R&B Soul Classics

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Last Night
Mar-Kays2:40
2I Thank YouSam & Dave2:46
3Ain’t Nothing but a House Party
The Show Stoppers2:36
4Niki Hoeky
John Speaker2:32
5Expressway to Your HeartThe Soul Survivors2:21
6Shotgun
Jr. Walker & the All Stars3:00
7Dance to the MusicSly & the Family Stone3:00
8Gotta See JaneR. Dean Taylor3:08
9Chain of Fools
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States
recording engineer and mixer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Jerry Wexler
bass guitar:
Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-06-23)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins (on 1967-06-23)
electric piano:
Spooner Oldham (on 1967-06-23)
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (on 1967-06-23) and Joe South (on 1967-06-23)
piano:
Aretha Franklin (on 1967-06-23)
choir vocals:
Carolyn Franklin (on 1967-06-23), Erma Franklin (on 1967-06-23), Ellie Greenwich (on 1967-06-23) and The Sweet Inspirations (on 1967-06-23)
vocals:
Aretha Franklin (on 1967-06-23)
arranger:
Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (in 1967) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1968)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-06-23)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 249) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 306)
recording of:
Chain of Fools (on 1967-06-23)
lyricist and composer:
Don Covay
publisher:
14th Hour Music, Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc., Pronto Music, Springtime Music, Inc., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co.
Aretha Franklin2:47
10Show Me
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-02-01)
producer:
Buddy Killen
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Clyde Williams (on 1967-02-01)
guitar:
Lee Royal Hadley (on 1967-02-01)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Farley (on 1967-02-01)
trombone:
Anthony Dorsey (on 1967-02-01) and Sly Sellers (on 1967-02-01)
trumpet:
Emile Hall (on 1967-02-01) and Leroy Monroe (on 1967-02-01)
background vocals:
vocal group (on 1967-02-01)
vocals:
Joe Tex (on 1967-02-01)
part of:
Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 28)
recording of:
Show Me (on 1967-02-01)
writer:
Joe Tex
publisher:
London Tree Music and Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
Joe Tex2:56
11(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and HigherJackie Wilson2:58
12I Was Made to Love Her
producer:
Henry Cosby
bass:
James Jamerson (on 1967-03-31)
electric sitar:
Eddie Willis (on 1967-03-31)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder (on 1967-03-31)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (on 1967-03-31)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (in 1966) and Motown Record Corporation (in 1967)
recorded at:
Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (on 1967-03-31)
recording of:
I Was Made to Love Her (on 1967-03-31)
writer:
Henry Cosby, Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Sawandi Music, Stone Agate Music and 大洋音楽
Stevie Wonder2:38
13Boogaloo Down Broadway
The Fantastic Johnny C2:35
14Take a Letter Maria
recorded in:
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1969-08-19)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun
strings:
[unknown] (on 1969-08-19)
vocals:
R.B. Greaves (on 1969-08-19)
orchestra:
[unknown] (on 1969-08-19)
conductor:
Arif Mardin (on 1969-08-19)
arranger:
Arif Mardin
recording of:
Take a Letter Maria (on 1969-08-19)
lyricist and composer:
R.B. Greaves
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing
R.B. Greaves2:43
15Farther on Down the Road
Joe Simon3:09
16I Pick a Rose for My RoseMarv Johnson2:41
17I Hear a SymphonyThe Isley Brothers3:21
18Too Many Fish in the SeaThe Marvelettes2:31
19Too Weak to FightClarence Carter2:17
20Stand by MeBen E. King2:59