Mayfield,Percy Singles Collection 1947-62 CD

Percy Mayfield was one of the most admired and influential R&B singers and songwriters of the post-war era, with a smooth and polished vocal style, who would undoubtedly have enjoyed an even more illustrious career had it not been interrupted during the early 1950s by injuries sustained in a car accident from which he took a long while to recover. He is perhaps best-known for writing Ray Charles' hit "Hit The Road Jack", leading to Charles signing him to his Tangerine label towards the end of the period covered by this anthology. This great-value 54-track 2-CD set comprises just about all his A & B sides during the first era of his career, when he had all his Top 10 R&B hits, and recorded for a variety of labels - Gru-V-Tone, Supreme/Swing Time, Specialty, Chess, Cash, Imperial, 7 Arts and Tangerine. It features his R&B No. 1 "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and his other Top 10 hits "Strange Things Happening", "Lost Love", "What A Fool I Was", "Prayin' For Your Return", "Cry Baby" and "The Big Question". His style of delivery and his songwriting provided a template for many artists who followed in the soul era and this collection underlines his talents as both performer and writer.

1. Jack You Ain't Nowhere Pt. 1 2. Jack You Ain't Nowhere Pt. 2 3. Two Years of Torture 4. Get Way Back 5. Half Awake (Baby You're Still a Square) 6. Two Years of Torture 7. Leary Blues 8. How Wrong Can a Good Man Be 9. Please Send Me Someone to Love 10. Strange Things Happening 11. Lost Love 12. Life Is Suicide 13. Nightless Lover 14. What a Fool I Was 15. Prayin' for Your Return 16. My Blues 17. Hopeless 18. Cry Baby 19. The Big Question 20. Hunt Is on 21. Louisiana 22. Two Hearts Are Greater Than One 23. Lonesome Highway 24. My Heart 25. I Dare You Baby 26. The Rivers Invitation 27. The Lonely One 28. Lost Mind 29. How Deep Is the Well 30. The Bachelor Blues 31. Loose Lips 32. I Need Love So Bad 33. You Don't Exist No More 34. Sugar Mama, Peachy Papa 35. My Heart Is Crying 36. You Were Lying to Me 37. The Voice Within 38. Baby, You're Rich 39. Are You Out There 40. Double Dealing 41. Look the Whole World Over 42. The Bluest Blues 43. Diggin' the Moonglow 44. Please Believe Me 45. One Love 46. My Reward 47. My Heart Is a Prisoner 48. My Memories 49. When Did You Leave Heaven' 50. What Must I Do' 51. Say You Love Me 52. Ha Ha in the Daytime, Boo Hoo at Night 53. Never No More 54. I Reached for a Tear