teardrops From My Eyes (Ttoombs) 1950

85. Bobby Day – Ain’T Gonna Cry No More (Byrd) 1959

86. Ray Charles – (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Cadena/Herman) 1958

87. Jackie Wilson – I’Ll Be Satisfied (Gordy Jr./Carlo/Gordy) 1959

88. Fats Domino – Valley Of Tears (Domino/Bartholomew) 1957

89. Lloyd Price – I’M Gonna Get Married (Price/Logan) 1959

90. James Brown – You’Re Mine, You’Re Mine (Brown/Scott) 1957

91. Lavern Baker – Bumble Bee (Fullylove/Baker) 19596

92. Solomon Burke – I Need You Tonight (Horton) 1957

93. Ernie K. Doe – Mother-In-Law (Toussaint) 1960

94. Ray Charles – You Be My Baby (Pomus/Shuman/Charles) 1958

95. Shirley & Lee – Let The Good Times Roll (Goodman/Lee) 1956

96. Faye Adams – I’Ll Be True (Mclemore) 1953

97. Sam Cooke – Chain Gang (Quasha/Yakus) 1960

98. Little Richard – Can’T Believe You Wanna Leave (Price) 1957

99. James Brown – Love Or A Game (Brown) 1957

100. Ray Charles – I Had A Dream (Harper/Charles) 1958

101. Bobby Day – That’s All I Want (Byrd) 19598

102. Ruth Brown – 10-15 Hours (Toombs) 1952

103. James Brown – I Walked Alone (Knox/Scott) 1957

104. Billy Bland – Let The Little Girl Dance (Spencer/Glover) 1960

105. Ray Charles – Let The Good Times Roll (Theard/Moore) 1959

106. Thurston Harris – (I Got Loaded At) Smokey Joe’S (Harris) 1956

107. Buster Brown – Fannie Mae (Brown) 1959

108. Wilbert Harrison – Don’t Wreck My Life (Harrison) 1959

109. Lavern Baker – That’s All I Need (Chase/Baker/Biggs) 1955

110. Jackie Wilson – Doggin’ Around (Tarnopol) 1960

111. Ray Charles – Mess Around (Nugetre/Stone) 1953

112. James Brown – That Dood It (Mccoy/Toombs) 1957

113. Don & Dewey – Little Sally Walker (Harris/Terry) 1959

114. Sam Cooke – Win Your Love For Me (Cooke) 1958

115. Big Joe Turner – Morning, Noon And Night (Calhoun) 1956

116. Clyde Mcphatter – You Went Back On Your Own Word (Bemton) 1959

117. Eugene Church – Pretty Girls Everywhere (Church/Williams) 1958

118. Ray Charles – Tell Me How Do You Feel (Charles/Mayfield) 1959

119. James Brown – Baby Cries Over The Ocean (Brown) 1957

120. Etta James – The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) (James/Otis/’Ballard) 1955

121. Ray Charles – What’d I Say (Charles) 1959

122. James Brown – Begging, Begging (Toombs/Dixon) 1958

123. Lavern Baker – Still (Burton/Plummer) 1956

124. Smiley Lewis – Schooldays Are Back (King/Bartholomew) 1957

125. Bobby Day – So Long Baby (Byrd) 1957

126. Ruth Brown – Mambo Baby (Singleton/Mccoy) 1954

127. Sam Cooke – Love You Most Of All (Campbell) 1958

128. Clyde Mcphatter – Come What May (Porter) 1958

129. Bobby Marchan – Chickee Wah Wah (Smith) 1956

130. James Brown – That’s ‚When I Lost My Heart (Brown) 1958

131. Ray Charles – Drown In My Own Tears (Glover) 1956

132. Earl Grant – The End (Jacobson/Krondes) 1958

133. Johnny Ace – Pledging My Love (Washington/Robey) 1955

134. Jackie Wilson – Night (Lehman/Miller) 1960

135. Solomon Burke – If You Need Me (Bateman/Pickett/Saunders) 1960

136. Ray Charles – Get On The Right Track Baby (Turner) 1957

137. Rudy Ray Moore – The Buggy Ride (Moore) 1956

138. Linda Hopkins – Mama Needs Your Lovin’ Baby (Rivera/Henry/Bass) 1959

139. Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem (Leiber/Spector) 1960

140. James Brown – Try Me (Brown) 1958

141. Bobby Day – Gotta New Girl (Byrd) 195

142. James Brown – I Want You So Bad (Brown) 1959

143. Earl King – Old Faithful And True Love (Singleton/Mccoy) 1955

144. Mel Williams – Send Me A Picture Baby (Cosgrove) 1955

145. Jackie Wilson – You Better Know It (Wilson/Henry) 1959

146. Ray Charles – Ain’t That Love (Charles) 1957

147. James Brown – This Old Heart (Brown) 1960

148. Clyde Mcphatter – A Lover’S Question (Benton/Williams) 1958

149. Tiny Topsy – Just A Little Bit (Thornton/Thompson/Bass/Washington) 1959

150. Solomon Burke – They Always Say (Burke) 1958

151. James Brown – There Must Be A Reason (Brown) 1959

152. Ray Charles – Swanee River Rock (Traditional) 1957

153. Ruth Brown – As Long As I’M Moving (Calhoun) 1955

154. Buddy Banks – Happy Home Blues (Pyles) 1949

155. Wilbert Harrison – 1960 (Harrison) 1960

156. Ray Charles – Hallelujah I Love Her So (Charles) 1955

157. Bobby Day – Little Turtle Dove (Byrd) 1958

158. Sonny Knight – Keep A-Walkin’ (Smith) 1955

159. James Brown – Tell Me What I Did Wrong (Brown) 1958

160. Sam Cooke – Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha (Campbell) 1959

161. Ray Charles – Talkin’ ‘Bout You (Charles) 1957

162. Jackie Wilson – Talk That Talk (Wyche) 1959

163. James Brown – I’ve Got To Change (Brown) 1959

164. Wynonie Harris – Lovin’ Machine (Merritt/Lambert) 1951

165. Bobby Day – Say Yes (Byrd) 1959

166. Ray Charles – Leave My Woman Alone (Charles) 1956

167. Dave Bartholomew – My Ding-A-Ling (Bartholomew/Rhodes) 1952

168. Larry Williams – Just Because (Price) 1957

169. Amos Milburn – Bad, Bad Whiskey (Davis) 1950

170. Sam Cooke – Only Sixteen (Campbell) 1959 3

171. James Brown – Doodle Bee (Davis/Shubert) 1959

172. Smiley Lewis – I Hear You Knocking (Bartholomew/King) 1955

173. Big Joe Turner – Chains Of Love (Nugetre) 1951

174. Chuck Willis – It’s Too Late (Willis) 1956

175. Lloyd Price – Forgive Me, Clawdy (Price) 1956

176. Jackie Wilson – I Am The Man (Hamilton/King) 1960

177. Ray Charles – I’Ve Got A Woman (Charles) 1954

178. Ruth Brown – Oh What A Dream (Willis) 1954

179. James Brown – It Was You (Brown) 1959

180. Bobby Day – Alone Too Long (Byrd) 1959

181. James Brown – Good Good Lovin’ (Brown/Shubert) 1959

182. Ray Charles – Don’t You Know (Charles) 1954

183. Chuck Willis – What Am I Living For (Harris/Jay) 1958

184. Bobby Day – Darling If I Had You (Byrd) 1957

185. Smiley Lewis – One Night (Bartholomew/King) 1956

186. Jackie Wilson – A Woman, A Lover, A Friend (Wyche) 1960

187. Chuck Willis – Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes (Willis) 1958

188. James Brown – Think (Pauling) 1960

189. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Let’S Go, Let’S Go, Let’S Go (Ballard) 1960

190. Ben E. King – Young Boy Blues (Pomus/Spector) 1960

191. Sam Cooke – Wonderful World (Cooke/Adler/Alpert) 1960

192. Lloyd Price – Personality (Price/Logan) 1959

193. Carla Thomas – Gee Whiz (Thomas) 1959

194. James Brown – You’ve Got The Power (Brown/Terry) 1960 & Bea Ford

195. The Van McCoy Strings – Sweet And Easy (Mccoy/Cobb) 1958

196. Ray Charles – This Little Girl Of Mine (Charles) 1955

197. Smiley Lewis – The Bells Are Ringing (Lewis/Bartholomew) 1952

198. Wilbert Harrison – Goodbye Kansas City (Harrison) 1960

199. Bobby Day – Unchained Melody (Zaret/North) 1959

200. James Brown – I’ll Go Crazy (Brown) 1960