R & B Soul Classics / Various R & B Soul Classics / Various CD

This double CD set (Digitally Re-mastered, Slip Case) gathers together smash hits and hot grooves from some of the most influential R&B artist of the late 20th century. These performances remind US of the importance of the location in the American music scene. Many major cities developed their own distinctive scenes, and you can hear various disparate influences brought to bear on the artists here, who hail from such hip locales as Detroit, Memphis and Philadelphia. There are great bands like the Bar Kays and Showstoppers and Inspirational artist Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Lee Dorsey and Smokey Robinson. Pop singing as an art. Certainly when it's done by Steve Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding.

1. Soul Finger - Bar Kays 2. Land of 1000 Dancers - Wilson Pickett 3. I Take What I Want - James and Bobby Purify 4. It's the Same Old Song - Four Tops 5. Soul Man - Sam and Dave 6. Dancing in the Street - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas 7. Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley 8. Soul Shake - Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson 9. Time Is Tight - Brroker T and the M GS 10. Reflections - the Supremes 11. Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd 12. Ball of Confusion - Temptations 13. It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston 14. Here Comes the Judge - Shorty Long 15. Working in a Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey 16. B a B y - Carla Thomas 17. (Sittin on) the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding 18. When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge 19. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 20. War - Edwin Starr 21. Last Night - Mar Kays 22. I Thank You - Sam and Dave 23. Ain't Nothing But a Houseparty - Showstoppers 24. Niki Hoeky - John Speaker 25. Expressway to Your Heart - Soul Survivors 26. Shotgun - JR Walker All Stars 27. Dance to the Music - Sly and the Family Stone 28. Gotta See Jane - R Dean Taylor 29. Chain of Fools - Aretha Fraklin 30. Show Me - Joe Tex 31. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wils 32. I Was Made to Love Her - Stevie Wonder 33. Boogaloo Down Broadway - Fantastic Johnny C 34. Take a Letter Maria - R B Greaves 35. Farther on Down the Road - Joe Simon 36. I Pick a Rose for My Rose - Marv Johnson 37. I Hear a Symphony - Isley Brothers 38. Too Many Fish in the Sea - Marvelettes 39. Too Weak to Fight - Clarence Carter 40. Stand By Me - Ben E King