Back to Black - Various Artists

Back to Black

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 26 March 2001

big band blues electronic

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CD 1: Blues, Jazz, Swing & The Big Bands 1900-1945
1
Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin
3:17
2
Crazy Blues
Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds
3:20
3
Dippermouth Blues
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
2:15
4
Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground
Blind Willie Johnson
3:20
3.8 ★
5
Statesboro Blues
Blind Willie McTell
2:33
6
How Long, How Long Blues
Leroy Carr
3:00
7
Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie
Pinetop Smith
3:22
8
St Louis Blues
Louis Armstrong
3:03
9
Ol’ Man River
Paul Robeson
2:36
10
Gimme a Pigfoot
Bessie Smith with Buck and His Band
3:30
11
Minnie the Moocher (The Ho de Ho Song)
Cab Calloway
3:10
12
Stormy Weather
Ethel Waters
3:11
13
Honeysuckle Rose
Fats Waller
2:40
14
Hellhound on My Trail
Robert Johnson
2:37
4.0 ★
15
Good Morning, Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson
3:03
16
Jumpin’ at the Woodside
Count Basie
3:07
17
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow & Me)
The Ink Spots
3:21
18
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday
2:54
19
Summertime
Sidney Bechet
4:10
20
T-Bone Blues
T‐Bone Walker with Les Hite & His Orchestra
3:16
21
God Bless the Child
Billie Holiday
2:45
22
After You’ve Gone
Roy Eldridge with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
2:38
23
I Wonder
Pvt Cecil Gant
2:44
24
Ko-Ko
Charlie Parker
2:56
25
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
3:08
26
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Nat King Cole
2:29
CD 2: The Birth of R'n'b 1946-1953
1
That’s All Right
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
2:55
4.5 ★
2
Let the Good Times Roll
Louis Jordan
2:48
3
Chicken Shack Boogie
Amos Milburn
2:50
4
I Can’t Be Satisfied
Muddy Waters
2:43
5
Good Rockin’ Tonight
Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orchestra
2:58
3.0 ★
6
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight
2:29
7
We’re Gonna Rock, We’re Gonna Roll
Wild Bill Moore Sextet
2:38
8
Boogie Chillen’
John Lee Hooker
3:08
9
All She Wants to Do Is Rock
Wynonie Harris
2:32
10
The Fat Man
Fats Domino
2:37
4.0 ★
11
Every Day I Have the Blues
Lowell Fulson
2:31
12
Please Send Me Someone to Love
Percy Mayfield
2:55
3.0 ★
13
Black Night
Charles Brown
3:06
14
Flamingo
Earl Bostic
2:41
15
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
Lloyd Price
2:32
16
One Mint Julip
The Clovers
2:29
17
Honey Hush
Big Joe Turner
2:43
18
Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton
2:51
4.6 ★
19
Money Honey
Clyde McPhatter
2:58
20
Dust My Broom
Elmore James
3:00
21
Smokestack Lightnin’
Howlin’ Wolf
3:04
22
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Ella Fitzgerald
3:35
4.0 ★
23
Crying in the Chapel
The Orioles
3:04
24
Teardrops in My Eyes
Ruth Brown
2:59
25
Manhattan
Ella Fitzgerald
2:53
CD 3: The Rock'n'Roll Years 1945-1962
1
Loco-Motion
Little Eva
2:28
2.0 ★
2
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry
2:40
4.2 ★
3
Yakety Yak
The Coasters
1:50
5.0 ★
4
Tutti Frutti
Little Richard
2:25
5
Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)
Jackie Wilson
2:44
4.0 ★
6
Duke of Earl
Gene Chandler
2:16
7
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
2:18
4.5 ★
8
Hit the Road Jack
Ray Charles
1:56
9
Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino
2:22
4.6 ★
10
Stand by Me
Ben E. King
3:00
4.6 ★
11
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Nina Simone
3:36
4.0 ★
12
Tears on My Pillow
Little Anthony & the Imperials
2:16
2.5 ★
13
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The Platters
2:38
3.8 ★
14
It’s All in the Game
Tommy Edwards
2:38
4.0 ★
15
Passing Strangers
Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan
2:39
3.0 ★
16
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Ray Charles
4:17
17
Didn’t It Rain
Mahalia Jackson
2:40
18
Handy Man
Jimmy Jones
1:59
19
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
2:41
3.8 ★
20
Bo Didley
Bo Diddley
2:29
4.5 ★
21
Good Golly Miss Molly
Little Richard
2:10
22
The Twist
Chubby Checker
2:37
4.2 ★
23
Green Onions
Booker T. & the MG’s
2:54
3.9 ★
24
Sweet Little Sixteen
Chuck Berry
3:12
0.1 ★
25
It Never Entered My Mind
Miles Davis
4:03
CD 4: Classic Soul, Part 1 1963-1966
1
Dancing in the Street
Martha and the Vandellas
2:39
3.6 ★
2
People Get Ready
The Impressions
2:41
4.0 ★
3
Rescue Me
Fontella Bass
2:54
4.4 ★
4
Baby Love
The Supremes
2:36
4.3 ★
5
Reach Out I’ll Be There
Four Tops
2:57
3.8 ★
6
Under the Boardwalk
The Drifters
2:43
4.4 ★
7
Walk on By
Dionne Warwick
2:55
4.8 ★
8
When a Man Loves a Woman
Percy Sledge
2:56
4.3 ★
9
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Jimmy Ruffin
3:00
4.6 ★
10
Mad About the Boy
Dinah Washington
2:48
5.0 ★
11
My Girl
The Temptations
2:42
4.5 ★
12
Try a Little Tenderness
Otis Redding
3:46
4.2 ★
13
Tell It Like Is
Aaron Neville
2:43
4.0 ★
14
My Guy
Mary Wells
2:46
15
In the Midnight Hour
Wilson Pickett
2:31
16
Harlem Shuffle
Bob & Earl
2:53
2.5 ★
17
Shotgun
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
2:59
18
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
James Brown
2:08
19
The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)
Betty Everett
2:11
4.0 ★
20
Then He Kissed Me
The Crystals
2:36
4.2 ★
21
Knock on Wood
Eddie Floyd
3:05
4.0 ★
22
Where Did Our Love Go
The Supremes
2:33
5.0 ★
23
Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
Stevie Wonder
2:57
4.7 ★
24
A Love Supreme, Part I (Acknowledgement)
John Coltrane
7:48
CD 5: Classic Soul, Part 2 1967-1970
1
Respect
Aretha Franklin
2:25
3.9 ★
2
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
James Brown
2:52
4.0 ★
3
Sweet Soul Music
Arthur Conley
2:20
4.0 ★
4
Soul Man
Sam & Dave
2:39
4.5 ★
5
Band of Gold
Freda Payne
2:54
4.5 ★
6
Higher and Higher
Jackie Wilson
2:53
4.8 ★
7
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross
3:33
4.2 ★
8
I Want You Back
The Jackson 5
2:56
4.1 ★
9
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
3:11
3.8 ★
10
The Tracks of My Tears
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
2:50
11
Only the Strong Survive
Jerry Butler
2:34
12
I’d Rather Go Blind
Etta James
2:35
13
My Cherie Amour
Stevie Wonder
2:51
4.3 ★
14
(Sitin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
2:42
4.2 ★
15
Private Number
Judy Clay & William Bell
2:41
2.0 ★
16
I Say a Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin
3:32
4.2 ★
17
O Happy Day
Edwin Hawkins Singers
5:08
3.5 ★
18
Young Gifted and Black
Bob & Marcia
3:06
19
Declaration of Rights
The Abyssinians
3:27
20
The Israelites
Desmond Dekker & the Aces
2:32
21
Grazing in the Grass
Hugh Masekela
2:38
22
The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King
5:23
23
Purple Haze
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2:48
4.2 ★
CD 6: Nu Wave Soul 1971-1974
1
War
Edwin Starr
3:21
4.2 ★
2
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
The Temptations
6:51
3.4 ★
3
Theme From Shaft
Isaac Hayes
3:18
3.4 ★
4
Nutbush City Limits
Ike & Tina Turner
2:52
3.8 ★
5
Move on Up
Curtis Mayfield
3:40
6
What’s Going On
Marvin Gaye
3:43
7
I’ll Take You There
The Staple Singers
4:21
8
Family Affair
Sly & the Family Stone
3:00
4.4 ★
9
If You Don’t Know Me by Now
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass
3:25
3.9 ★
10
Me & Mrs. Jones
Billy Paul
4:46
4.5 ★
11
Hey There Lonely Girl
Eddie Holman
3:34
12
Have You Seen Her
The Chi‐Lites
5:01
13
Let’s Stay Together
Al Green
3:17
4.5 ★
14
You Make Me Feel Brand New
The Stylistics
5:27
4.0 ★
15
Let’s Get It On
Marvin Gaye
3:58
3.6 ★
16
Ain’t No Sunshine
Bill Withers
4:10
17
Summer Breeze
The Isley Brothers
3:08
18
Everything I Own
Ken Boothe
3:17
19
When Will I See You Again
The Three Degrees
2:36
20
Love Train
The O’Jays
2:57
4.1 ★
CD 7: Disco Inferno 1975-1979
1
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3:26
2
Boogie Wonderland
Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions
4:48
4.0 ★
3
Disco Inferno
The Trammps
3:17
4.4 ★
4
Car Wash
Rose Royce
3:17
4.6 ★
5
The Hustle
Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
3:35
2.0 ★
6
Young Hearts Run Free
Candi Staton
4:08
4.1 ★
7
I Feel Love
Donna Summer
3:46
4.0 ★
8
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Sylvester
3:28
9
Good Times
Chic
3:38
5.0 ★
10
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
3:16
4.0 ★
11
Lady Marmalade
LaBelle
3:58
3.3 ★
12
You’re My First, My Last, My Everything
Barry White
3:24
4.0 ★
13
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel
Tavares
4:15
14
Ain’t No Stoppin Us Now
McFadden & Whitehead
4:25
15
Now That We’ve Found Love
Third World
3:54
16
One Drop
Bob Marley
3:48
17
Midnight Train to Georgia
Gladys Knight
4:03
18
Whole Town’s Laughing at Me
Teddy Pendergrass
4:26
19
Loving You
Minnie Riperton
3:20
3.5 ★
20
Three Times a Lady
Commodores
3:39
3.8 ★
CD 8: Black Pop & Hip Hop Culture, Part 1 1980-1983
1
Upside Down
Diana Ross
3:42
4.5 ★
2
Can You Feel It
The Jacksons
3:51
4.2 ★
3
Celebration
Kool & the Gang
3:37
4.4 ★
4
I Can Make You Feel Good
Shalamar
4:17
4.0 ★
5
All Night Long
Lionel Richie
4:17
3.4 ★
6
Forget Me Nots
Patrice Rushen
4:43
3.6 ★
7
Never Too Much
Luther Vandross
3:49
3.9 ★
8
Razzamatazz
Quincy Jones
4:10
9
Superfreak
Rick James
3:20
4.3 ★
10
Rapper’s Delight
The Sugarhill Gang
3:29
11
Planet Rock
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
4:50
12
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3:13
4.4 ★
13
Rockit
Herbie Hancock
3:20
14
Ain’t Nobody
Rufus & Chaka Khan
4:25
15
Joy & Pain
Maze
4:22
16
Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye
3:58
3.8 ★
17
Rainy Night in Georgia
Randy Crawford
3:42
18
One Day in Your Life
Michael Jackson
4:08
19
With You I’m Born Again
Billy Preston & Syreeta
3:36
20
Baby Come to Me
Patti Austin & James Ingram
3:37
CD 9: Black Pop & Hip Hop Culture, Part 2 1984-1991
1
Back to Life
Soul II Soul
3:44
4.1 ★
2
Teardrops
Womack & Womack
3:50
3
Don’t Turn Around
Aswad
3:37
4.0 ★
4
Caribbean Queen
Billy Ocean
4:02
4.1 ★
5
Hangin’ on a String
Loose Ends
5:55
3.0 ★
6
Solid
Ashford & Simpson
3:21
2.6 ★
7
Word Up
Cameo
4:18
4.0 ★
8
That’s the Way Love Is
Ten City
4:14
9
Do Me Right
Guy
3:42
10
Eye Know
De La Soul
4:09
3.4 ★
11
Express Yourself
N.W.A
4:15
12
Scenario
A Tribe Called Quest
4:13
13
Ghetto Heaven
The Family Stand
3:50
14
Optimistic
Sounds of Blackness
3:47
3.0 ★
15
Summertime
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
3:52
3.5 ★
16
Close to You
Maxi Priest
4:01
4.0 ★
17
If It Isn’t Love
New Edition
5:12
18
I Don’t Think That Man Should Sleep Alone
Ray Parker Jr.
4:16
CD 10: Urban Explosion 1992-1999
1
No Diggity
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre
4:13
3.2 ★
2
Phenomenom
LL Cool J
3:07
3.6 ★
3
Brown Sugar
D’Angelo
3:58
3.0 ★
4
The Crossroads
Bone Thugs‐n‐Harmony
3:47
5
It Was a Good Day
Ice Cube
4:23
6
C.R.E.A.M.
Wu‐Tang Clan
4:14
4.2 ★
7
Ruff Ryder’s Anthem
DMX
3:36
4.8 ★
8
Do You Wanna Go Our Way?
Public Enemy
3:55
4.0 ★
9
You Know My Steez
Gang Starr
3:46
10
Hard Knock Life
Jay‐Z
4:00
3.4 ★
11
Mr. Wendal
Arrested Development
3:28
3.4 ★
12
Real Love
Mary J. Blige
3:58
13
On and On
Erykah Badu
3:49
3.8 ★
14
Walk on By
Gabrielle
3:16
2.0 ★
15
All My Life
K‐Ci & JoJo
3:42
3.4 ★
16
I Believe I Can Fly
R. Kelly
4:44
2.0 ★
17
I Wanna Be the Only One
Eternal featuring Bebe Winans
3:37
2.5 ★
18
Inner City Life
Goldie
3:47
4.0 ★
19
A Little Bit of Luck
DJ Luck & MC Neat
5:54

Release credits

Abdul “Duke” Fakir
background vocals [5]
Addie Harris
vocal [19]
Ahmet Ertegun
producer [16, 24]
Al Green
vocal [13]
Al Jackson, Jr.
drums (drum set) [3.23, 4.12, 4.21, 5.14, 6.13]
Al McKay
producer [2]
Albert Lowe Jr.
double bass [8]
Albert Winston
double bass [18]
Albert “Tootie” Heath
drums (drum set) [11]
Alfa Anderson
lead vocals [9]
Alfred Lion
producer [1.19, 3.25]
Allen Toussaint
arranger [11], producer [11]
Alonzo Miller
executive [9]
Alonzo Stewart
drums (drum set) [17]
Alvin Stoller
drums (drum set) [25]
Alvin “Red” Tyler
producer [13]
Amos Milburn
piano [3], vocal [3]
Andrew Love
tenor saxophone [12, 21]
Andrew “Mike” Terry
baritone saxophone [4, 22]
Andy Bradfield
mix [17]
Andy Hoffman
assistant [7]
Angie Johnson
background vocals [6]
Arabella Rodriguez
engineer [1]
Aretha Franklin
lead vocals [16], piano [1, 16], vocal [1]
Arif Mardin
arranger [1, 16]
Arnold Koblentz
cor anglais [25], oboe [25]
Arnold McCuller
choir vocals [2]
Art Blakey
drums (drum set) [25]
Art Rupe
producer [12]
Art Satherly
executive [14]
Arthur Conley
vocal [3]
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
guitar [1], vocal [1]
Artie Kane
conductor [18]
Aswad
producer [3]
Audra Tillman
choir vocals [2]
August "Dimes" DuPont
alto saxophone [17]
Barney Kessel
guitar [25]
Barry White
arranger [12], producer [12]
Bashiri Johnson
congas [7]
BeBe Winans
guest [17]
Ben E. King
vocal [10]
Ben Liebrand
remixer [16]
Benny Benjamin
drums (drum set) [11, 17], membranophone [17]
Benny Goodman
clarinet [10]
Bernard Edwards
bass [9]
Berry Gordy
producer [17]
Bert Russell Berns
producer [6]
Bessie Smith
vocal [10]
Betty Kelly
background vocals [1]
Beverly Lee
vocal [19]
Big Joe Turner
producer [17], vocal [17]
Big Joe Williams
guitar [15]
Big Mama Thornton
vocal [18]
Bill Davis
guitar [6]
Bill McLemore
baritone saxophone [9]
Bill Wolfer
keyboard [2]
Billy Boy Arnold
harmonica [20]
Billy Byers
trombone [10]
Billy Davis
producer [3]
Billy Paul
vocal [10]
Billy Suyker
guitar [6]
Billy Taylor Sr.
double bass [10]
Blind Willie Johnson
guitar [4], other vocals [4], vocal [4]
Blind Willie McTell
guitar [5], vocal [5]
Bo Diddley
guitar [20], vocal [20]
Bob Brown
engineer [4]
Bob Bushnell
guitar [6]
Bob Fudjinski
mix [8]
Bob Mack
choir vocals [2]
Bob Power
mix [13], performer [13], producer [13], programming [13], recording [13]
Bob Thiele
producer [24]
Bobby Brooks
engineer [9]
Bobby Byrd
background vocals [2], organ [2]
Bobby Johnson
banjo [10], guitar [10]
Bobby Martin
arranger [6.9, 6.20, 5.11], brass [10], strings [10]
Booker T. & the MG’s
instrument [4], producer [12]
Booker T. Jones
Hammond organ [23], keyboard [14], organ [21], piano [21], producer [15]
Bootsy Collins
bass [2]
Brandon Harris
assistant [18]
Brenda White‐King
background vocals [7]
Brian Holland
producer [4-5, 22]
Brian Stilwell
choir vocals [2]
Brigette Bush
choir vocals [2]
Bryan “Chas” Chandler
producer [23]
Buck Ram
producer [13]
Buck Washington
piano [10]
Bud Shank
flute [25]
Budd Johnson
tenor saxophone [24]
Budd Johnson Orchestra
performing orchestra [24]
Buddy Bregman
arranger [25], conductor [25]
Buddy Williams
drums (drum set) [7]
Bunny Hull
choir vocals [2]
Candi Staton
lead vocals [6]
Carl Beatty
engineer [7]
Carl Davis
producer [6]
Carl Smith
producer [3]
Carmen Twillie
choir vocals [2]
Carole King
kettle drum [19]
Carolyn Dennis
choir vocals [2]
Carolyn Franklin
background vocals [1]
Caron Wheeler
guest [1], lead vocals [1], performer [1], vocal [1]
Catfish Collins
guitar [2]
Charles Chalmers
background vocals [13], tenor saxophone [1]
Charles H. Waller
baritone saxophone [12]
Charles Hodges
organ [13], piano [13]
Charles McCrorey
assistant [13]
Charlie Thomas
tenor vocals [6]
Chic
performer [9]
Chuck Berry
guitar [2, 24], lead vocals [2, 24]
Chuck Gentry
baritone saxophone [25], bass clarinet [25], bassoon [25]
Cissy Houston
background vocals [7]
Clarence McDonald
keyboard [8]
Clayton Gunnells
trumpet [2]
Clement Tervalone
trombone [5]
Clifton “Jiggs” Chase
producer [12]
Commodores
arranger [20], producer [20]
Connie Kay
drums (drum set) [16]
Crusher Bennett
percussion [7]
Curtis Roush
editor [18]
DURO
mix [10]
Damon Harris
lead vocals [2]
Dan Bates
wind instruments [16]
Daniel LeMelle
horn [9], tenor saxophone [9]
Darryl Hassan Jamison
trumpet [2]
Dave Bartholomew
conductor [15], producer [2.10, 3.9], trumpet [15]
Dave Crawford
producer [6]
Dave Siddle
engineer [23]
David Porter
producer [4]
David Prater
lead vocals [4]
David Ruffin
lead vocals [11]
David Stout
wind instruments [16]
David T. Walker
guitar [8]
David Williams
guitar [2]
De La Soul
co [10]
Deniece Williams
background vocals [19]
Dennis Edwards
background vocals [9], lead vocals [2]
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
performing orchestra [9], strings [11]
Devonia Williams
piano [18]
Diana Ross
lead vocals [4, 22]
Didier Leonard
assistant [16]
Dinah Washington
vocal [10]
Dino Fekaris
producer [10]
Dionne Warwick
vocal [7]
Don Law
producer [14]
Don Simpson
producer [14]
Don Wershba
assistant [7]
Donald Ozga
French horn [9]
Donald Peake
guitar [8]
Donald “Duck” Dunn
bass guitar [4.21, 5.14], electric bass guitar [12]
Donna Rhodes
background vocals [13]
Doris Coley
vocal [19]
Dr. Dre
guest [1]
Duke Bootee
vocal [12]
Earl Palmer
drums (drum set) [15]
Earl Van Dyke
Hammond organ [9], piano [4, 22]
Earnest Reed
guitar [4]
Ed Greene
drums (drum set) [4]
Ed Logan
tenor saxophone [13]
Ed Townsend
producer [15]
Eddie Beal
piano [12]
Eddie Floyd
vocal [21]
Eddie Kendricks
background vocals [11]
Eddie Kramer
engineer [23]
Eddie Willis
guitar [5.9, 4.1, 4.4, 4.17, 4.22]
Eddie “Bongo” Brown
congas [6]
Edgar Blanchard
guitar [17]
Edgar Lustgarten
cello [25]
Edwin Jones
French horn [9]
Edwin Starr
performer [1]
El Toro Negro
cymbal [19], drums (drum set) [19], harmonica [19], piano [19]
Ella Fitzgerald
vocal [25]
Elmo Hope
piano [9]
Elvin Jones
drums (drum set) [24]
Emil Richards
percussion [15]
Erma Franklin
background vocals [1]
Ernest "Pepper" Reed
guitar [4]
Ernest Hayes
piano [6]
Ernest McLean
guitar [15]
Erykah Badu
background vocals [13], lead vocals [13]
Ethan Ryman
engineer [6]
Eugene Pearson
baritone vocals [6]
Everett Barksdale
guitar [6]
Fats Domino
piano [15]
Fayette Pinkney
vocal [19]
Fleming McWilliams
background vocals [6]
Florence Ballard
background vocals [4, 22]
Floyd Newman
baritone saxophone [21]
Fonce Mizell
piano [8]
Fontella Bass
lead vocals [3]
Frank Fields
double bass [15]
Frank Kejmar
engineer [12]
Frank Kirkland
drums (drum set) [20]
Frank Mitchell
trumpet [17]
Frankie Newton
trumpet [10]
Freddie Perren
associate [10], piano [8]
Freddy Douglass
tenor saxophone [9]
Gamble & Huff
producer [11]
Garry Sherman
arranger [6], conductor [6]
Gary Chester
drums (drum set) [4.6, 3.19]
Gary Coleman
vibraphone [2]
Gene Dozier
arranger [4]
Gene Page
arranger [12]
Gene Pello
drums (drum set) [8]
Gene Phillips
guitar [12]
Gene Ramey
double bass [9]
Georg “Jojje” Wadenius
guitar [7]
George Bohanon
trombone [1]
George Davis
producer [13]
George Devens
vibraphone [6]
Gerry Garrett
choir vocals [2]
Gerry Gruberth
choir vocals [2]
Ghostface Killah
executive [6]
Gilbert Caples
tenor saxophone [12]
Glenn Leonard
background vocals [9]
Gordon Banks
background vocals [16], guitar [16]
Grandmaster Melle Mel
vocal [12]
Greg Mann
assistant [7]
Greg Phillinganes
keyboard [2]
Gregory Wright
choir vocals [2]
Harold Melvin
lead vocals [9]
Harry J
producer [18]
Harvey Fuqua
background vocals [16], editor [16], mix [16]
Henri Van Durme
assistant [16]
Henry Cosby
producer [5.7, 5.13, 4.23], tenor saxophone [1, 4]
Herb Abramson
producer [16, 24]
Herb Hardesty
tenor saxophone [15]
Herbert Williams
trumpet [1]
Horace Silver
piano [25]
Howard Grimes
drums (drum set) [13]
Howard Hewett
background vocals [4], lead vocals [4]
Hugo Peretti
producer [5]
Hula & K. Fingers
producer [15]
Hummie Mann
producer [18]
Ike Turner
producer [4]
Inspectah Deck
lead vocals [6]
Isaac Hayes
keyboard [14], piano [21], producer [5.4, 4.12]
Ivy Jo Hunter
background vocals [1], other instruments [1]
JaBorn Jamal
producer [13]
Jack Ashford
congas [9], percussion [4.1, 7.6], tambourine [5.9, 4.1, 4.17], vibraphone [1, 4, 22]
Jack Hale
trombone [13]
Jack Nitzsche
arranger [20]
Jack Teagarden
trombone [10]
Jack Wilson
piano [10]
Jackie Hicks
background vocals [4.5, 5.9]
Jackie Jackson
arranger [2], background vocals [8], vocal [8]
Jackie Wilson
lead vocals [6], performer [6]
James Anthony Carmichael
arranger [7.20, 8.5], brass [5], producer [8.5, 7.20], strings [5]
James Brown
lead vocals [2], piano [2]
James E. Bond
double bass [11]
James Jamerson
bass [4.4, 4.11, 4.17, 4.22, 5.6, 5.9], bass guitar [1]
James Mitchell
saxophone [13]
Jasper Thomas
drums (drum set) [2, 24]
Jay Graydon
guitar [6]
Jazzie B
mix [1], producer [1]
Jeffrey Daniel
background vocals [4]
Jermaine Jackson
background vocals [8]
Jerome Green
maracas [20]
Jerry Bruckheimer
producer [14]
Jerry Jemmott
bass [16]
Jerry Wexler
producer [1, 16]
Jim Gilstrap
background vocals [6], choir vocals [2]
Jim Shifflett
engineer [4]
Jim Stewart
producer [3.23, 4.12, 5.4]
Jimi Hendrix
electric guitar [23], lead vocals [23]
Jimmy Garrison
double bass [24]
Jimmy Johnson
engineer [3], guitar [1]
Jody Watley
background vocals [4]
Joe Messina
guitar [4.1, 5.9]
Joe Mondragon
bass [25]
Joe Morris
trumpet [9]
Joe Newman
trumpet [10]
Joe Sample
piano [8]
Joe Tarsia
recording [20]
Joel Moss
mix [18], recording [18]
Joel “Jo‐Jo” Hailey
producer [15]
Joey Gallo
keyboard [4]
John Coltrane
tenor saxophone [24], vocal [24]
John Fernandez
double bass [17]
John Kovarek
engineer [16]
John Starks
membranophone [2]
Johnnie Johnson
piano [2, 24]
Johnny Griffin
tenor saxophone [9]
Johnny Griffith
Hammond organ [17], Wurlitzer electric piano [9], keyboard [6]
Johnny Jackson
drums (drum set) [8]
Johnny Moore
lead vocals [6]
Johnny Otis
producer [18], vibraphone [18]
Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [18]
Johnny Williams
double bass [19]
Joseph Harris
alto saxophone [15]
Josie James
choir vocals [2]
Judy Clay
performer [15]
June D. Williams
background vocals [6]
Junior Walker
lead vocals [17], tenor saxophone [17]
Justice Johnson
recording [7]
Kathy Thomas
piano [17]
Keith Diamond
producer [4]
Keith Washington
background vocals [8]
Kelly Martin
drums (drum set) [9]
Kenneth Gamble
producer [9-10, 20]
King Curtis
tenor saxophone [1]
LaLa Brooks
lead vocals [20]
Lamont Dozier
producer [4-5, 22]
Lani Groves
background vocals [6, 19]
Lanise Hughes
drums (drum set) [9]
Larkin Arnold
executive [7, 16]
Larry Levine
engineer [20]
Lawrence "Judge" Riley
drums (drum set) [1]
Lawrence Payton
background vocals [5]
Lawrence T. Horn
producer [17], recording [17]
Leard 'Kansas City' Bell
drums (drum set) [18]
Lee Young
drums (drum set) [12]
Leiber & Stoller
producer [10]
Leon Huff
producer [9-10, 20]
Leon Sylvers
arranger [4], instrument [4], producer [4]
Leon “Chu” Berry
tenor saxophone [10]
Leonard & Phil Chess
producer [2]
Leroy Hodges
electric bass guitar [13]
Leroy Holmes
arranger [14], conductor [14]
Les Hite & His Orchestra
performer [20]
Levi Ruffin, Jr.
electric piano [9], synthesizer [9]
Levi Stubbs
lead vocals [5]
Lewie Steinberg
bass guitar [23]
Lincoln Clapp
assistant [7]
Lionel Richie
arranger [5], lead vocals [20], producer [5], vocal arranger [5]
Lisa Roberts
choir vocals [2]
Lita Aubrey
choir vocals [2]
Lloyd Price
lead vocals [15]
Louie Shelton
guitar [8]
Louis Price
choir vocals [2]
Louvain Demps
background vocals [5.9, 4.5]
Luci Martin
lead vocals [9]
Luigi Creatore
producer [5]
Luther Vandross
background vocals [7], lead vocals [7], percussion [7], producer [7], vocal arranger [7]
MFSB
performer [10]
Mabon Hodges
guitar family [13]
Marc Shaiman
producer [18]
Marcus Miller
bass [7]
Marlene Barrow
background vocals [5.9, 4.5]
Marlin Greene
guitar [8], producer [8]
Marlo Henderson
guitar [19]
Marlon Jackson
background vocals [8], percussion [8]
Martha Reeves
lead vocals [1]
Marvin Gaye
background vocals [16], bell [16], bongos [16], congas [16], drums (drum set) [8.16, 4.1], electric piano [16], finger cymbals [16], glockenspiel [16], lead vocals [9], organ [16], producer [8.16, 6.15], synthesizer [16], vocal [16]
Mary Wilson
background vocals [4, 22]
Mastermind
remixer [5]
Matthew Gee
trombone [9]
Maurice White
producer [2]
Maxwell Davis
tenor saxophone [3, 12]
McCoy Tyner
piano [24]
McKinley Jackson
wind instruments [16]
Meade Lux Lewis
piano [19]
Melvin Franklin
background vocals [9]
Melvin Lastie
cornet [1]
Method Man
lead vocals [6]
Michael Boddicker
keyboard [6]
Michael Brauer
mix [7], recording [7]
Michael Jackson
arranger [2], background vocals [8], lead vocals [8.2, 5.8]
Michael Sembello
guitar [19]
Michael Valvano
foot stomps [4, 22]
Michelle Cobbs
background vocals [7]
Mike Butcher
engineer [16]
Mike Leander
producer [6]
Miles Davis
trumpet [25]
Milt Hinton
double bass [6]
Milt Holland
percussion [25]
Minnie Riperton
vocal [19]
Misha Russell
concertmaster [25]
Mitch Mitchell
drums (drum set) [23]
Mitchell Diggs
executive [6]
Monty Stark
synthesizer [6]
Moses Dillard
guitar [3]
Nat Adderley, Jr.
keyboard [7], percussion [7]
Nathan Watts
bass [2]
Nellee Hooper
mix [1], producer [1]
Nick Martinelli
producer [5]
Nickolas Ashford
producer [9.6, 5.7]
Nicky Kalliongis
assistant [7]
Nigel Green
mix [4]
Nile Rodgers
guitar [9]
Nina Simone
lead vocals [11], piano [11]
Noel Redding
background vocals [23], electric bass guitar [23]
Norman Granz
producer [25]
Norman Whitfield
producer [5.9, 6.2]
O'Neil Jerome
alto saxophone [5]
Oli Grant
executive [6]
Ollie E. Brown
drums (drum set) [8.2, 7.6, 7.19]
Oscar Alston
bass [9], handclaps [9], percussion [9]
Otis Redding
producer [4.12, 5.3], vocal [5.14, 4.12], whistling [14]
Otis Williams
background vocals [8.9, 4.11]
Patrice Rushen
performer [6]
Patti Austin
guest [20]
Paul Griffin
piano [19]
Paul J. Falcone
recording [10]
Paul Riser
arranger [5.7, 6.2], conductor [2], horn [7], orchestrator [9], strings [5.9, 8.7, 4.11], trombone [1]
Paul Smith
piano [25]
Paul Williams
background vocals [11]
Paulette Brown
choir vocals [2]
Paulette McWilliams
choir vocals [2]
Percy Heath
bass [25], double bass [25]
Percy Mayfield
vocal [12]
Percy Sledge
vocal [8]
Pete "Guitar" Lewis
guitar [18]
Peter Wade
choir vocals [2]
Phil Spector
producer [20]
Phil Wright
arranger [3]
Phyllis St. James
choir vocals [2]
Pluma Davis
arranger [17]
Posdnuos
arranger [10], mix [10]
Prince Paul
producer [10]
Quin Ivy
producer [8]
Quincy Jones
arranger [10]
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [10]
RZA
arranger [6], executive [6], mix [6], producer [6], programming [6]
Raekwon
lead vocals [6]
Randy Jackson
lead vocals [2]
Ransom Knowling
double bass [1]
Ray Parker Jr.
guitar [6]
Raymond Jones
electric piano [9]
Raynard Miner
producer [3]
Red Callender
double bass [12]
Reggie McBride
bass guitar [19]
Reginald “Sonny” Burke
keyboard [6]
Renaldo Benson
background vocals [5]
Rhonda Gentry
choir vocals [2]
Rich Keller
mix [7]
Richard "Pistol" Allen
drums (drum set) [4.4, 4.22, 5.6], tom-tom [9]
Richard Rudolph
producer [19]
Richard Street
background vocals [9], lead vocals [2]
Richard W. Wells
tenor saxophone [12]
Rick James
arranger [9], handclaps [9], horn [9], other instruments [9], percussion [9], producer [9], vibraslap [9]
Rick Sanchez
assistant [9], engineer [9]
Rickey Smith
keyboard [4]
Rob Sabino
piano [9]
Robert 'Bob' Ogden
drums (drum set) [5]
Robert Johnson
guitar [14], vocal [14]
Robert La Marchina
cello [25]
Robert McCollough
tenor saxophone [2]
Robert Nighthawk
guitar [15]
Robert White
guitar [4.1, 4.11, 4.22, 5.6]
Rochelle Runnells
background vocals [6]
Rock Deadrick
choir vocals [2]
Rocki Dzidzornu
congas [19]
Roger Hawkins
drums (drum set) [4.8, 5.1, 5.16]
Roger Kenerly II
choir vocals [2]
Roger Kenerly-Saint
choir vocals [2]
Ronald Vann
choir vocals [2]
Ronald White
producer [11]
Ronnie Foster
keyboard [2]
Ronnie Rancifer
keyboard [8], piano [8]
Rory Bennett
producer [15]
Rosalind Ashford
background vocals [1]
Roy Brown
vocal [5]
Roy Galloway
choir vocals [2]
Rudy van Gelder
recording [24]
Russell Conway
trumpet [1]
Ruth Brown
vocal [24]
Sam Moore
lead vocals [4]
Sandra Crouch
percussion [8]
Sandra Rhodes
background vocals [13]
Scott Edwards
bass guitar [6]
Sheila Ferguson
vocal [19]
Shirley Alston
lead vocals [19]
Shirley Brewer
background vocals [19]
Sid Catlett
drums (drum set) [19]
Sidney Bechet
soprano saxophone [19]
Smokey Robinson
producer [11]
Soloman Daniels
choir vocals [2]
Sonny Boy Williamson
harmonica [15], lead vocals [15]
Sonny Sanders
arranger [6]
Spooner Oldham
farfisa [8], organ [1]
Stan Applebaum
arranger [10], conductor [10]
Stephanie Spruill
choir vocals [2]
Steve Cropper
guitar [4.12, 4.21, 5.14, 3.23], producer [5.14, 4.12, 4.21]
Steve Hodge
mix [4], recording [4]
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals [5.13, 4.23], producer [19]
Sue McLean
assistant [18]
Swizz Beatz
producer [7]
Sybil Thomas
background vocals [7]
Sylvester Rivers
arranger [6], keyboard [6]
Sylvia Robinson
producer [12]
Taborah Johnson
background vocals [9]
Tawatha Agee
background vocals [7]
Teacho Wiltshire
arranger [6]
Ted Nash
flute [25]
Teddy Bunn
guitar [19]
The 45 King
producer [10]
The Andantes
background vocals [4.5, 5.9]
The Blue Notes
background vocals [9]
The Clovers
vocal [16]
The Corporation
arranger [8], producer [8]
The Emotions
vocal [2]
The Funk Brothers
instrument [5.9, 4.4-5, 4.11, 4.22]
The Jacksons
producer [2]
The L.A. Horn Section
wind instruments [16]
The Mar‐Keys
instrument [4]
The Platters
performer [13]
The Pluma Davis Orchestra
performing orchestra [17]
The Sweet Inspirations
background vocals [16]
The Temptations
performer [11]
Thom Bell
arranger [11]
Thomas Bowles
baritone saxophone [1]
Thomas Sheldon
trumpet [17]
Tim Donovan
additional [13], assistant [13]
Tina Turner
lead vocals [4]
Tito Jackson
background vocals [8], guitar [5.8, 8.2]
Tom Dowd
arranger [1, 16], conductor [1], recording [1, 16]
Tom Flye
engineer [9], mix [9], recording [9]
Tom Hardisty
assistant [18]
Tom McDermott
guitar [9], handclaps [9], percussion [9]
Tom Tom 84
strings [2]
Tommy Cogbill
bass guitar [1], guitar [16]
Tony Moret
trumpet [5]
Tony Thompson
drums (drum set) [9]
Tony Williams
lead vocals [13]
Uriel Jones
drums (drum set) [9]
Val Valentin
engineer [25]
Valerie Holiday
vocal [19]
Valerie Simpson
producer [9.6, 5.7]
Van McCoy
arranger [5], conductor [5]
Vann “Piano Man” Walls
piano [16]
Venetta Fields
choir vocals [2]
Vic Feldman
vibraphone [6]
Vic Thomas
organ [17]
Victor Thomas
organ [17]
Vincent DeRosa
French horn [25]
Vincent Liebler
recording [14]
Warren Hebrew
tenor saxophone [17]
Wayne Jackson
trumpet [5.14, 4.12, 4.21, 6.13]
Wayne Milstein
percussion [4]
Wilbur Schwartz
flute [25]
William Shelby
arranger [4]
William Stevenson
background vocals [1], producer [1, 9, 23]
Willie Bridges
baritone saxophone [1]
Willie Dixon
double bass [2, 24]
Willie Mitchell
producer [13]
Willie Woods
background vocals [17], guitar [17]
Willis Jackson
tenor saxophone [16]
Wilton Felder
bass guitar [8]
Winifred Terry
bass vocals [6]
Worthia Thomas
trombone [17]
Wynonie Harris
vocal [9]
Yolanda Kenerly
choir vocals [2]
Yvonne Lewis
background vocals [7]
Yvonne Wright
background vocals [19]
[unknown]
bass [3], drums (drum set) [3], guitar [3], strings [6], viola [25], violin [25]

Issues

B
Back to Black
10x CD
26 March 2001