Soul Brothers & Blues Sisters: 50 Original Blues & Soul Classics (2-CD)

by Various Artists

In most cases, the men featured here were described as soul singers, while their female counterparts tend to wear a jazz or blues label. But as your ears will tell you, it s all about the magic in the grooves. There are artists here whose fame will live forever like James Brown, Smokey Robinson, Sam Cooke and Otis Redding and others whose fame remains confined to enthusiasts. Turn up the volume and celebrate with the first generation of soul brothers and blues sisters characters who brought black music to the mainstream and blazed a trail so many have since followed to our great benefit. CD1 1. Good Good Lovin - James Brown 2. Just Out Of Reach - Esther Phillips 3. Wonderful World - Sam Cooke 4. Mad About The Boy - Dinah Washington 5. It s Just A Matter Of Time - Brook Benton 6. I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl - Nina Simone 7. Bad Girl - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 8. W-O-M-A-N - Etta James 9. That s What My Heart Needs - Otis Redding 10. Baby, I Don t Cry Over You - Billie Holiday 11. I Need Love - Sam & Dave 12. It s Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) - Ruth Brown 13. If You Need Me - Wilson Pickett 14. Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) - LaVern Baker 15. Taking My Time - Marvin Gaye 16. Friendless Blues - Eartha Kitt 17. Don t Feel Sorry For Me - Jimmy Ruffin 18. Ain t To Be Played With - Big Maybelle 19. A Woman, A Lover, A Friend - Jackie Wilson 20. I Smell A Rat - Big Mama Thornton 21. Tears On My Pillow - Little Anthony & The Imperials 22. I m Left With Blues In My Heart - Dakota Staton 23. Come To Me - Marv Johnson 24. Lover Man - Sarah Vaughan 25. Contract On Love - Stevie Wonder CD2 1. For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & The Impressions 2. Tain t Nobody s Biz-ness If I Do - Nina Simone 3. Gypsy Woman - Curtis Mayfield 4. Round Midnight - Sarah Vaughan 5. Mighty Good Lovin - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 6. Waiting For Charlie To Come Home - Etta James 7. Night Train - James Brown 8. Aged And Mellow Blues - Esther Phillips 9. Talk That Talk - Jackie Wilson 10. Drinking Again - Dinah Washington 11. Sad Mood - Sam Cooke 12. No More Cryin Blues - Mabel Scott 13. Dearest One - Lamont Dozier 14. Back Water Blues - LaVern Baker 15. Hey, Hey Baby - Otis Redding 16. R.B. Blues - Ruth Brown 17. No More Pain - Sam & Dave 18. Moon Ray - Dakota Staton 19. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That s My Home) - Marvin Gaye 20. Hesitating Blues - Lena Horne 21. Meet Me In Church - Joe Tex 22. How Long Blues - Odetta 23. Revenge - Brook Benton 24. Nobody Knows You When You re Down And Out - Bessie Smith 25. Paradise - The Temptations