The Best of Rhythm & Blues, 1954 & 1955

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Tracklist

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1I’ll Be True
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1953)
trumpet:
Joe Morris (in 1953)
vocals:
Faye Adams (in 1953)
recording of:
I'll Be True (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
William McLemore
Faye Adams2:51
2Something’s Wrong
recording of:
Something’s Wrong (My Heart Is in Your Hands) (on 1953-09-02)
lyricist and composer:
Antoine Dominique Domino and Dave Bartholomew
Fats Domino2:43
3You’re So Fine
Little Walter3:05
4The Things That I Used to Do
alto saxophone:
Gus Fontenette (on 1953-10-26)
bass guitar [bass]:
Lloyd Lambert (on 1953-10-26)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Oscar Moore (on 1953-10-26)
guitar:
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (on 1953-10-26)
piano:
Ray Charles (on 1953-10-26)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Burbank (on 1953-10-26) and Joseph Tillman (on 1953-10-26)
trumpet:
Frank S. Mitchell (on 1953-10-26)
vocals:
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (on 1953-10-26)
arranger:
Ray Charles (on 1953-10-26)
recorded at:
J&M Music Shop in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1953-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1984)
recording of:
The Things That I Used to Do (on 1953-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Jones
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Venice Music
Guitar Slim3:01
5You’re Still My Baby
vocals:
Chuck Willis (on 1953-09-17)
orchestra:
Leroy Kirkland Orchestra (on 1953-09-17)
conductor:
Leroy Kirkland (on 1953-09-17)
recording of:
You’re Still My Baby (on 1953-09-17)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis
publisher:
Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd.
Chuck Willis3:10
6I Didn’t Want to Do It
The Spiders2:44
7You’ll Never Walk Alone
Roy Hamilton3:19
8Such a Night
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters2:25
9Lovey Dovey
The Clovers2:45
10It Should Have Been Me
recording of:
It Should Have Been Me
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles
Ray Charles2:40
11Gee
The Crows2:12
12Work With Me Annie
electric bass guitar:
Alonzo Tucker (on 1954-01-14)
guitar:
Arthur Porter (on 1954-01-14)
membranophone:
Robert Boswell (on 1954-01-14)
piano:
Sonny Thompson (on 1954-01-14)
tenor saxophone:
Robert Darby (on 1954-01-14)
background vocals:
Henry Booth (on 1954-01-14) and Charles Sutton (on 1954-01-14)
bass vocals:
Sonny Woods (on 1954-01-14)
lead vocals:
Hank Ballard (on 1954-01-14)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
Work With Me, Annie (on 1954-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Ballard
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters2:48
13Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite
The Spaniels2:41
14Shake, Rattle and Roll
Big Joe Turner3:00
15Just Make Love to Me
Muddy Waters2:50
16Honey Love
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-02-04)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler
bass, drums (drum set), piano, tenor saxophone and vibraphone:
[unknown] (on 1954-02-04)
guitar:
Jimmy Oliver (on 1954-02-04)
baritone vocals:
Andrew Thrasher (on 1954-02-04)
bass vocals:
Bill Pinkney (on 1954-02-04)
lead vocals:
Clyde McPhatter (on 1954-02-04)
tenor vocals:
Clyde McPhatter (on 1954-02-04) and Gerhart Thrasher (on 1954-02-04)
recorded at:
Fulton Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States (on 1954-02-04)
recording of:
Honey Love (on 1954-02-04)
writer:
Clyde McPhatter and Jerry Wexler
publisher:
P.M.P.C. Inc.
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters2:22
17Sh‐Boom
recording of:
Sh‐Boom
writer:
William Edwards, Carl Feaster, Claude Feaster, James Keyes and Floyd McRae
premiered by:
The Chords
The Chords2:29
18Oh, What a Dream
Ruth Brown2:52
19Annie Had a Baby
drums (drum set):
Nooruddin Zafar
electric bass guitar:
Clarence Moten
guitar:
Arthur Porter
piano:
Florence Pleasant
tenor saxophone:
Arnett Cobb
background vocals:
Henry Booth and Charles Sutton
bass vocals:
Sonny Woods
lead vocals:
Hank Ballard
recording of:
Annie Had a Baby (on 1954-07-30)
writer:
Henry Glover and Lois Mann
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters2:44
20Hurts Me to My Heart
Faye Adams3:03
21I Don’t Hurt Anymore
cover recording of:
I Don’t Hurt Anymore
writer:
Don Robertson and Jack Rollins
Dinah Washington3:12
22Mambo Baby
Ruth Brown2:42
23Hearts of Stone
Otis Williams & the Charms2:38
24You Upset Me Baby
recording of:
You Upset Me Baby
writer:
Riley B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Copyright Control
B.B. King3:01