Chess Tearjerkers

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

20 tracks hand-picked by MOJO.
Compiled by Lois Wilson.
Thanks to Ady Croasdell, Jon Harrington, Neil Scaplehorn and Richard Searling.

Note: Not all recordings are Stereo Original Sound Recordings owned by MCA Records Inc. / UMG Recordings Inc.

(P) 2005 Universal-Island Records Ltd.

Digitally remastered by Gary Moore at Universal Music Digital Mastering Studios, London

Released in digipak.

Annotation last modified on 2017-11-28 10:35 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Losers Weepers
Etta James2:59
2She Will Break Your Heart
cover recording of:
He Will Break Your Heart
writer:
Jerry Butler (soul singer), Calvin Carter, Leiber, Curtis Mayfield, S. Cooke and Stoller
composer:
Jerry Butler (soul singer), Calvin Carter and Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
Laura Lee2:39
3You Left the Water Running
cover recording of:
You Left the Water Running
writer:
Oscar Franck, Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, "Father of Muscle Shoals Music") and Dan Penn
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
Maurice & Mac2:40
4Since I Fell for You
Fontella Bass43:24
5I Can’t Make It Make Without You
Fred Hughes2:41
6Somewhere Crying
Irma Thomas2:42
7Only Time Will Tell
Etta James3:22
8Temptation ‘Bout to Get Me
The Knight Brothers3:22
9I Had a Talk With My Man
Mitty Collier2:47
10Nothing but Tears
Marlena Shaw2:39
11Need to Belong
Laura Lee2:24
12Without a Woman
Kip Anderson2:53
13You’ll Never Know
Fontella Bass3:05
14After the Laughter (Comes the Tears)
Gene Chandler2:32
15It’s Mighty Hard
Laura Lee2:44
16I’d Rather Go Blind
recording engineer and producer:
Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, "Father of Muscle Shoals Music")
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins
electric bass guitar:
David Hood
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section) and Albert Lowe Jr. (American guitarist, bassist, and songwriter)
organ:
Carl Banks and Dewey Oldham
piano:
Dewey Oldham
saxophone:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Floyd Newman and Aaron Varnell
trumpet:
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (American trumpeter)
lead vocals:
Etta James
arranger:
Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, "Father of Muscle Shoals Music")
recorded at:
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1967-08-23)
recording of:
I’d Rather Go Blind (on 1967-08-23)
lyricist:
Billy Foster (American singer, member of The Medallions and songwriter)
composer:
Ellington Jordan
publisher:
The Jewel Music Co. Ltd.
Etta James42:34
17Have Pity on Me
Billy Young2:29
18Drown in My Own Tears
Mitty Collier3:09
19Yours Until Tomorrow
Irma Thomas3:37
20I Fooled You This Time
Gene Chandler2:50