Tracklist

# Title Artist Rating Length
  CD 1: 1947-52
1 Lowe Groovin' Joe Morris 2:47
2 That Old Black Magic Tiny Grimes Quintet 2:40
3 Annie Laurie Tiny Grimes Quintet 3:00
4 Midnight Special Tiny Grimes Quintet 2:45
5 The Applejack Joe Morris 3:09
6 Cole Slaw Frank Culley 3:08
7 Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Stick McGhee 3:15
8 So Long Ruth Brown 2:39
9 I'll Get Along Somehow Ruth Brown 2:38
10 Hey Little Girl Professor Longhair 3:03
11 Mardi Gras in New Orleans Professor Longhair 2:53
12 Tee Nah Nah Harry Van Walls 2:36
13 Danny Boy Al Hibbler 3:13
14 Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere Joe Morris 3:03
15 Teardrops From My Eyes Ruth Brown 2:53
16 One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Stick McGhee 2:41
17 Don't You Know I Love You The Clovers 3:14
18 Shouldn't I Know The Cardinals 3:11
19 The Chill Is On Big Joe Turner 2:46
20 Chains of Love Big Joe Turner 3:23
21 Fool, Fool, Fool The Clovers 2:34
22 One Mint Julep The Clovers 2:30
23 Wheel of Fortune The Cardinals 2:52
24 Sweet Sixteen Big Joe Turner 2:56
25 5-10-15 Hours Ruth Brown 3:12
26 Gator's Groove Willis Jackson 2:36
  CD 2: 1952-54
1 Ting-A-Ling The Clovers 3:08
2 Daddy Daddy Ruth Brown 2:56
3 The Midnight Hour Ray Charles 3:00
4 A Beggar for Your Kisses The Diamonds 2:59
5 Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown 2:55
6 Good Lovin' The Clovers 2:59
7 Wild Wild Young Men Ruth Brown 2:32
8 Mess Around
Ray Charles 2:41
9 Honey Hush Big Joe Turner 2:40
10 Soul on Fire LaVern Baker 3:05
11 Money Honey
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 2:58
12 Lovey Dovey The Clovers 2:44
13 Such a Night Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 2:30
14 Tipitina Professor Longhair 2:40
15 White Christmas Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 2:39
16 Honey Love
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 2:26
17 Whatcha Gonna Do Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 2:47
18 Shake, Rattle and Roll Big Joe Turner 5 3:00
19 Sh-Boom The Chords 2:26
20 Oh What a Dream Ruth Brown 2:55
21 Jam Up Tommy Ridgley 2:46
22 After the Lights Go Down Low Al Hibbler 2:41
23 Tomorrow Night LaVern Baker 3:14
24 Tweedlee Dee LaVern Baker 3:10
25 I Got a Woman Ray Charles 2:50
26 Greenbacks Ray Charles 2:48
  CD 3: 1955-57
1 The Door Is Still Open The Cardinals 3:00
2 Flip Flop and Fly Big Joe Turner 2:48
3 A Fool for You Ray Charles 3:02
4 This Little Girl of Mine Ray Charles 2:32
5 Play It Fair LaVern Baker 2:58
6 Adorable The Drifters 2:42
7 Smokey Joe's Cafe The Robins 2:47
8 Ruby Baby The Drifters 2:25
9 In Paradise The Cookies 2:34
10 The Chicken and the Hawk Big Joe Turner 2:39
11 Devil or Angel The Clovers 2:26
12 Drown in My Own Tears Ray Charles 3:21
13 Hallelujah, I Love Her So
Ray Charles 2:36
14 Jim Dandy LaVern Baker 2:13
15 Down in Mexico The Coasters 3:16
16 Corrine Corrina Big Joe Turner 2:54
17 Treasure of Love Clyde McPhatter 2:10
18 Love, Love, Love The Clovers 2:04
19 It's Too Late Chuck Willis 2:36
20 Lonely Avenue Ray Charles 2:36
21 Since I Met You Baby Ivory Joe Hunter 2:44
22 Lucky Lips
Ruth Brown 2:09
23 Without Love (There Is Nothing) Clyde McPhatter 2:57
24 Fools Fall in Love
The Drifters 2:32
25 Midnight Special Train Big Joe Turner 2:39
26 Empty Arms Ivory Joe Hunter 2:42
27 C.C. Rider Chuck Willis 2:35
28 Searchin' The Coasters 2:39
  CD 4: 1957-60
1 Young Blood The Coasters 2:21
2 Mr. Lee The Bobbettes 2:14
3 Long Lonely Nights Clyde McPhatter 2:25
4 Betty and Dupree Chuck Willis 2:26
5 What Am I Livin' For? Chuck Willis 2:28
6 Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes Chuck Willis 2:20
7 Yakety Yak The Coasters 1:50
8 A Lover's Question Clyde McPhatter 2:36
9 I Cried a Tear LaVern Baker 2:36
10 The Right Time Ray Charles 3:25
11 Charlie Brown The Coasters 2:20
12 What'd I Say, Part 1 & 2 Ray Charles 5:07
13 There Goes My Baby The Drifters 2:11
14 Along Came Jones The Coasters 2:57
15 Let the Good Times Roll Ray Charles 2:52
16 Poison Ivy The Coasters 2:42
17 Dance With Me The Drifters 2:25
18 Just for a Thrill Ray Charles 3:25
19 This Magic Moment The Drifters 2:34
20 Save the Last Dance for Me The Drifters 2:29
21 Shopping for Clothes The Coasters 3:00
22 Spanish Harlem
Ben E. King 5 2:59
23 Young Boy Blues Ben E. King 2:20
24 Stand by Me
Ben E. King 3:00
25 Gee Whiz Carla Thomas 2:22
26 Saved LaVern Baker 2:58
27 Just Out of Reach (Of My Empty Arms) Solomon Burke 2:47
  CD 5: 1961-65
1 Little Egypt The Coasters 2:47
2 Amor Ben E. King 3:05
3 Last Night The Mar-Keys 2:39
4 I'm Blue The Ikettes 2:32
5 You Don't Miss Your Water William Bell 3:01
6 I Found a Love The Falcons 2:59
7 Cry to Me Solomon Burke 2:36
8 Don't Play That Song (You Lied) Ben E. King 2:49
9 Green Onions Booker T. & The MG’s 2:54
10 Up on the Roof The Drifters 2:37
11 See See Rider LaVern Baker 2:29
12 I (Who Have Nothing) Ben E. King 2:27
13 If You Need Me Solomon Burke 2:33
14 These Arms of Mine Otis Redding 2:32
15 Hello Stranger Barbara Lewis 2:41
16 On Broadway
The Drifters 3:00
17 Just One Look
Doris Troy 2:31
18 Mashed Potatoes Nat Kendrick & The Swans 3:29
19 Land of 1000 Dances Chris Kenner 2:29
20 Walkin' the Dog Rufus Thomas 2:34
21 Release Me Esther Phillips 3:18
22 Mercy, Mercy Don Covay 2:27
23 Under the Boardwalk
The Drifters 2:42
24 And I Love Him
Esther Phillips 2:42
25 Hold What You've Got Joe Tex 3:07
26 Mr. Pitiful
Otis Redding 2:42
27 Baby I'm Yours
Barbara Lewis 2:30
  CD 6: 1965-67
1 Teasin' You Willie Tee 2:47
2 Got to Get You Off My Mind Solomon Burke 1:59
3 I Want to (Do Everything for You) Joe Tex 2:11
4 I've Been Loving You Too Long Otis Redding 3:15
5 A Sweet Woman Like You Joe Tex 2:39
6 In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett 2:40
7 Seesaw Don Covay & The Goodtimers 3:02
8 Respect Otis Redding 2:08
9 You Don't Know Like I Know Sam & Dave 2:32
10 When a Man Loves a Woman
Percy Sledge 5 2:53
11 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) Wilson Pickett 2:58
12 Hold On! I'm Comin' Sam & Dave 2:33
13 Cool Jerk
The Capitols 2:36
14 Neighbor, Neighbor Jimmy Hughes 2:41
15 Land of 1000 Dances
Wilson Pickett 4 2:26
16 Knock on Wood Eddie Floyd 3:04
17 Try a Little Tenderness
Otis Redding 3:51
18 Mustang Sally
Wilson Pickett 3:07
19 When Something Is Wrong With My Baby Sam & Dave 3:18
20 Sweet Soul Music Arthur Conley 2:23
21 I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
Aretha Franklin 2:45
22 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
Aretha Franklin 3:17
23 Show Me Joe Tex 2:57
24 Tramp Otis Redding & Carla Thomas 3:02
25 Funky Broadway Wilson Pickett 2:36
26 Hip Hug-Her Booker T. & The MG’s 2:25
27 Soul Man Sam & Dave 2:38
  CD 7: 1967-69
1 Respect
Aretha Franklin 3.35 2:28
2 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin 2:44
3 Soul Finger The Bar-Kays 2:23
4 Baby I Love You Aretha Franklin 2:40
5 Skinny Legs and All Joe Tex 3:13
6 Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin 2:48
7 I'm in Love Wilson Pickett 2:31
8 Memphis Soul Stew King Curtis 3:00
9 Since You've Been Gone Aretha Franklin 2:26
10 (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding 3 2:45
11 Tighten Up Archie Bell & The Drells 3:14
12 Slip Away Clarence Carter 2:31
13 Think Aretha Franklin 2:19
14 Too Weak to Fight Clarence Carter 2:18
15 Can I Change My Mind Tyrone Davis 2:49
16 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack 4:22
17 Take a Letter, Maria R.B. Greaves 2:44
18 Rainy Night in Georgia Brook Benton 3:53
19 The Ghetto Donny Hathaway 6:54
20 Turn Back the Hands of Time Tyrone Davis 4 2:41
21 Compared to What Les McCann & Eddie Harris 8:43
22 Call Me Aretha Franklin 3:52
  CD 8: 1970-74
1 Don't Play That Song (You Lied) Aretha Franklin 3:00
2 Precious, Precious Jackie Moore 3:29
3 Groove Me King Floyd 3:04
4 Patches Clarence Carter 3:13
5 Don't Knock My Love, Part 1 Wilson Pickett 2:25
6 Funky Nassau, Parts 1 & 2 The Beginning of the End 5:14
7 Thin Line Between Love and Hate The Persuaders 3:26
8 Rock Steady
Aretha Franklin 3:14
9 Day Dreaming Aretha Franklin 4:02
10 You've Got a Friend Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway 3:27
11 Clean Up Woman Betty Wright 2:49
12 Could It Be I'm Falling in Love The Spinners 4:14
13 Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack 3 4:49
14 Where Is the Love? Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway 2:46
15 I'll Be Around
The Spinners 3:12
16 Feel Like Makin' Love
Roberta Flack 2:57
17 One of a Kind (Love Affair) The Spinners 3:23
18 Sideshow Blue Magic 4:12
19 Mighty Love The Spinners 5:00
20 Love Won't Let Me Wait Major Harris 5:32

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