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VA -R&B Spotlight '61 (2012)

VA -R&B Spotlight '61 (2012)

BAND/ARTIST: VA

  • Title: R&B Spotlight '61
  • Year Of Release: 2012
  • Label: Fantastic Voyage
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 02:23:10
  • Total Size: 601 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man (2:50)
2. Fats Domino - Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (2:26)
3. Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack (2:01)
4. The Chantels - Well, I Told You (2:29)
5. Little Junior Parker - In the Dark (2:42)
6. Hank Ballard - The Hoochi Coochi Coo (2:49)
7. Chubby Checker - Pony Time (2:32)
8. Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter to Three (2:32)
9. Ace Cannon - Tuff (2:25)
10. The Coasters - Wait a Minute (2:43)
11. Bobby Lewis - Tossin' and Turnin' (2:23)
12. Freddy King - I'm Tore Down (2:42)
13. Lavern Baker - You're the Boss (2:24)
14. Bobby Bland - Turn on Your Love Light (2:41)
15. Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That, Pt. 1 (2:00)
16. Ike & Tina Turner - Poor Fool (2:37)
17. Ray Charles - One Mint Julep (3:10)
18. Etta James - Don't Cry Baby (2:28)
19. The Marathons - Peanut Butter (2:05)
20. Roy Hamilton - You Can Have Her (2:50)
21. Prince La La - She Put the Hurt On Me (2:25)
22. Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again (2:22)
23. Gene & Wendell - The Roach (2:35)
24. Hank Ballard - Let's Go Again (Where We Went Last Night) (3:09)
25. Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya (2:27)
26. Fats Domino - Ain't That Just Like a Woman (2:42)
27. Freddy King - San-Ho-Zay (2:41)
28. Joe Barry - I'm a Fool to Care (2:18)
29. Gary U.S. Bonds - School Is Out (2:32)
30. Clarence Frogman Henry - But I Do (2:22)
31. Fats Domino - It Keeps Rainin' (2:48)
32. Ike & Tina Turner - It's Gonna Work Out Fine (3:04)
33. Slim Harpo - Rainin' In My Heart (2:43)
34. The Vibrations - The Watusi (2:37)
35. Bay City Rollers - The Continental Walk (2:23)
36. Lee Dorsey - Do-Re-Mi (2:17)
37. Ernie K-Doe - Mother-in-Law (2:37)
38. The Blossoms - Son-in-Law (2:06)
39. Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights Big City (2:42)
40. The Marcels - Blue Moon (2:19)
41. Hank Ballard - The Switch-a-Roo (2:50)
42. The Flares - Foot Stomping, Pt. 1 (2:19)
43. Little Junior Parker - Driving Wheel (2:40)
44. Freddy King - Hide Away (2:40)
45. The Butanes - Don't Forget I Love You (2:26)
46. Maurice Williams - I Remember (2:11)
47. Aretha Franklin - Won't Be Long (3:23)
48. Ernie K-Doe - A Certain Girl (2:48)
49. The Coasters - Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) (2:55)
50. Lavern Baker - Saved (2:59)
51. The Regents - Barbara-Ann (2:21)
52. Philip Upchurch Combo - You Can't Sit Down, Pt. 2 (2:19)
53. Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step (2:45)
54. Dinah Washington - September in the Rain (2:11)
55. Brook Benton - For My Baby (2:41)
56. Gary U.S. Bonds - School Is In (2:09)

UK two CD set that compiles 56 tracks by Various Artists selected from the US charts of 1961. All of the songs were R&B and/or pop hits and many have become classics of the genre. The artists include legends like Fats Domino, Aretha Franklin, Gary U.S. Bonds, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington and Bobby Bland. This 1961 installment of R&B Spotlight sees the genre continuing to boom, with many of the entries also crossing over to the pop charts. Established hitmakers include Ike & Tina Turner, Chubby Checker, the Coasters and Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, while there is a strong New Orleans contingent, including Chris Kenner, Lee Dorsey, Clarence "Frogman" Henry and Ernie K-Doe. In 1961 you can do the Pony, the Watusi and the Continental, while the Twist remains all the rage. Blues hits come courtesy of Jimmy Reed, Little Junior Parker and Slim Harpo, plus influential sides by chart newcomers Freddy King and Bobby Parker. Future Noise.




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  • mufty77
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Many thanks.