Where Southern Soul Began: 1 1954–1962

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2013

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    I’ve Been Wrong for So Long
    Bobby “Blue” Bland
    2:19
  • 2
    Room in Your Heart
    Gladys Knight & the Pips
    2:04
  • 3
    You Don’t Have to Cry
    Little Bob & the Lollipops
    3:10
  • 4
    I Wanna Be Free
    Joe Tex
    2:53
  • 5
    Your Lonesome Now
    Charles Perrywell
    2:29
  • 6
    You Gotta Go
    Bobby Hebb
    2:45
  • 7
    Please Think It Over
    Roscoe Shelton
    2:47
  • 8
    Teach Me
    Gorgeous George
    2:31
  • 9
    I Don’t Want No Woman
    Bobby “Blue” Bland
    2:39
  • 10
    If (I Could Be with You)
    Miss LaVell
    2:43
  • 11
    I Got to Know
    The “5” Royales
    2:27
  • 12
    I Found True Love
    Oscar Perry
    2:43
  • 13
    If I Don’t See You Again
    Ted Taylor
    2:10
  • 14
    I’ve Just Got to Forget You
    Bud Harper
    3:05
  • 15
    Close Up the Back Door
    Cookie and the Cupcakes
    2:45
  • 16
    Sally Sue Brown
    Arthur Alexander
    2:17
  • 17
    Phoney Lover
    Clyde Shelby
    1:59
  • 18
    Somebody Somewhere
    Gene Allison
    2:35
  • 19
    Somebody, Somewhere
    Larry Birdsong
    2:36
  • 20
    Wait and See
    Fred Lowery
    3:08
  • 21
    Slave to Love
    Charles Walker & the Daffodils
    2:24
  • 22
    Too Many Tears
    Roy Lee Johnson
    2:17
  • 23
    Hurts Me to My Heart
    Rudy Ray Moore
    3:05
  • 24
    The World Is Yours
    Johnny Wright
    2:51
  • 25
    What Can I Do for You
    Elmore Morris
    2:24
  • 26
    The Thrill of Yesterday
    Donel Austin
    2:32
  • 27
    You Don’t Miss Your Water
    William Bell
    3:00
  • CD 2
  • 1
    I Cried
    Joe Medwick
    2:55
  • 2
    Frozen Love
    Gay Meadows & The Yobyalps
    2:13
  • 3
    Blessed Are These Tears
    Joe Tex
    2:20
  • 4
    Tend to Your Business
    Arthur K Adams
    2:10
  • 5
    Everything Will Be Alright
    Gene Allison
    2:24
  • 6
    I’m Leaving You
    Ted Taylor
    2:38
  • 7
    That’s a Good Idea
    Grover Mitchell
    2:23
  • 8
    Give Me Your Love
    Delores Johnson
    2:22
  • 9
    I Need Somebody
    Little Milton
    2:03
  • 10
    I’ll Learn to Love Again
    Junior Parker
    2:14
  • 11
    I’m Not Gonna Leave
    Joe Perkins
    2:31
  • 12
    Come Into My Heart
    Little Clarence
    2:10
  • 13
    Give Us Your Blessings
    Ruth White
    2:17
  • 14
    Am I Losing You
    Little Ike
    2:43
  • 15
    That’s Cuz I Love You
    Louis Jones
    2:46
  • 16
    You’re Gonna Miss Me
    Shirley Raymond
    2:24
  • 17
    Shout Bamalama
    Otis Redding
    1:56
  • 18
    Sooner or Later
    Larry Birdsong
    2:46
  • 19
    Best of Luck Baby
    Earl Gaines
    2:27
  • 20
    Can’t Stand to See You Cry
    Tony Borders
    2:13
  • 21
    I Say! That’s All Right
    Roosevelt Jones
    2:08
  • 22
    Help Yourself
    Steve Dickinson
    1:50
  • 23
    I Woke Up Screaming
    Bobby “Blue” Bland
    2:47
  • 24
    My Love Belongs to You
    Sam & Dave
    2:20
  • 25
    Backtracking
    Junior Parker
    2:36
  • 26
    I Don’t Hurt Anymore
    Fontella Bass
    2:07
  • 27
    Please, Please, Please
    James Brown
    2:43

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